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　　 ◆◇ Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council News ◇◆ Vol. 091

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It’s already that time of year again to switch out our wardrobes.
We’ve been having a string of summer-like days, and there are concerns about water shortages,
but I wonder if the rainy season is just around the corner.

In this issue, we’ll once again provide an update on DiTT’s activities along with the latest information on
digital textbooks and educational materials.

Secretariat of the Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council

Table of Contents —————————————————–
-・Topics・Activity
Reports (Study Sessions)
・Local Government Initiatives・Media
Coverage・Information on
Digital Textbooks and Educational
Materials———————————————————–

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━━━━━◆ Ichiya Nakamura, Executive Director of DiTT, gave a presentation at the
Education IT Solutions EXPO.
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20170517-00000012-resemom-life

This year’s EDIX was even more lively than in previous years,
and as the ICT education sector enters a critical phase,
we have seen an increase in inquiries to the Council.
We will continue to move swiftly to pioneer new frontiers and meet the needs of our
members.

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Report┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆
≪Study Session≫
We held our 82nd study session on Thursday, May 18.

Guest Presentation

■The University of Tokyo Math and Science Classroom, Inc. — Mr
. Kengo Onodera: “Our Company’s Initiatives in the Education Market and Elementary School English”

■ Mr
. Yasunori Harada, Representative of Digital Pocket LLC: “The Evolution of Programming Languages and Their Adoption in Society”

http://ditt.jp/action/study.html

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Initiatives┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆
■ Initiatives in Gifu, Shiga, and Nara Prefectures

Gifu City
, Gifu Prefecture: 2,000 TV sets have been converted into interactive whiteboards, and “digital textbooks” have been introduced in all elementary and junior high schools. Each elementary school
has been equipped with 45 tablet devices and a wireless LAN environment, while each junior high school has been equipped with 50.
　In fiscal year 2016, a total of 4,100 tablets were deployed to all 70 municipal elementary and junior high schools and special needs schools. Starting in April 2017
, the humanoid robot “Pepper,” loaned by the SoftBank Group, was introduced to 39 elementary and junior high schools
to promote comprehensive programming education.
・Minokamo City: In Heisei 25, tablet
PCs were introduced at two elementary schools—40 units for students and 6 units for teachers at each school.

Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture
: Introducing a total of approximately 3,200 tablet devices to all elementary schools

Nara City
, Nara Prefecture: In fiscal year 2014, the city introduced
iPads and wireless LAN infrastructure—140 iPads at four elementary schools and 86 iPads at two middle schools. In addition to individual and collaborative learning, students are also allowed to take the devices home for study.
• Nara Prefecture: Tablets are being rolled out sequentially to all prefectural high schools within the prefecture.

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Coverage┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━◆

http://ditt.jp/media/

◆━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ Information on Digital
Textbooks and Educational Materials
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May 2
, 2017: 80% "Satisfied" with ICT Education at Public High Schools in Saga Prefecture
http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga/10101/426283

May 3
, 2017: The Wave of ICT Sweeping Through Schools—Trends in Information Education Over the Past 30 Years as Seen in the Curriculum Guidelines
http://news.ameba.jp/20170503-402/

On May 9, 2017, the
Okayama Prefectural Comprehensive Education Center began lending “RoBoHoN” to
public schools (*) within the prefecture for use in programming education.
http://www.sankei.com/economy/news/170509/prl1705090115-n1.html

May 17, 2017: Education for the "Future Beyond" the
Smart Society… Professor Ichiya Nakamura
https://resemom.jp/article/2017/05/17/38149.html

May 23
, 2017: Digital Textbooks for English to Utilize “Links”—Report from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Advisory Council
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLASDG23H83_T20C17A5CR8000/

May 26, 2017: Singapore's Efforts to Incorporate
VR into Education
http://vrinside.jp/news/vr-education-singapore/

May
28, 2017: Can We Cultivate the “Will to Live”? The Challenge of Education × AI
https://newswitch.jp/p/9174

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.:*:.:♪*:. DiTT is Now Accepting New Members *:.:♪*:.*:.
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The Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council is currently recruiting members.
Executive members and general members are eligible to participate in study sessions and
committee meetings organized by DiTT.

In addition, we provide information on digital textbooks and teaching materials,
and organize
networking events to facilitate information exchange among our members.
For more details, please visit the page below!
URL: http://ditt.jp/join

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◆◇ DiTT NEWS ◇◆　Vol. 0091
Publisher: Digital Textbook and Teaching Materials Association
(General Incorporated Association) Publication Date: June 1
, 2017 Editor-in-Chief: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Asaka Uchiyama
URL: http://ditt.jp/
e-mail: ditt【at】ditt.jp
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