QCRI family day ensures positive learning experience

Doha: Qatar Computing Analysis Institute (QCRI), a part of Hamad Bin Khalifa College (HBKU), lately hosted “Mom-Youngster Tech Enjoyable” in collaboration with the Hamad Bin Jassim Middle for Okay-12 Laptop Science Training (HBJ Middle) at Carnegie Mellon College in Qatar (CMU-Q). 

The occasion is an annual initiative by QCRI’s Artistic Area, which is a full programme of actions that spotlight technological improvements and promote an understanding of robotics, synthetic intelligence, coding, in addition to different areas of the pc science and pc engineering  disciplines, particularly amongst youthful learners. 

The out of doors occasion, which was held at QCRI’s analysis amenities lately welcomed near 150 contributors. The occasion created a enjoyable and stimulating setting that fuelled the curiosity of the moms and their kids, as much as 9 years of age, about how technological improvements work and are created.

QCRI and HBJ Middle’s hands-on pc science actions included programming, robotics, and coding-based video games. 

Every exercise was designed to problem the dad and mom and kids to work collectively and apply computational considering creatively. 

Ikram Zidani, Artistic Area Coordinator at QCRI, mentioned: “We have been delighted to accomplice with the HBJ Middle to create a constructive studying expertise the place moms might have interaction with their kids. These occasions provide basis for superior studying. Additionally they educate younger learners management and artistic considering to make use of their tech know-how and navigate issues. Past profession decisions, these abilities are important in a world run by know-how and synthetic intelligence. We sit up for seeing new faces at different Artistic Area initiatives sooner or later.”

Shaped because of a collaboration between CMU-Q and the Jassim and Hamad Bin Jassim Charitable Basis, HBJ Middle promotes pc science training in colleges all through Qatar. 

Nour Elhouda Tabet, Laptop Science Outreach Coordinator at HBJ Middle, mentioned: “Programming and computational considering are nearly important ability units for our youth right this moment, and it was pleasant to see moms and kids immersed side-by-side in these actions.Laptop science training is a key ingredient in Qatar’s human improvement, and we recognize the chance to collaborate with QCRI on this initiative to encourage younger learners to pursue this discipline.”