CANVAS Summer Camp 2019 STEAM Workshop: Let’s Build Mechanical Devices Using Programming and Electronic Building Blocks! Registration Now Open! From a CANVAS Facebook post
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[Registration Now Open]
Summer Camp 2019 STEAM Workshop: Let’s Build Mechanical Devices with Programming and Electronic Blocks!
This is a two-day workshop where participants will work together in groups to build “mechanical contraptions” using “BOSON,” electronic blocks that react to sound and light, and the “micro:bit” microcomputer! Even beginners in programming and electronics can participate with confidence!
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.”
