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INDEX


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. Featured News
• Announcement
of Online Lecture “Eishinkan’s Response to School Closures Due to COVID-19 / Examples of Eishinkan’s Use of AI”　
・Announcement
Regarding the Establishment of the “Interacademic Esports Education” Program ・Announcement of New Membership: Third
Wave Co., Ltd. 2
. Announcements
from the Secretariat ・Announcement
of Sponsorship for the 5th National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Competition ・Call
for Entries for the 8th Platinum Grand Prize 3
. Columns & Interviews
・Interview with Hiroki Takaya, Parts 1 & 2(6-part series)
・Announcement
of Updates to the “Learning of Tomorrow Channel” 　　Masaharu Nakagawa (Member of the House of Representatives)
　　Hiroshi Komiyama (Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. / Chairman, Learning of Tomorrow)
　　Michihiro Ishibashi (Member of the House of Councillors)
　　Toshiaki Endo (Member of the House of Representatives)
　　Nobutaka Tsubota (Director, Tsubota Juku)
Masahito Moriyama (Member of the House of Representatives)
Hayato Kunisada (Mayor of Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture)
Tsunetoshi Anato (Professor, Graduate School of Law and Political Science, The University of Tokyo)
Video messages from these individuals are now available!
 
4. Project Activity Reports
・Report
on the Online Lecture: “Interview with the Hiroshima Prefectural Superintendent of Education: Hiroshima Prefecture’s Initiatives in Online Education”
・Report
on the 3rd General Meeting of the Parliamentary League on Education ICT for Fiscal Year 2020 5
. Announcements
from Participating Companies and Organizations 6
. Recommended Related News
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. Media
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Announcement
: Online Lecture “Eishinkan’s Response to School Closures Due to COVID-19 / Case Studies on Eishinkan’s Use of AI”
　On June
17, we hosted an online lecture
featuring Eishinkan President Toshihide Tsutsui as a guest speaker.Amid school closures, as children and their families faced anxieties about
learning, he will explain in detail what kind of online instruction was
provided and what the results were. He will also introduce examples of how AI
was used to improve operational and learning efficiency.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/1963/
 
■ Announcement
of the Establishment of “eSports Meta School” The General
Incorporated Association Learning of Tomorrow and the General Incorporated Association Japan eSports Federation have jointly established
“eSports Meta School,
” a community
and liaison organization aimed at providing educational opportunities through eSports, and have begun operations.In addition to fostering esports talent
, including esports players, the organization will promote the adoption of esports in classroom instruction and school clubs
, and explore the educational value of esports.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/1875/
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Announcement of New Member: Third
Wave Co., Ltd. 　Third
Wave Co
., Ltd. 　http://info.twave.co.jp/

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2. Announcement
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Announcement
Regarding Sponsorship of the 5th National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Competition Learning
of Tomorrow is sponsoring the 5th National Elementary and Junior High School Programming
Competition, which marks its fifth year this year. The application period runs from July 1 to November 3, and the
awards ceremony is scheduled for next February.
　http://jjpc.jp/
■
Call
for Entries for the 8th Platinum Grand Prize 　Entries for
the Platinum Grand Prize—for which Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of the Learning
of Tomorrow Association, serves as a committee member—will be accepted starting May 18.　 　
http://www.platinum-network.jp/pt-taishou2020/schedule.html
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3. Columns & Interviews
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■ Interview with Hiroki Takaya, Parts 1 and 2 Published(6-part series)
　Interview articles with Mr
. Hiroki Takaya (Director, Information Education and Foreign
Language Education Division, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) have been published. The interview covers
the
GIGA School Initiative, the development of school ICT environments, and the current state of learning during school closures.
　[Interview 1] https://lot.or.jp/wp/column/1915/
　[Interview 2] https://lot.or.jp/wp/column/1961/
 
■ Notice
Regarding Updates to the “Learning of Tomorrow Channel” 　The interview series
, “Learning of Tomorrow CHANNEL,” is updated daily!
　https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjoSVe-pcbahOMCCQJ9Sobw

　[Published Videos]
・Masaharu Nakagawa (Member of the House of Representatives)
　“Utilizing AI for Deeper Learning”
“The Importance of Embracing Diversity”
• Hiroshi Komiyama (Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. / Chairman, Learning of Tomorrow)
“What Skills Are Essential for Living in the Future?”
“What Is the Role of Schools in an Era Where Learning Is Available Online?”
• Michihiro Ishibashi(Member of the House of Councillors)
“Toward a Society That Values Diversity”
“Toward the Realization of the GIGA School Initiative”
• Mr. Toshiaki Endo (Member of the House of Representatives)
“A Fresh Look at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games”
• Mr. Nobutaka Tsubota (Principal, Tsubota Juku)
“What I Expect from Japanese Education”
　“What I Learned in School”
・Mr. Masahito Moriyama (Member of the House of Representatives)
“Education Adapted to the Times Through the Use of ICT”
・Mr. Hayato Kunisada (Mayor of Sanjo City, Niigata Prefecture)
“Sanjo City’s Response to School Closures”
・Mr
. Tsunetoshi Anado “The Ideal Model for Education in Japan”
   

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4. Project Activity Report
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Online Lecture Report
: “Interview with the Hiroshima Prefectural Superintendent of Education—Hiroshima Prefecture’s Online Education Initiatives”
Ms. Rie Hirakawa, Superintendent of Education
for Hiroshima Prefecture, gave a lecture on the prefecture’s initiatives, which have secured cloud accounts for all elementary and secondary school students in
the prefecture and demonstrated a swift
response.In the second half, a Q&A session with participants was held, featuring Hiroki Takaya (Director of the Information Education and Foreign Language Education Division, Bureau of Elementary
and Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and Chairwoman Nanako
Ishido.
　[First Half] https://lot.or.jp/wp/project/1913/
　[Second Half] https://lot.or.jp/wp/project/1981/
 
■ Report
on the 3rd General Meeting of the Parliamentary League for ICT in Education for Fiscal Year 2020 　A parliamentary league
aiming to promote the utilization of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in
education 　(Chair: Representative Toshiaki Endo) Nanako
Ishido, Chairperson, and Ichiya Nakamura, Executive Director—both expert members—participated in the general meeting online.
　https://lot.or.jp/wp/project/1870/
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5. Announcements
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■ [Report Released] “Protection and
Utilization of Personal Information in Local Governments—Including Case Studies from the Education Sector”
—This report examines the impact and
challenges posed by the
“2,000 issues” identified in personal information protection ordinances established by local
governments on the realization of data utilization and data sharing in the education sector.
　(Japan Information Economy and Society Promotion Association (JIPDEC))
　https://www.jipdec.or.jp/library/report/2020612.html
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[Now Accepting Participants] Online Workshop Collection
　Registration is now open for
the “Online Workshop Collection,” a project aimed
at promoting and developing online
creative workshops that stimulate children’s creativity and expressiveness, to be held on Sunday, June 28
.(CANVAS)
　http://wsc.or.jp/online/
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6. Recommended Related News
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News
on digital education and teaching materials
from Japan and abroad. Introducing
news on programming education. http://lot.or.jp/relation/
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7. Media
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■ Establishment
of an “Interacademic Esports Education School” May 29 4Gamer.net, Game Watch, Famitsu.com, and many
others ■
Online Lecture Series “Ask the Superintendent”
May 21 Education News
May 27 Education News
June 8 Japan Education News
 
■ VR Working Group
: May 27 NICT Information Sharing Site
for Accessibility May 27 ImpressWatch
■ Interview
with Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
: June 4 NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Click here

for details: https://lot.or.jp/news/

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Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter Vol. 022
Publisher: Learning of Tomorrow Association
(General Incorporated Association) Date of Publication: June 15, 2020
Editor-in-Chief: Nanako
Ishido Editor: Yuko Akamatsu

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