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Technology, Yanon Ben Shoshan
Google and the Rashi Foundation together with the Center for Cyber Education are launching in Israel Hello Tech, a program for studying technology and artificial intelligence for teenagers, students in grades 8 to 9, without prior background or screening. The program is being launched as a pilot in Umm El Fahem, Harish, and Beir Ofakim , whose students are currently experiencing a complex and difficult period.
In the future, the move is expected to expand to other cities with the goal of eventually exposing tens of thousands of 8th-9th grade students, from the geographic and social periphery, to studying artificial intelligence and imparting skills for the developing world of employment in the field. The goal of the move is to create Interest and motivation to continue studies in the field and to remove some of the barriers facing students from underrepresented populations, thereby promoting their integration into the high-tech industry in Israel. As part of the
launch of the program, experiential tours in the field of artificial intelligence were held in recent days for hundreds of students at the Google offices in Tel Aviv.
The students from Ofkim, Harish, Umm Al Fachem, Sderot, and dozens more from the evacuated southern settlements, toured stations that illustrate how artificial intelligence fits into our daily lives, tried out products and met Google employees.
The program will be operated by the Center for Cyber Education, founded by the Rashi Foundation and with the help of Moona in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the local authorities. The curriculum includes six-monthly courses. An introductory technology course for eighth graders and an artificial intelligence course for ninth graders. As part of the studies, the students will experience practical By studying Generative AI, they will learn about the behind-the-scenes of artificial intelligence, and will receive tools on how artificial intelligence can help them on a daily basis and how to use it in a responsible and safe manner. Special emphasis will be placed on high-tech skills such as critical thinking, self-learning and teamwork. To enhance the impact, The principals of the schools, and a large part of the teachers and parents of the students will undergo exposure workshops to artificial intelligence and technology.
Alongside the innovative curriculum, an education laboratory for artificial intelligence was established at Google. In the laboratory, the company's engineers from the field, working together with the Cyber Education Center, are expected to develop additional content accessible to children in the coming years.
From right to left: Yael Bela Avni, Vice President of Rashi Foundation Programs, Liron Uziel, Ido Ben Yair, and Prof. Yossi Matias, Vice President of Engineering and Research at Google Global and CEO of Google's Research and Development Center in Israel/Official website, Oz Schechter
Prof. Yossi Matias, Vice President of Engineering and Research at Google Global and CEO of Google's Research and Development Center in Israel: "We are proud to launch Hello Tech, the educational venture whose main goal is to expose girls and boys to the most advanced technology and give them a taste of the tremendous potential of intelligence the artificial
I believe that every boy and girl has the potential to engage in the most advanced technological topics in the future, and the goal of Hello Tech is to bring as many students as possible from all over the country to knowledge and open up future possibilities for them, regardless of what profession they will choose in the future."
Michal Cohen, CEO of the Rash Foundation J: "This is a partnership that has the power to change the future for thousands of young women and men.
The current move is innovative and groundbreaking in creating significant opportunities for youth in the periphery and is designed to provide them with quality skills and tools, which will help them integrate into Israeli hi-tech.
The activity in Ofakim City joins other significant moves that the Rashi Foundation is leading to create broad support and an educational and social envelope."
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