The tour with American Coach Emily Thomforde ended yesterday with the Hackathon at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym in Rome, an entire day (9 am – 6 pm) devoted to female coding. Yesterday was the last stop of the Coding Girls Programme Tour, promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and the American Embassy in Italy in collaboration with Microsoft.
The works were opened by Rome Councillor Flavia Marzano, while awards will be presented at the end of the day by Gloria F. Berbena, Councillor for Press and Cultural Affairs, United States Embassy in Italy, and Mirta Michilli, Director General, Fondazione Mondo Digitale.
Here are the results of the Roman “Super Heroes” Hackathon:
1st Place: Team A.L.A.S.
- Alessandra Tomassetti, 18, Ettore Majorana School
- Saba Robert, 19, Ettore Majorana School
- Laura Nisci, 16, Lombardo Radice School
- Arianna Pulsoni, 16, Lombardo Radice School
Project: Super Peach
The project mocks Super Mario, but in this case it’s the princess that saves Super Mario
Nome del progetto: Super Peach
Progetto costruito sulla falsa riga di Super Mario. La novità però è che non è super Mario che salva la principessa, ma viceversa.
2nd Place: Team ALIO
- Ilaria Casalbore, 16, Majorana School
- Alessia Feola, 16, Majorana School
- Oana Dediu, 17, Volterra School
- Letizia Pennè, 16, Volterra School
Project: Hero of the World
We can all be heroes by safeguarding the environment from pollution and promoting recycling.
3rd Place: Team Just Code It
- Claudia Buralli, 18, Avogadro School
- Elena Prò, 16, Avogadro School
- Margherita Moretti, 14, Darwin School
- Gaia Moroni, 15, Darwin School
Project: The Unlucky Knight Game
An adventure game with a twist …
The Jury also assigned four special mentions to the following teams:
- Elves
- Spice Girls CUDS
- Dream Girls
- The Fire
