Creativity related articles, exhibitions, courses, groups, participation, and other activities.
I was invited to oversee and participate in the first ever event of One Hour of Code for Kids in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The event took place on Saturday, August 5, 2017 in the city of Sulaimani. I was very much moved and excited to see over 60 kids, aged between 6 and
How Can Teaching Creativity Support Entrepreneurship? In this talk, Hemin shares his story and advice on how people can handle their frustration to come up with solutions that build on their strengths starting from their own jobs. He tells how his frustration with the lack of creativity among the entrepreneurs led him to develop and
Thanks to the students’ amazing works, words on the Creative Coding and Computing course that I developed and are offering at AUIS went out and got some media attention. Galli Kurdistan (GK) Satellite channel prepared a report on the subject and how the course ignites student’s creativity in addition to learning computer programming. Below is
With exactly the same set of tools, it is incredible to see how some people can be more creative than others! Using the same programming tools in Processing, the following works are students’ final projects in the Creative Coding and Computing (CSC201) course, presented in a Generative Arts exhibition on the AUIS campus. Sharp colors, lines, and blends
After only a few lectures of Creative Coding and Computing (CSC201) at AUIS, many of the students impressed me with how creative, artistic, and intelligent they are with their creations for the first coursework assignment. Below are only a few of their works. Many more are worth sharing and praising, and I will do in
Course Description: This course introduces students to one of the most modern tools used in the creation of contemporary arts: creative coding and computing. It teaches creative coding and computer programming as a form of expression rather than a form of solution. It uses computing as a powerful and flexible tool to stimulate creativity and
A very competitive advantage in today’s fast changing world, yet very significantly lacking among a vast majority of our professional force is Creativity and the ability to think, act, and produce creatively. This is more crucial for markets that customers can easily switch to competitors when they are not satisfied and engaged enough with the
Course Description: The capstone module offers students the opportunity to develop their analytical and critical skills in an IT project based on a topic, selected by the student, which will be approved and supervised by a member of the teaching team. Project implementation requires the student to implement their design and make any justified modification