CREATIVE KIDS TOP Workshop [Report] After-School Creative Project

Workshop

2015.11.07
[Report] After-School Creative Project

From a CANVAS Facebook post

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[After-School Creative Project]
On Friday, November 6, we held a workshop at an after-school club in Taito Ward!
With the hope of “bringing the workshops created by our workshop creators to as many children as possible,” we’re also offering the programs they’ve developed at after-school facilities.
This workshop featured the “Balance Sculpture” program provided by the Fukasawa Art Institute.

Baran, which is used as a divider in bento boxes. We made this familiar material—whose name we learned for the
first time—and created various shapes with it.

Dinosaurs that look like ground drawings—you can only really see them when you stand up and look down from high above. There’s
adult Balan and little Balan-chan.
A roller coaster, a tunnel, a park…
“If you flip it upside down, it looks like an octopus!”
“There’s a swing here, and a pond over there…” As you create
shapes, your very own story begins to unfold.

The photos show some of the creative ideas the children worked so hard on.

*About
the After-School Creative Project: To enrich the after-school experiences of as many children as possible, we conduct workshops at after-school facilities designed to foster children’s creativity and imagination.


　

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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.”