CREATIVE KIDS TOP CANVAS Talk Event: The Glasses Squad Project

CANVAS

2015.07.15
Talk Event: The Glasses Squad Project

[Talk Event at CANVAS!!!]
We’ll be hosting a series of talk events at the CANVAS office featuring school teachers, workshop creators, childcare workers, and others involved
with CANVAS—discussing
workshops from
their professional perspectives and the projects they’re working on
together!

For our first installment, we feature school teachers.
Introducing the “Glasses Squad Project,” which aims to spread the message that “School is Fun!
”

We are pleased to welcome Mr. Yuki Watanabe, a specialized art teacher at Akishima Municipal Tsutsujigaoka North Elementary School—which is implementing CANVAS as part of this project—and Mr. Yusuke Yamauchi, a specialized art teacher at Fuchu Municipal Fuchu Third Elementary School, as our guests. We will host a talk event at CANVAS focused primarily on art classes, where we will discuss the current state of schools andthe future of schools.

Click here
for details on the talk event: http://canvas.ws/workshop/2550
Click here
for the Megane-tai page: http://canvas.ws/project/meganetai


　

Profile


  • Digital Picture Book Author

    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.”