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The Story of BYTE<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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01 - The Founding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When I was still at school, I always enjoyed taking part in competitions. Not because I was particularly good, but because I enjoyed the experience together with my friends. Unfortunately, our favorite competition was canceled in 2013. Back then, we decided to take the whole thing into our own hands when we grew up. With the first lockdown, this idea came back to me and so the BYTE Challenge was born, together with Stefan Hildebrand. - Carolin Neumann<\/p>\nJahresbericht der Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Informatik e.V. 2020\/21<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

However, the BYTE Challenge was not a normal \"nerd competition\" but rather aimed to promote individual learning, especially in subject areas that students are only vaguely familiar with, such as Bitcoin, AI or Smart Homes. Completed courses are rewarded with so-called $Bits and $Bytes, which can then be exchanged for prizes such as T-shirts or stickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We digitise digital natives, regardless of gender, social status and other factors!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Our aim is to improve digital STEM education not only throughout Germany, but worldwide, and to familiarise pupils with topics that are unfortunately often neglected in the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Digital education has a lot of work to catch up on in Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Computer science is still not taught everywhere. Yet everyone uses smartphones and computers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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We need more girls and non-binaries in STEM!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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02 - BYTE'21 - A 3-month competition <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The competition consisted of online seminars, technology immersion courses & scratch courses. Our online seminars are still available on our YouTube channel. Some have also been turned into new courses. The technique immersion & scratch courses are also available in our BYTE platform. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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