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

Workshop

2015.10.01
[Report] After-School Creative Project

From a CANVAS Facebook post

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[After-School Creative Project]

To enrich the after-school experiences of many children, we conduct workshops at after-school facilities designed to nurture their creativity and imagination.

On Monday, September 28, we held an “Air Sculpture” workshop at the Yamato After-School Club!

Today we’re learning about “air.” When I asked the children
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“Where is ‘air’? Can you see it?” they gave me all sorts of answers. One child told me,
“You can see air when you breathe out on a cold day!” I couldn’t help but agree—it really made sense.

We catch air and use it to make all kinds of shapes.
Catching air… How do you think we do that?
This time, we used a certain item—the kind you use to hold an umbrella on a rainy day—to catch air and create shapes.

Some children worked together with their friends to create things, while others made shapes so large they had to figure out how to carry them home. There were even children who made fishing rods out of air and enjoyed fishing!
Air can be a material for creating things.
The photos show some of the various shapes and creative ideas the children made using air.


　

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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.”