CREATIVE KIDS TOP CANVAS The Workshop Collection in Fukuoka Was a Huge Success!

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2024.03.16
The Workshop Collection in Fukuoka Was a Huge Success!

Workshop Collection in Fukuoka. A Huge Success!

There was a huge line starting an hour before opening. Within 10 minutes of opening, the wait was already two hours, and an hour later, some booths had already run out of numbered tickets—it reminded me of the crowds back when there were 100,000 people in Tokyo.

Companies include Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Nishi-Nippon Railroad, Kyushu Electric Power, Fukuoka Bank, Nishi-Nippon Shimbun, NTT Docomo, Seibu Gas, Takeda Megane, LINE, Japan Airlines, JR Kyushu, Accenture, Eishinkan, Kaho Musen, and Goody.Educational institutions include Kyushu University, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kurume National College of Technology, and Fukuoka Futaba High School. Museums include the Fukuoka City Science Museum and Marine World Uminonakamichi.

They offer a wide variety of unique workshops, and the children are absolutely captivated.

During the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening, just as at the Workshop Collection in Yamaguchi, balloons soared into the sky, and I’m delighted to see how the Workshop Collection events in various regions are incorporating ideas from one another.

Three TV stations have come to cover the event, and I hear it’s already being broadcast, so it looks like there will be even more people tomorrow!

Making Sanpo Foods' cup noodles. I wanted to try that, too… ^^;


　

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
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    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”