CANVAS
- 2017.02.28
- HachiLab Workshop: February 19 Report & Call for Participants for March 5
On February 19, we held a workshop at the Shibuya City Children’s Science Center Hachilab with Dr. Harada, his colleagues, Biscuit, and a new 3D creation app called Donut. This special workshop was designed to provide a deeper exploration of the special exhibition “Dr. Harada’s Room of Wonders: Research on Computers and Ways to Find Fun in This World.”
First through third graders took on the Biscuit workshop! In
Biscuit, instead of giving verbal commands, participants use special glasses to animate illustrations. After making sea creatures swim and practicing the wobbly movements of ghosts, each group created their own “World of Sweets,” “World of Space,” and “World of Soil.”At the presentation, the large screen at Hachi Lab was filled with everyone’s creations. When the Doctor asked, “Who made this one?” the children introduced the creatures they had drawn, exclaiming, “This is King Mole!”
In the afternoon, we worked with students from fourth grade through middle school to create 3D shapes using the 3D app “Donut.” “Donut” is an app that can only be experienced through HachiLab’s exhibits and workshops. Just as a design ruler allows you to draw geometric patterns with curving lines, “Donut” lets you create three-dimensional geometric patterns.To create
regular patterns, you need to make full use of common factors, multiplication, and division. While asking the researchers questions, everyone created more than 10 different shapes. The researchers are currently printing the created data using a 3D printer. Once they’re finished, we’ll deliver them to all the participants!
Our next workshop will be held on Sunday, March 5.
In the morning, we’ll hold two biscuit-making workshops, and in the afternoon, you can try out a workshop on “SynMotion,” an app for creating kaleidoscope patterns. There are still a few spots available, so we look forward to your applications.
■Program by Drawing! Biscuit Workshop:
For 1st–3rd graders
http://canvas.ws/workshop/13179
■ Let's Draw Kaleidoscope Patterns!
For: 4th-grade elementary students through middle school students
http://canvas.ws/workshop/13178
★For more information on the special exhibition “Dr. Harada’s Room of Wonders: Research on Computers and How to Find Fun in This World,” please see here: http://canvas.ws/workshop/12661
Profile
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Digital Picture Book Author Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
Director, B Lab
Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Chairperson, CANVASAfter 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.”
