Hundreds of children participate in Digital Athletes virtual camp

The ‘Digital Athletes’ online camp recently organised as part of the 13th edition of Katara Tech Forum successfully concluded with the participation of hundreds of children aged seven to 14. A total of 644 children took part in 40 workshops of the virtual camp organised in a span of two weeks, said the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) in a social media post yesterday.

‘Digital Athletes’ online camp organised by Studio 5/6 under the Ministry of Transport and Communications in collaboration with Katara aimed to “enhance kids’ talents on sports and technology while safe at home,” said Studio 5/6. Catered to children in two age groups, the camp comprised six different projectbased workshops each running for five days. For children aged seven to 10, the workshops included Sports and 3D Scanning, Aim and Catch, and Code and Play while those aged 11 to 14 took part in Ping Pong Coding, Sports Equipment Modeling, and Hurdling Games workshops. The workshops explored the online 3D scanning tools used to customise sports equipment, saw the participants use different coding software to create a race with customized rules and designs, and looked into various software used to create digital competitions in different virtual sports, among others.