Programming Education National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Competition (JJPC) to Be Held We will once again be holding the National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Contest (JJPC) this year. We are now accepting entries!
Starting this year, JJPC will be working even harder to energize children’s programming initiatives nationwide by partnering as “Area Partners” with local governments, boards of education, and other organizations across the country that host programming contests. We invite everyone organizing programming contests to join us! (*^^*)
With that in mind, we’ve invited representatives from Nagano, Shizuoka, Wakayama, and Kagoshima—prefectures that have already been hosting programming contests for elementary and middle school students—to join us for a webinar titled “How to Organize a Programming Contest” on September 15.
Here are the contests and speakers (online presentations).
[Nagano Prefecture]
"Shinshu Future App Contest 0 (ZERO)"
(Organized by: Nagano Prefecture)
https://shinshu-futureapp.net/
Masatoshi Nakamura
Chief, Division for the Promotion of Advanced Technology Utilization, Planning and Promotion Department, Nagano Prefecture
[Shizuoka Prefecture]
"Digital Future Fest: Junior Procon in Shizuoka"
(Organized by Shizuoka Prefecture)
Serina Sakaguchi
Shizuoka Prefecture Industrial Promotion Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation), Fujinokuni ICT Human Resources Development Producer
[Wakayama Prefecture]
"Kino-kun ICT Programming Contest Switch Up WAKAYAMA"
(Organized by: Wakayama Prefecture and the Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education)
https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/prefg/063100/d00202376.html
Takahiro Yano
Deputy Director, Industrial Technology Policy Division, Corporate Policy Bureau, Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism, and Labor, Wakayama Prefecture
[Kagoshima Prefecture]
"Kagoshima Kids Programming Contest"
(Organized by: Specified Nonprofit Corporation Kagoshima Information)
https://sites.google.com/view/kids-prog/
Yuki Kawabata
Genba Support Co., Ltd. Director and Head of Product Development; CoderDojo Kagoshima Operator
Masako Imuta
Representative, IT Kids LaB
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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.”
