Past Events

The Young Adults Creative Writing Circle is an opportunity for young writers of any level of experience to come together, share projects they are working on and get feedback in a supportive environment. You’ll also receive writing prompts in each session. Join the Young Adults Creative Writing Circle and your writing could be featured on our website! This session will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

In this workshop, participants will build a simulation of a traffic light using the Tinker Cad software. They will build and control a digital traffic light using digital Arduino and a digital electronics simulator. Also, they will be introduced to Tasmu, an online traffic and crowd management system to be used in their prototype. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, in collaboration with Studio 5/6, an information and communications technology makerspace initiative by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. 

Need some help with your math or science homework? We are happy to continue our help! The support will be provided online via Microsoft Teams. 

Did you know that chess improves memory, problem-solving and IQ? It's also a wonderful way to improve focus, flex those creativity muscles, and most importantly, kids have fun playing. Join us on Chess.com to learn the basics, make some friends and enjoy a little bit of competition.

This workshop is designed to quickly introduce the App Lab programming environment as a powerful tool for building and sharing apps. The workshop will teach participants how to create and control buttons, text, images, sounds and screens in JavaScript using block coding. At the end of the workshop, participants will design an application that has useful information to help protect against the Covid-19 virus. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, in collaboration with Studio 5/6, an information and communications technology makerspace initiative by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. 

During this session, participants will develop an app for a new restaurant that will open in Qatar, using the App Inventor platform. They will learn how to select page layouts for each screen, redirect pages and import pictures. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, in collaboration with Studio 5/6, an information and communications technology makerspace initiative by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. 

In this session, children will learn how to develop a multiplayer racing game using block programming in Scratch. Scratch is an online platform that allows users to use visual programming to create a wide range of programs. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, in collaboration with Studio 5/6, an information and communications technology makerspace initiative by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. 

The purpose of this workshop is to build a virtual reality environment, where participants will use the CoSpaces Edu software to transfer their imaginary environments to digital ones. They will upload and control characters inside a scene and change their properties to meet reality. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, in collaboration with Studio 5/6, an information and communications technology makerspace initiative by the Ministry of Transport and Communications. 

Join this virtual creative writing workshop via Microsoft Teams to have some fun with a range of writing tasks and prompts. You’ll get support as you write and the chance to meet other writers. Whatever your experience, come along and get writing!

In this workshop, children will build hacked characters online to use in an augmented reality project. Participants will use the MIT Scratch software to upload their characters, then use the software to hack them and change their appearance. The workshop will be conducted online via Microsoft Teams, in collaboration with Studio 5/6, an information and communications technology makerspace initiative by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.