CREATIVE KIDS TOP Programming Education [Report] Programming × Japanese Language Class

Programming Education

2014.10.09
[Report] Programming × Japanese Language Class

Reprinted from the PEG page, a programming education project promoted by CANVAS.

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<Programming × Japanese Language Class!>

The other day, a Japanese language class incorporating
Raspberry Pi was held at Shinagawa City Kyoyo Elementary School, where Raspberry Pi devices have recently been distributed to all students.

In this class, students used the words of a tanka poem to imagine a scene and then created a video using Scratch. They selected “colors,” “photos,” and “sounds” that evoked the image of the
tanka, and while experimenting with the timing of the sounds and
the order of the photos through programming, they each created their own unique videos.

On the day we visited, the students were presenting the works they had created so far. Even though they were all tanka poems,
each student’s imagined colors and combinations of photographs were unique. As friends shared the scenes they had envisioned from the tanka,
it became an opportunity for them to discover the beauty of each other’s new creations.

I sensed the potential for programming to become a tool for self-expression for children.
Please continue to follow the initiatives at Kyoyo Elementary School!


　

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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.”