2. 1. Which company developed the first mobile phone?
a. Motorola
b. Nokia
c. Samsung
d. Apple
2. What does SMS stand for?
a. Short meter service
b. Share more stories
c. Secure messages service
d. Short message service
3. Often pronounced “gooey”, GUI is short for what well-known three-word tech term?
Pop Quiz
3.
4. • Google Developer Student Clubs are higher education based
community groups for students interested in Google developer
technologies.
• Students from all undergraduate or graduate programs with an interest in
growing as a developer are welcome.
• By joining a GDSC, students grow their knowledge in a peer-to-peer
Helping students bridge the gap between theory and practice
What are Google Developer Student Clubs?
5. The goal is to equip & empower
students to impact their
communities through
technology.
7. Program History
● GDSC launched in 2017 to solve challenges
university graduates were facing finding
employment in the tech industry.
● From Asia to Africa; Europe, Japan, Middle East,
Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and North
America and beyond - there are now 1900+
GDSCs worldwide.
● GDSC trains thousands of student developers on
Google technologies and empower them to solve
real-life problems with their local communities.
10. 2 3
Build Connect
Learn
Students learn Google
technologies like (Android, Google
Cloud, etc) together
Create & build solutions for local
problems through project-based code
labs and content
Share solutions through fun meetups,
study jams and events like demo days
What should students expect?
11. ● Connect with peers
○ Like-minded individuals
○ Collaboration on projects
● Access to Industry Professionals
○ Host talks/workshops/events where guest speakers may be present
○ Members may interact with professionals in the industry
● Career Networking
○ Collaboration with local tech companies
○ Can provide potential access to jobs/internships
● Community Building
○ Global community of developers
○ International opportunities/collaborations
● Resume enhancement
Networking
13. Flutter is an open source framework by
Google for building beautiful, natively
compiled, multi-platform applications
from a single codebase.
Flutter
Build apps for any screen
14. Firebase
Firebase is an app development platform that
helps you build and grow apps and games users
love. Backed by Google and trusted by millions of
businesses around the world.
Build your backend infrastructure
15. Angular
Angular is a framework for building user
interfaces. It provides building blocks to help you
quickly set up a maintainable, scalable app.
Angular empowers developers to build apps that
live on the web, mobile, or the desktop.
Build fast and scalable web apps
16. TensorFlow
TensorFlow is an open-source machine
learning framework which provides a versatile
platform for building and training machine
learning models, particularly deep neural
networks.
Build ML applications faster
17. GDSC Solution Challenge
An annual contest that invites students from GDSC
communities to develop solutions for local community
problems in collaboration with the United Nations’ 17
Sustainable Development Goals using one or more
Google technologies.
Participate in the Annual Google
Developer Student Clubs Solution
Challenge
18. January April
Solution Challenge
registration opens
February March May June
Learn & Build Phase
March 2024
Submissions
Open!
March 2024
Submissions
Close!
July
Mentorship
Phase
June 2024
Final Solution
Submission
May 2024
Top 100 global
team winners
announced!
August 2024
Demo Day +
Top 3 Winners Announced!
Solution evaluations!
Round 1
Solution evaluations!
Round 2
August
June 2024
Top 10
global team winners
announced!
Demo Day
Preparation
Solution Challenge Program Timeline
20. ✓ Join the club as a member! Go to gdsc.community.dev, find your local club and
join.
✓ Participate in club activities actively.
✓ Join a team and build projects to solve a local problem
✓ Submit your project for the Solution Challenge
How can students join GDSC?
24. Mentoring developers of all
skill levels: Zaahra's story as a
GDSC Lead in Mauritius
Dang’s story as a Google
Developer Student Club Lead
Creating a STEM culture on
campus in Uganda
Dang
Dang
Zaahra
Some Inspiring Success Stories
Halimah
25. "GDSC has given me the
opportunity to make a positive
impact on others."
Mileke | GDSC Alumni Babcock
University
26. developer_communities.js
// Join the GDG, Women TechMakers and GDE communities
if (feelingAdventurous) {
const communities = ['GDG', 'Women TechMakers', 'GDE'];
communities.forEach((community) => {
console.log(`Ready for adventure? Join ${community} and discover a world of coding
possibilities!`);
const joinCommunity = () => {
window.location.href = 'https://developers.google.com/community/';
};
joinCommunity();
});
}
// Join the developer community and connect with developers from around the world.
// Discover chapter-hosted events, programs to fast-track success, and learn something new!
27. Remember, learning is a lifelong journey,
so keep exploring and discovering new
things. Keep pushing yourself out of your
comfort zone and trying new things. Keep
learning and growing, and you'll be
amazed at what you can achieve.
Thank you!
