CREATIVE KIDS TOP CANVAS [Report] After-School Creative Project

CANVAS

2017.09.23
[Report] After-School Creative Project

From a CANVAS Facebook post

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To enrich the after-school experiences of many children, we conduct workshops at after-school facilities designed to foster their creativity and imagination.

On Tuesday, September 19, we held the “Mysterious Sound Device” event at Wakuwaku Akanishi Hiroba.

There are so many sounds in the world we live in.
This time, we focused on the resonance of the human voice.

How does sound travel?
How does the sound (voice) change when you change the source of the sound?

The first half of the workshop consisted of an experiment. We played a message-passing game using
everyday materials (plastic wrap tubes), and each group had fun while listening carefully to each other’s soft voices.

In the second half, we built a mysterious sound device.
We replaced the part that transmits sound—which was originally a tube used in the experiment—with a wire spring.
After finishing the project, we experienced firsthand the resonance and changes in our own voices and those of our friends as they came out of the mysterious sound device.

The sound of voices speaking and laughing
—high, low
, soft, loud
, gentle, or strong…
the infinite range of the sounds that voices can produce.

Whether you're alone, with one other person, or in a large group—this sound device is guaranteed to be fun for everyone! That's the "Mysterious Sound Device."

You may discover your own unique ways to use it—such as giving the gift of a voice filled with emotion—and it might just become one of the items that captures the spirit of this fall.


　

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    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.”