DOHA: Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has hosted Weekend Workshops as part of events developed by NU-Q to help high school students in Qatar discover the world of new media and college life.
The workshops offered hands-on activities designed to explore the use of storytelling and digital media. Working in groups, 48 attendees chose specific topics and created stories about it using digital media.
The three Saturday workshops focused on podcasting and audio, writing short stories and lists, creating infographics, and using their new skills to produce a Creativist page.
Participants, who completed the programme, received official certificates. NU-Q alumJaimee Haddad (Class of 2015) and current student Ralph Martins (Class of 2016) led and created the content for the workshops. Haddad said: “It was an honor to be asked to deliver these workshops. It was great to see high school students get excited about digital media and storytelling, especially when given the chance to explore and create with the ever-evolving tools and platforms available in media.”
Since launching the Weekend Workshops in 2010,more than 350 local high school students have attended the programme.
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