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2023.10.23
Learning of Tomorrow News

・With the spread of generative AI, the need for inquiry-based learning is growing ever more important (DIAMOND Online)

・Japan’s First AI Principal Takes Office at a Prestigious Private Elementary School in the U.K. (Gunosy)

・Microsoft Japan Announces OS Designed Specifically for the Education Sector and Other Initiatives Aimed at Upgrading GIGA Devices (Education and ICT Online)

• A support system for students who refuse to attend school—initiated by Tatsuro Mizuno, Superintendent of Education for Daito City—that ensures “teachers don’t have to shoulder the burden alone.” The system leverages private-sector perspectives to support “a return to the classroom and a sense of belonging” (Toyo Keizai Education × ICT)

• “I Can Read This! I’m Not Stupid After All!”: How a Boy with a Reading and Writing Disability Learned to Read His Textbook (PRESIDENT Online)

・[Data from a 7-Year Longitudinal Study on Reading Habits Among Elementary School Through High School Students] About 50% of Children Spend 0 Minutes Reading; Those Who Read More Tend to Rate Their Own Abilities Higher (PR TIMES)

・"Tomoni," a unique online school designed to nurture the next generation of elementary and middle school students with both a global mindset and an entrepreneurial spirit, opens on October 1 (PR TIMES)

・There’s no such thing as “finished,” so the learning never stops. Why a 22-year-old tackling digital talent development in Sapporo chooses “hands-on experience” (RECRUIT)

・[Latest ICT Insights] What Is “Digital Citizenship”—A Topic You Might Be Too Embarrassed to Ask About Now (Education and ICT Online)

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    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.”