Intelligent CIO Kuwait Issue 2 | Page 13

TRENDING “ TODAY’S KIDS WILL GO TO WORK IN A DIGITALLY TRANSFORMED WORLD. from the ground-up to boost engagement, productivity, collaboration and creativity, making learning interactive and inspiring. Fernando Medroa, Vice President of Leisure and Entertainment at MH Alshaya Co, said: “Our collaboration with Microsoft underlines our strategic approach and contentious effort to empower kids by providing them with a fun-based learning opportunity to gain much needed skills to prepare them for the future.” Microsoft Kuwait General Manager, Charles Nahas, said: “Today’s kids will go to work in a digitally transformed world – one in which the Fourth Industrial Revolution has forever reshaped how and where people earn a living. “Microsoft has a proud history in education, having played an active role in transforming classrooms and encouraging entrepreneurship in students as well as empowering the youth to be future ready. “The future digital communities will only create prosperity for all if we have the right leaders and workers – creative, critical thinkers grounded in soft skills and capable of great innovation. That is the work we have done; it is the work we are doing now; and it is the work that we will continue to do with partners like KidZania” collaboration, computational thinking and problem-solving. The first is Hacking STEM which is a series of fun project-based activities that use everyday materials to visualise data across science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). The second activity is Make Code, a robotics activity that www.intelligentcio.com creates engaging computer science learning experiences that support a progression path into real-world coding. And the third activity is Paint 3D, that unleashes creativity and allows kids to bring 3D designs to life. The Microsoft Innovation Lab is also equipped with the latest Microsoft Surface devices that are built At KidZania, Microsoft will also focus on raising awareness of the essential role technology plays in children’s lives, underlining how today’s children are more comfortable with technology, and that being better equipped with the right skills will enable them to function more efficiently in the digital future. These efforts are in line with Microsoft’s Cloud Society Future Ready initiative, that aims to empower the students of today to bring their ideas to life and build new worlds tomorrow, with the power of coding. n INTELLIGENTCIO 13