Sapporo GATHERING!
We will be hosting talk sessions, training sessions, workshops, and exhibitions at the Yukibitas Collaborative Plaza inside Sapporo Factory.

This event is being held in collaboration with Mr. Kaneshiro and Mr. Morita from the Sapporo Nishi Boys and Girls Invention Club, as well as Mr. Motoki from the Hokkaido Information College. Tomorrow’s children’s workshop will feature three different activities: Raspberry Pi, Pythagoras Switch, and Kinect!

The first half of the day featured a panel discussion with nine individuals active in Hokkaido.The lineup included “Sapporo Open Lab” (http://sapporolab.com/), which conducts research and workshops on programming education in
elementary schools, and “Rakkora” (http://laccolla.com/), a classroom where students learn science and programming simultaneously—bringing together key players from both school-based and community-based education.Everyone’s activities were incredibly unique!
There were so many people whose stories I wanted to hear more about.

The second half of Day 1 featured a Raspberry Pi instructor training session. We’re
currently working on an electronics project using GPIO as part of our measurement and control lab. A new tool has been introduced for
this training and workshop! We’re using the “GPIO Wiring Card”—conceived by Professor Takahashi of Kobe University—which makes wiring to the GPIO easier and more intuitive.It’s been very well received by the
participants! The card is available on the official PEG website.
Please feel free to use it.
http://pegpeg.jp/tool/

On the second day of Sapporo GATHERING, we’re holding three different workshops for children together with the participants from the previous day’s training session.
With activities like “Creating a Balloon Game with Kinect and Scratch,” “Pythagorean Switches with Raspberry Pi,” and “Making a Game Controller with Raspberry Pi,” the event is bustling with over 80 children and adults in
total!

At the Sapporo GATHERING, during a “Pythagoras Switch” workshop led
by Professor Motoki from the Hokkaido Information College, participants built Pythagoras Switch devices using
LEDs and light sensors!
Working together in groups and lining up their computers, they created a setup that made it look as if a ball was rolling endlessly.

I’m told they designed the workshop based on the “Pythagoras Switch Instructor’s Guide” by Yasu Lab’s Mr. Yasukawa and
Machi Quest’s Mr. Ishihara, which is also available on the PEG official website’s TOOL section. I’m so happy to see it spreading
like this!
http://pegpeg.jp/tool/2014/09/09/686