Jan 2018 - Nov 2018 11 months

Children

Volunteered in social settlements. Had weekly visits with the kids. Prepared fun and educational activities. Taught the children an origami design in each session. Helped with homework and understanding the material taught in school. Offered emotional support. Took part in a preparatory training for working with children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Feb 2019 - Jun 2019 5 months

Education

Volunteered as a tutor for children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. Taught children who were taking the 8th grade national exam. Prepared weekly materials for the mathematics sessions. Held weekly meetings with the team for feedback. Implemented one-on-one sessions to better attend to the students needs. Constantly adapted our approaches and level to better fit our participants.

Block-based programming offers the unique opportunity of teaching basic yet fundamental programming concepts without the challenge brought on by the specific syntax of text-based programming languages. Wishing to provide a smooth ramp of complexity for learners, we designed a JupyterLab extension for Blockly, such that Jupyter can now be used all throughout a student's learning journey, without the hassle of having to switch to a completely new environment at any point along the way.

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Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

Was in charge of press releases. Writing articles. Conducting interviews. Participated in weekly meetings. Took part in the decision process of our marketing campaign.

Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

Reviewed applications. Conducted interviews with the applicants. Gave helpful feedback when asked. Worked in a team for the selection process of the final candidates.