CANVAS [Press Release] “Qualities and Abilities Cultivated Through Programming Education” Event Held To All Members of the Press
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CANVAS, a Specified Nonprofit Corporation, will host a symposium—in collaboration with Benesse Corporation (Headquarters: Okayama) and co-hosted by the Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council—on the topic of standards for the qualities and competencies cultivated through programming education.
In 2020, it was decided that programming education would become mandatory starting in elementary school, but standards for developing the curriculum have not yet been established.Benesse Corporation and CANVAS have
now begun collaborating with universities and companies to develop these standards. At
this symposium, we will discuss the standards for the qualities and competencies to be cultivated through programming education, drawing on the current state of programming education in other countries and perspectives on educational policy.
We realize you are very busy, but we would greatly appreciate it if you could announce the event through your publication and cover it on the day of the event. We would be most grateful if you could consider our request. If
your publication decides to cover the event, we would appreciate it if you could let us know.
★Benesse Corporation × CANVAS (NPO) Symposium
on May 27: “Qualities and Abilities Developed Through Programming Education” Press
Release
Text http://www.canvas.ws/pdf/press/canvas_press_1705steamkids-ditt.pdf
========================================= “Qualities and Abilities Developed Through Programming Education” Event Overview=========================================【Event
Name】 Symposium: “Qualities and Abilities Developed Through Programming
Education”【Date and Time】 Saturday, May 27, 2017, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM
【Venue】 Fukutake Hall, Learning Theater, The University of Tokyo Hongo Campus
(7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)
【Organizers】 Benesse Corporation, CANVAS (Specified Nonprofit Corporation)
【Co-organizers】 Digital Textbook and Educational Materials Council [
Scheduled Speakers]
*Titles omitted ・Kanji Akahori (Chairman, Japan Society for the Promotion of Educational Informatization; Chairman, ICTconnect21; Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
) ・Ken Umemura (Director, Information Education Division, Bureau of Lifelong Learning Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
) ・Takuro Imagawa (Director, Information Circulation Promotion Division, Information and Communications Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
) ・Riyo Oda (Benesse Corporation
) ・Moderator: Nanako Ishido (Chairperson, CANVAS NPO; Secretary General, DiTT)
[Registration Form] https://pro.form-mailer.jp/fms/0099eade121539
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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.”
