“What You Can Do with CANVAS,” a webpage featuring selected CANVAS projects, is now live! If you’re considering a partnership with CANVAS, please be sure to check it out!

http://canvas.ws/pickup/

The “3rd National Programming Competition for Elementary and Junior High School Students” is being held! We have also confirmed a partnership with the “U-22 Programming Contest.”

http://jjpc.jp/

We have created a leaflet summarizing the programming education pilot project for students with disabilities, conducted as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications’ “Promotion of Programming Education for Young People” initiative.

http://canvas.ws/news/17860

The Workshop Collection in Fukuoka was held on March 31 and April 1. Over the two days, we welcomed 24,000 visitors! Thank you very much to everyone who attended!

http://canvas.ws/news/17911

CANVAS Chair Nanako Ishido has been appointed as a professor at Keio University.

http://canvas.ws/news/17928

CANVAS Chair Nanako Ishido has been appointed as a member of the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council.

http://canvas.ws/news/17841

01.　Top Picks and Featured News! 02.　CANVAS Blog Updates! 03.　List of Media Coverage 04.　Latest Event Information!

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* We send this monthly Newsletter to those interested in CANVAS’s activities.

We are now accepting waitlist registrations for the 2018 fiscal year of the “Kids Creative Lab”—a workshop series that creates hubs for children’s play and learning in various spaces, such as universities and offices!

[at the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus (Year-Long Course)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/toudai2018.html
[at Daikanyama (April–June)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/daikanyama20181st.html
[at the University of Tokyo, Hongo (April–June)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/toudai20181st.html
[at Ark Hills (April–June)]
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/laboratory/ark20181st.html

The Green Workshop (GREEN WORKSHOP) is a monthly membership program that takes place in the lush natural setting of Ark Garden.Co-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 arts and crafts activities 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

For three days during Golden Week,we’ll be hosting the “Let’s Play with Wood, Let’s Think About the Forest with more trees” wood education event at Ark Hills. The event will feature the “Wood and Green Town Exploration” tour, where children explore the Ark Hills gardens, and the “Wooden Friends: Making Kyoro-Kyoro” workshop, where children learn about trees through a picture-story show.Come interact with trees and experience the forest at Ark Hills this early summer!
*The “Wooden Friends: Making Peek-a-Boo Figures” workshop will be held only on May 4–5.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/17919

We’re hosting a workshop to spread the message “Apply Saratect and Head Out!” and encourage participants to make “taking mosquito prevention measures before heading outdoors” a regular habit.

http://canvas.ws/workshop/17918

This year’s theme is “What Kind of World Would I Like to See?” Any programming language or tool is OK! Take on the challenge of creating a project during summer vacation!

http://jjpc.jp/

From April through July, Kids Plaza Osaka will host programming workshops that even preschoolers can enjoy! No programming experience 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

CANVAS Chair Nanako Ishido has been appointed as a professor at Keio University.

http://canvas.ws/news/17928

CANVAS Chair Nanako Ishido has been appointed to the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council.

http://canvas.ws/news/17841

We have posted photos and artwork from the Kids Creative Institute
(at the University of Tokyo Hongo Campus / at the Children’s Museum in Daikanyama / in Daikanyama / in Iriya).

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

We have posted photos from NEC Kids in Iwaki.

http://canvas.ws/project/neckidsiniwaki

We’ve posted photos from NEC Kids in Saijo City.

http://canvas.ws/project/neckidsinsaijyo

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

・Feb. 23: Iwaki Minpo – NEC Kids in Iwaki

・Feb. 26: Fukushima Minpo – NEC Kids in Iwaki

・Feb. 27: Nikkei × TECH: ACTIVE TOYBOX OF JAPAN

・Feb. 28: PJ WEB NEWS TOYBOX OF JAPAN

・Feb. 22, Jiji.com News: LEGO Education Teacher Award 2018

・March 13, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun: Nanako Ishido

・March 2: Resemam – A Museum Just for Kids

・March 11: Resemam, ARK HILLS KIDS COMMUNITY “GREEN WORKSHOP”

・March 11: Resemam – Kids Creative Lab at Ark Hills

・March 19: i Professional University, “Messages from Partner Organizations” – Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of CANVAS

・March 20: Pastel IT News – Workshop Collection in Fukuoka

・March 23: Nippon TV NEWS24 “9th Social WEnnovators TV” – Nanako Ishido, Chairperson of CANVAS

・April 3: CNET Japan – 3rd National Programming Contest for Elementary and Junior High School Students

・April 4: ICT Education News – The 3rd National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Competition

・April 4: “Chiel Magazine,” a publication promoting ICT in schools—Spring/Summer 2018 Issue

Click here for details

Below is information on events in April. 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(スクラッチ）でゲームをつくろう!（初級）／ベーシック

[麻布十番／３歳-小学生]全身でペイント！FREELY☆Spring（春）

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

KAATキッズプログラム2018 「不思議の国のアリス」関連 島地保武ダンスワークショップ

｢プログラミングしてドローンを飛ばそう！」（4月中旬ー6月中旬で開催日調整:50分×6回）／スペシャル

「人工知能（AI)が自動運転する車と競争しよう！」（4月中旬ー6月中旬で開催日調整:50分×6回）

１日であこがれのユーチューバー　キッズユーチューバー講座

4/14[麻布十番／３歳-小学６年生]楽書梨世塾☆家族

目指せ未来の実業家！小学生プログラミングスクールプロスタキッズ

ロボットと未来研究会昭和女子大研究室　無料体験教室

入手杏奈の親子でからだあそび

4/19[麻布十番／２歳] 飾れる作品を造ろう！Babyアート☆Spring（春）

片岡祐介と、あそび楽団！

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

☆CANVAS is always looking for individuals and organizations to become supporting members.
Supporting members are individuals or organizations who endorse the objectives of the NPO CANVAS and pay the required membership dues.
How to Apply: Please contact the CANVAS Secretariat first.
http://canvas.ws/player

CANVAS MAIL MAGAZINE Issue 200 / Distribution Date: April 6
, 2018
Publisher: CANVAS
, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Publisher: Nanako Ishido / Editor: Ayumi Mochizuki

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