Programming Education National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Competition and Area Partners The National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Contest (JJPC) has partnered with regional programming contests and has been supporting them as “Area Partners” since the 2020 school year.
So, representatives from the four prefectures serving as area partners—Nagano, Shizuoka, Wakayama, and Kagoshima—along with members of the JJPC Secretariat (Mr. Endo from ASCII and Mr. Tsuchihashi from CANVAS) took the stage to discuss their initiatives to date and the challenges involved in organizing the contest.
In addition to serving on the JJPC Executive Committee and as a member of its secretariat, I also served as a judge for the Wakayama Prefecture “Kinokuni ICT Programming Contest,” and I was deeply impressed by how the children’s projects reflected the unique characteristics of their region. It would be wonderful to see projects from all over the country that showcase the distinctive features of the regions where the children live.
The JJPC awards ceremony is also scheduled for this month.
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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.”
