Programming Education Special Event for Disability Awareness Week at the Hikifune Library in Sumida Ward From a CANVAS Facebook post
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Today, Sunday, December 4, we held a
programming workshop as part of the special events for Disability Awareness Week at the Hikifune Library in Sumida Ward!
Using the ScratchJr app, we created animations!
With support from the team at Salesforce.org,
who are collaborating with us on our STEM education project, 15 children and their parents participated.
Take on a variety of animation challenges based on different themes from Level 1 to Level 3!
What kind of movements will you have your cat perform?
In [Level 1], you'll learn to skillfully combine movement blocks with blocks that change the cat's appearance.
"The Chase Between the Crab and the Fly—Who Will Win?
" In [Level 2], we'll add backgrounds, speech bubbles, and sound effects to make the story even more engaging.
By this point, everyone's work is starting to show its own unique style.
For the final [Level 3] activity, the children chose one of five prompts and created their own stories.
Even when working on the same prompt, their approaches varied widely. At the
final presentation, five children shared their stories.
For the “Battle Between a Dragon and a Wizard” prompt, children created many
different story continuations—
some used changes in size to represent damage,
others used their voices to convey the ferocity of the battle, and in one story, the dragon vanished at the end. In the “Going Home” stories, I could sense their attention to detail in adjusting distances and timing the delivery
of lines.
Furthermore, in the piece titled “Fairies Celebrating Field Trip Day,” the children created a sparkling effect by repeatedly
hiding and revealing
star icons.
We will also be holding
workshops at Hikifune Library in collaboration with the team at Salesforce.org.
*The curriculum for this workshop is also featured on "Computer Science for ALL," a platform for
programming education.
http://csforall.jp/case/386/
*This event was held as part of the Salesforce.org × CANVAS STEM Education Project (NPO).
http://canvas.ws/project/salesforce
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.”
