The Yoshimoto Comedians × Kids Creative Institute Workshop Series Begins! For the first installment, we’re welcoming ZAZY, who’s already in middle school. We’ve also started accepting applications for various summer camp programs!

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/index.html

Workshop Collection Mini to Be Held in Osaka!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/18331

The 6th Digital Ehon Award is set to take place! Details, including submission guidelines, will be posted on our website soon.

http://www.digitalehonaward.net/

Natsume Publishing has released “Learn While Playing! Scratch Programming for Elementary School Students,” with Supervision by CANVAS Chairwoman Nanako Ishido.

http://canvas.ws/news/18358

The symposium marking the establishment of Learning of Tomorrow, held on May 29, was a great success, featuring a keynote address by Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Noda. We have also launched our official website.

http://lot.or.jp/

01. Top Picks: News You Won’t Want to Miss! 02. CANVAS-Related Blog Updates! 03. List of Media Coverage 04. Latest Event Information!

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We’re now accepting applications for the three-month “Kids Creative Lab” workshop series, which creates hubs for children’s play and learning in various spaces such as universities and offices!

[at the University of Tokyo, Hongo (Year-Long Course)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/daikanyama20182nd.html
[in Daikanyama (July–September)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/daikanyama20181st.html
[at the University of Tokyo, Hongo (July–September)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/toudai20182nd.html
[at Ark Hills (July–September)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/ark20182nd.html

This program is designed to make the full process of clay animation—including sculpting, stop-motion filming, scriptwriting, voice recording, and editing—fun and accessible for younger elementary school students. Through this authentic production process, participants will work together in groups to create their own original clay animations. The finished films will be burned onto DVDs and given to all participants as a gift! It might even count as summer homework!

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/animein2018_1.html

Participants will create their own works while experiencing the full process of clay animation production—including sculpting, stop-motion filming, scriptwriting, voice recording, and editing. They’ll also explore the mechanics of animation and ask “why?” questions, then work together in groups to create their own original clay animations. Your finished work will be burned onto a DVD and given to you as a gift! It might even count as your summer homework!

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/animein2018_2.html

Program the mini-drone “Parrot MAMBO” to move it however you like and become a drone pilot! Up, down, left, right, spinning, somersaults… Once you’ve learned the basic programs, what else can you do with the drone? This program was a huge hit last time!

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/sc2018_drawn.html

Let’s use “Scratch Jr.” to animate various characters and create a brand-new “Digital Ehon”! What kind of world will it be? What characters will appear? How will they move? Is it a picture book that feels like a game? Let’s create and play with your very own animated picture book!

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/sc2018_ehon.html

This is a special workshop series brought to you by Yoshimoto comedians! Join “Mou Chugakusei” as we draw pictures on cardboard, make props, and create a comedy skit. What kind of skit will we come up with?

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/sc2018yoshimoto_moucyu.html/

This is a special workshop series presented in collaboration with Yoshimoto comedians! Join ZAZY as we draw various pictures, add a “punchline” to each one, and create flip-chart comedy. What kind of skit will we come up with?

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/sc2018yoshimoto_zazy.html

A mini version of “Workshop Collection”—one of the world’s largest workshop events, which has attracted 100,000 visitors—will be held in Osaka!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/18331

The Digital Ehon Award, which attracted 299 entries from 32 countries last year, is set to return this year! We’re calling for submissions of Digital Ehon books from around the world that children will find “fun! something they’ve never seen before! and that expand their horizons!” Details will be announced soon on the official website.

http://www.digitalehonaward.net/

An event where children can have fun learning about science and technology through various experiments will be held at “Lazona Kawasaki Plaza”! CANVAS will be hosting a craft activity using transparent panels that reveal different colors when held up to the light, as well as an experiment using special paper that reveals the secrets of colors hidden in ink! Let’s learn about the wonders of color and light!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/18333

Has KAAT (Kanagawa Arts Theater) turned into a campground?! A 90-minute, one-night, two-day event packed with singing, dancing, and surprises?! Experience a festival at the campground! You can relax in a tent or dance your heart out—how you spend your time is entirely up to you.Get everything ready and head out to the KAAT Kogen Summer Party!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/18328

A workshop where you can play with digital technology is coming to Hikifune Library! We’re hosting a workshop for children with disabilities and their families to create animations using tablets. This time, we’ll be building a huge aquarium where the creatures everyone draws come to life. First-timers are more than welcome to join us!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/18420

The preliminary round for the Japan Game Awards 2018 “U18 Division,” with Chairwoman Nanako Ishido serving as a judge, will be held on June 3. The developers (elementary and high school students) of the 12 works that advanced to the final round will gather to give their final presentations as they aim for the championship.

https://u18.awards.cesa.or.jp/viewer/qualification/

The Green Workshop (GREEN WORKSHOP) is a monthly membership program that takes place in the lush natural setting of Ark Garden.Supervision is provided by Ms. Akemi Sugii, Ark Garden’s full-time gardener, and CANVAS. The program fosters children’s vibrant senses, physicality, and free creativity through interaction with nature and hands-on arts and crafts throughout the four seasons.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/17393

Children are artists. At the “Museum Just for Kids,” they freely create using the various materials and tools displayed there. It is a space for play and learning that sparks excitement every time they visit, no matter how often.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/855

From April through July, Kids Plaza Osaka will host programming workshops that even preschoolers can enjoy! No programming experience is necessary! Let’s use an iPad and the programming language “Scratch Jr.” to create an “animated picture book”!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/17422
http://canvas.ws/workshop/17426

We hold monthly programming classes for preschoolers and up at Adachi Ward Galaxy City. Come have fun trying out “Scratch Jr,” a programming language designed for kids!

http://canvas.ws/workshop/10039

Kids Creative Institute
We’ve posted photos and artwork from our sessions at the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus, the Daikanyama Children’s Museum, Daikanyama, and Iriya.

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/index.html

★ Nanako Ishido’s blog has been updated!
https://creativekids.jp/nanako/

・April 27: Asahi Shimbun – “Programming for All”

・April 27: Chunichi Shimbun, “Programming for All”

・April 28: Yomiuri Shimbun—"Programming for All"

・April 20: Pastel IT News (May Issue) — TOYBOX OF JAPAN 2 in Malaysia

・May 17: Niconico News – The Potential of Programming Education to Foster 21st-Century Skills

・May 17, EdTech Jin: The Potential of Programming Education to Foster 21st-Century Skills

・May 17, Jiji.com: The Potential of Programming Education to Foster 21st-Century Skills

・May 18: ICT Education News—The Potential of Programming Education to Foster 21st-Century Skills

・May 21: Pastel IT News, June Issue – Programming Workshop: You, Too, Can Be a Drone Pilot!

・May 31: President Family, “Encyclopedia of Junior High School Entrance Exams 2018: Complete Collector’s Edition”—Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of CANVAS

・May: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications website: Promoting the Spread of Programming Education Among Young People

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Below is information on June events. The CANVAS website is packed with information on workshops and events nationwide!
Be sure to check it out!
http://canvas.ws/workshop
*Please contact the organizers of each event directly for details.

｢プログラミングしてドローンを飛ばそう！」 2018年度 第2回（6月下旬～7月下旬で開催日調整:50分×6回）（参加費に機材使用料含む）【スペシャル】

「人工知能（AI)が自動運転する車と競争しよう！」（6月中旬‐7月下旬で開催日調整:50分×6回）（参加費に機材使用料含む）【スペシャル】

楽書梨世塾☆夏（オリジナルTシャツ作り）

横浜フランス月間2018 「Alice Kunisueによる子どものためのワークショップ」

GEMS Cafe 41「カエルの算数～予想して、よく考えて、遊ぼう」

古舘プロジェクト所属放送作家による『さくさく作文教室』ベーシック編＆実践編

自分だけのオリジナルロボットを1日で作る！ロボットと未来研究会＠押上研究室

ビスケット開発者 原田はかせと一緒にプログラミングをやってみよう！ ビスケット開発室（未就学児から参加可能！）

CANVAS is always accepting event information from organizers and related parties, with a focus on children’s creativity and self-expression.
Submit your event here
:
>>http://canvas.ws/workshop

☆CANVAS is always seeking individuals and organizations to become supporting members.
Supporting members are individuals or organizations who agree with the objectives of the NPO CANVAS and are willing to pay the membership fee.
How to Apply: Please contact the CANVAS Secretariat first.
http://canvas.ws/player

CANVAS MAIL MAGAZINE Issue 202 / Distribution Date: June 1
, 2018
Publisher: CANVAS
, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Publisher: Nanako Ishido / Editor: Ayumi Mochizuki

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