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INDEX 1

. Featured News ・Announcement of the Digital
New Year’s Party
・Featured Messages to the Learning of Tomorrow Association　・Announcement of New
Council Member Appointments 2

. Project Activity Reports　Report on the Learning
of Tomorrow Salon 2019　Report on the 6th
Cloud Working Group Meeting　 3

. Announcements from Participating Companies and Organizations 4

. Recommended Related News　Latest News on Digital
Textbooks and Programming Education 5

. Media


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. Featured News
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■ Announcement of the Digital New Year’s Party: The annual Digital New Year’s Party will be held on February

13. We are seeking participants from a wide range of backgrounds—not limited to the educational IT industry—including anyone involved in digital
technology or IT.
https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/1546/

■ Messages to the Learning of Tomorrow Association: Messages from directors

, council members, executive committee members, and prominent figures from various fields.
https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/608/

■ Announcement of New Council Members: At the Board of Directors meeting held on December

12, the following individuals were appointed as council members. [
New Appointments]　 　
Kaori Sasaki, President and CEO, E-Woman Co., Ltd. Risa Tanaka
, President, Graduate School of Business Design Kenji Matsubara
, President, CEO, and COO, SEGA Games Co., Ltd. Yasuo Miyakawa
, President and CEO, Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
https://lot.or.jp/wp/report/1535/


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. Project Activity Report
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■ Report on the Learning of Tomorrow Salon 2019 A salon attended by council members and executive committee members was held on December

6.
https://lot.or.jp/wp/project/1548/

■ Report on the 6th Cloud Working Group Meeting A working group meeting was held on December

19, during which the following topics were discussed: 　
・Final summary of the draft cloud specifications　・Content and speakers for the symposium on cloud
utilization
https://lot.or.jp/wp/projectgroup/1041/


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3. Announcements from Participating Companies and Organizations
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<Seminar and Event Information for Students and Working Professionals>
[Call for Participants] 2nd Technology Showcase: City & Tech Symposium The CiP Council, which is developing

the Tech Pop Special Zone, launched the City & Tech Committee in November 2018 with the goal of being the first in the world to create
a city that fully integrates cutting-edge technologies, and plans to officially open the area this
summer.
A symposium introducing the future of mobility and shopping will be held.
(CiP Council, General Incorporated Association)
https://takeshiba.org/202001ct/


[Call for Participants] New Businesses Utilizing “5G” and the Latest Trends in Radio Wave Policy: Lectures on the new transformations brought about by the much-talked-about

“Local 5G,” the characteristics of the core
technologies that make it possible, new businesses and services utilizing these technologies, and the latest policy trends regarding measures for the effective use of radio
waves.    　
(Information and Communications Promotion Foundation)
https://www.dsk.or.jp/4sonota/04_kouen.htm


<Event and Workshop Information for Preschoolers through High School Students> [
Registration Now Open] Japan Game Awards 2020“U18 Category” The U18

Category is a game creation contest for participants aged 18
and under, established with the aim of discovering the next generation of game creators. Starting in 2020
, to accommodate works created on a wide range of platforms, submissions using Scratch
3.0 are now accepted.　 　
(Computer Entertainment Association) 　
https://u18.awards.cesa.or.jp/news/pressrelease20191118/


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. Recommended Related News
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in Japan and Abroad: Introducing News on Programming
Education
http://lot.or.jp/relation/


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. Media
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Education and Family Newspaper) New Year’s Message (Chairman Hiroshi Komiyama) (

Education Newspaper) New Year’s Message(Chairman Hiroshi Komiyama)

Resemom) Learning of Tomorrow Publishes “Draft Procurement Specifications” Aimed at One Device per Student
https://resemom.jp/article/2020/01/06/54102.html

ICT Education News) Learning of Tomorrow,Publishes “Draft Procurement Specifications” for One Device Per Student Initiative


https://ict-enews.net/2019/12/28lot/教育新聞)Learning of Tomorrow Publishes Guidelines for “One Device Per Student” Initiative, Targeting Schools


https://www.kyobun.co.jp/news/20200106_04/ほか多数


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Learning of Tomorrow Newsletter Vol. 017
Publisher: Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Publication Date:January 17, 2020. Publisher
: Nanako Ishido.
Editors: Miyuki Oyama, Yuko Akamatsu.
URL: http://lot.or.jp/
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