CREATIVE KIDS TOP Programming Education Yokosuka City Elementary School Programming Workshop

Programming Education

2016.12.17
Yokosuka City Elementary School Programming Workshop

Reprinted from the PEG page, a programming education project promoted by CANVAS.

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Today, I participated in a programming workshop for elementary school students in Yokosuka City! Led
by the Yokosuka City Board of Education and the Lifelong Learning Center,
this initiative holds regular monthly workshops using
Scratch,
with instructors and facilitators—including professors and students from local universities—participating. CANVAS also supports these activities.

This initiative began as part of the PEG project and is now in its second year. It has generated a great deal of interest in the
community,
and we’ve heard that in some months, we receive more than ten times as many applications as we have openings.

This time, we had the opportunity to hold our December workshop. For the beginner class,
we worked on “Cat Escape,” and for the intermediate class, we slightly adapted “Ocean Music Box”—
a sound-based project featured in the Scratch 1.4 examples—for our session.
Please stay tuned for our future activities!


　

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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.”