CANVAS [Report] “Creative Activities Using Notebooks” (Preschool Class) at the University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus From a CANVAS Facebook post
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In April, the first “Research Institute” session of the fiscal year for the University of Tokyo Hongo Preschool Class was “Creative Play with Notebooks.”
This is an art program where children use their hands to thoroughly enjoy the process of “making” things.
The program is provided by the Fukasawa Art Institute.
Here’s a question for all our Kid Researchers.
What do you usually use a notebook for?
Drawing pictures!
Writing!
That’s right. But today, we’re going to use them a little differently—in a special way.
With that, a three-dimensional notebook shape appeared.
Today, let’s use our notebooks to make shapes like this.
After watching a demonstration of how to make it, it was the Kids’ Researchers’ turn.
Take a notebook, roll it up loosely, and secure it with tape.
As you get further into the pages, you’ll need to get creative about how to hold it in place with your hands.
Some Kids’ Researchers were carefully securing each page, one by one.
Check out our website for the rest of the report!
■April 20, 2019 (Sat) “Creative Play with Notebooks” (Preschool Class) at the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/report/20190420y-todai.html
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.”
