Uncategorized Judges Announced for the Digital Ehon Awards’ “Digital Educational Materials Award”!
The judges for the Digital Ehon Educational Materials Award at the Digital Ehon Awards have been selected!
Starting this year, the “Digital Ehon Educational Materials Award” has been established with the aim of developing and promoting digital educational materials in schools.For the judging of the
Digital Educational Materials Award, we have
invited teachers and experts active on the front lines of education to select Digital Ehon that serve as high-quality learning tools for children.
The judges are listed below.
*Listed in Japanese syllabary order; honorifics omitted
; Yuki Ujihashi (Senior Researcher, NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute)
; Takeshi Sakai (Board Member, Japan Society for Educational Informatics; Specialist, Special Needs Education Classroom, Setagaya Municipal Hachiman Elementary School)
;Kazufumi Nakagawa (Professor, Open University of Japan (Ph.D.))
· Soichiro Hirai (Counselor and Director of the Guidance Division, Koga City Board of Education)
We look forward to receiving your applications.
http://www.digitalehonaward.net/news/2017/03/01/1688/
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.”
