Programming Education [Report] Open Class Report @ Itabashi Municipal Mukaihara Junior High School Reprinted from the PEG page, a programming education project promoted by CANAVS.
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[Classroom Practice Report @ Itabashi Municipal Mukaihara Junior High School]
We received a report on the open class from Professor Sato of Saitama University Graduate School, a PEG partner school!
Professor Sato is conducting classroom research at the Department of Technology Education in the Graduate School of Education at Saitama University.
He has provided us with a report on a class held on Tuesday, January 13, at Itabashi Municipal Mukaihara Junior High School, one of our partner schools.
The photo shows plants growing through photosynthesis in a simple hydroponic system illuminated by LED lights.
In actual plant factories, factors such as light, water, and temperature are controlled by computers.
To give the students a simulated experience of a plant factory, they used Scratch to create a program that measures temperature using a temperature sensor mounted on a breadboard and emits a warning sound when the temperature gets too high. When they connected the circuit to the GPIO and the cat meowed in response to the temperature just as the program was designed to do, the students reportedly cheered!
I hear they plan to learn about controlling the LEDs used for the plants and managing water levels in conjunction with water level sensors.
I’m looking forward to seeing what they do next!
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.”
