CANVAS Mail No. 143
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■■This Month’s Top Picks　■■

★Happy New Year 2014.
We look forward to your continued support this year!

★CANVAS was responsible for the overall planning and creative direction of the
“Work Experience Theme Park ‘Kanduu’ Fujitsu Tech Lab,” which opened on January 15 and is designed for three generations of families to enjoy together.
http://jad.fujitsu.com/event/kandu/

★Kickoff Event for the “Let’s Get Familiar with Computers” Program (Tentative Title)!
A CANVAS × Google project to promote programming education.
We’re finally holding the kickoff event in Tokyo!
We look forward to your applications!
http://canvas.ws/programming/

★CANVAS collaborated on the production of a commercial introducing “Challenge Touch,” a tablet-based course spun off from “Shinken Zemi Elementary Course”! The shoot incorporated a workshop, and our staff even made an appearance!
http://sho.benesse.co.jp/s/tvcm/tvcm_touch.html

★ [EduTech (Education x Technology) — Programming Education Is Changing Japan! Stories from the Front Lines], [JAXA Industry Collaboration Symposium 2014],
[loftwork “DAY 2014” Innovation], and [Event Hosted by the Cabinet Office’s Bureau for Gender Equality
Revitalizing Society Through Connections Between Companies, Female Entrepreneurs, and Students!]
CANVAS Chairman Ishido will be speaking at these events.

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01. Top Picks: News You Can’t Miss!
02. CANVAS Blog Updates!
03. List of Media Coverage
04. Latest Event Information!
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■ “Let’s Get Familiar with Computers” Program (Tentative Title) Kickoff Event!

Launched in October when Google Chairman Eric Schmidt visited Japan,
the CANVAS × Google project to promote programming education.
We’re finally holding the kickoff event in Tokyo!
The official name has also been announced on the official website!!
In preparation for the full launch, we’ll be hosting an event packed with content to convey the appeal of learning to code.

Aimed at those interested in learning to code and their parents,
the event will feature presentations on the project’s vision and future plans, as well as a series of talks by programming experts and practitioners.
There will also be a parent-child workshop using the Raspberry Pi microcomputer and a hands-on programming experience corner open to everyone.

[Date] Saturday, February 8, 2014
[Venue] Theater Studio, Fukutake Hall, Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo
[Details] http://canvas.ws/programming/

☆Kazuhiro Abe, a CANVAS Fellow and project supervisor,
is publishing a book on learning to program using the Raspberry Pi!
We plan to collaborate on this project as well! Please stay tuned!

“Exciting Programming for Beginners with the Raspberry Pi”

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■ Dot DNP “Words and Letters Exhibition” Special Workshop 03
[Let’s Make a “Letter-Transforming Bag”!]

This is a special workshop for the Digital Ehon Museum’s “Words and Letters Exhibition.”
Using hiragana as a motif, dress up your characters and transform them into vibrant, colorful creations!
This is a workshop where parents and children can create their own original “Moji-Moji Transformation Bags” together.

[Date] Saturday, February 8, 2014: Morning Session 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. / Afternoon Session 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
[Venue] Communication Plaza Dot DNP
[Details] http://www.dnp.co.jp/CGI/dotdnp/event/reservation/index.cgi
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■ Kids Creative Lab in Nishi-Azabu
“A Museum Just for Kids—Exhibition of Objects, Materials, and Tools”—Registration Now Open!

Children are artists. They turn objects into materials and tools, and tools into materials.
Materials become tools. Through ideas, inspiration, and
ingenuity, these everyday objects blossom into exciting charm and possibilities.
Let’s concentrate, observe, immerse ourselves, and create to our hearts’ content!

[Schedule] Sunday, February 2, 2014
[1] 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM / [2] 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM / [3] 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
*Some classes have a waiting list
[Venue] KREI / co-lab Nishi-Azabu
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/nishiazabu/
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■ Programming Lab at Digital Hollywood University

In this workshop, you’ll start with the basics of “Scratch” and then try your hand at creating the “Run Away from the Cat!
” game. If you’re thinking, “I’m interested in programming, but
what can I actually do with it?” or “I’d like to start learning programming!,”
—come experience the basics of programming in a fun way at a university that specializes in digital content!

[Date] February 2, 2014 (Sun) Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM / Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
[Venue] Digital Hollywood University, Surugadai Campus
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/
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■ Futako-Tamagawa “Shiasatte” Project “Mitekuite” Reporting Workshop Vol. 2
“Everyone’s Park” *Waitlist registration now open!

The “Mitekuite” Reporting Workshop takes place in Futako-Tamagawa, where children become reporters to
play, learn, and share stories from the neighborhood.
For the second session, with the theme “Everyone’s Park,” we’ll be exploring Futako-Tamagawa Park, which is rich in the natural beauty of the Tama River! Who visits “Everyone’s Park”? What can you find there? What kinds of activities take place?
Let’s conduct interviews, observe, and share what we’ve seen and heard in our own words!

[Date] Saturday, January 25, 2014, 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
[Venue] Futako-Tamagawa Rise Office 8F, Catalyst BA
[Details] http://shiasatte.creative-city.jp/archives/1466
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~ Event Information ~

[Presentation] JAXA Industry Collaboration Symposium 2014(Nanako Ishido)
http://aerospacebiz.jaxa.jp/sympo2014/prg.html

[Presentation] EduTech (Education x Technology) ~ Programming Education Will Change Japan! Stories from the Front Lines (Nanako Ishido)
http://www.academyhills.com/library/calendar/tqe2it00000m0d39.html

[Presentation] loftwork "DAY 2014" Innovation – Putting Innovation into Practice – (Nanako Ishido)
http://www.loftwork.jp/event/2014/20140131_lwday2014/summary.aspx

[Lecture] Hosted by the Cabinet Office’s Bureau for Gender Equality
Revitalizing Society Through Connections Between Companies, Female Entrepreneurs, and Students! (Nanako Ishido)
http://www.gender.go.jp/public/event/2013/renkeievent0122.html

[TV]
Fuji TV’s “Tokudane!” Wednesday Commentator (Nanako Ishido)

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~Activity Reports~

■We have posted photos and projects from the “NEC Kids Programming Workshop” held on November 24.
http://www.canvas.ws/nec/programming/report.html
http://www.canvas.ws/nec/programming/gallery.html

■We have posted photos and works from the “Programming Lab Basic Course at Digital Hollywood,” held on December 8.

http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/digitalhollywood/report.html
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/digitalhollywood/gallery.html

■We have posted photos from the “Programming Lab Advanced Course at GREE,” which took place on December 15.
https://http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/digitalhollywood/report.html
http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/gree/gallery.html

■We have posted photos from the “1st Miteki-ite Reporting Workshop Vol. 1” held on December 21.

http://shiasatte.creative-city.jp/archives/594

■We have posted photos and artwork from the December Kids Creative Institute sessions (at Meiji University, Futako-Tamagawa, the University of Tokyo’s Hongo Campus,
Nishi-Azabu, and Atelier BAUHAUS).
>>http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/meiji/gallery.html
>>http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/futakotamagawa/gallery.html
>>http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/tokyo_hongo/series/gallery.html
＞＞http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/nishiazabu/gallery.html
＞＞http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/bauhaus/gallery.html
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02. CANVAS-Related Blog Updates!
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★ Nanako Ishido’s Blog Updated!
Thank you very much for 2013.
https://creativekids.jp/nanako/

★ Digital Picture Book Blog Updated
http://digitalehon.net/archives/category/blog
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03. List of Media Coverage
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* Futako-Tamagawa Economic News: “Miteki-Ite” Interview Workshop
* YAHOO! News: “Mitekiite” Interview Workshop
* Productivity News: CANVAS Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
* Lifelong Learning Issue 1: CANVAS Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
* Kinshicho WALKER: Kids Creative Institute Atelier BAIHAUS
* Mainichi Shimbun “Getting to Know Computers” Program
“Getting Familiar with Computers” Program
* Asahi Shimbun CANVAS Chairwoman Nanako Ishido
* Yahoo! News What You Can Do with the Internet
* Resemam What You Can Do with the Internet

Click here for details >> http://www.canvas.ws/jp/press/index.html
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04. Latest Event Information!
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Below is information on January events. The CANVAS website is also packed with other
event information! Be sure to check it out!　http://www.canvas.ws
*Please contact the organizers of each event directly for details.
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1) “STOMP” Body Percussion Workshop by Keith Middleton
Dates: Thursday, January 16 – Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Venue: Geino Kaden-sha
Details: http://dreampie.jp/wppost/plg_WpPost_post.php?postid=1516
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2) Children’s Wireless Robot Programming Workshop
Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Maker Lab Nagoya
Details: https://www.facebook.com/MakerLabNagoya
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3) Musubime-kun Comes to Momogarden—Since old things are sages that can tell stories of history simply by existing, I’m here to make sure their words reach us humans, you know.
Date: January 10, 2014(Fri) – January 23 (Thu)
Venue: Kominka Cafe Momogarten
Details: https://www.facebook.com/Musubimekun
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4) Naoya-Man’s “Play Creation Workshop—Try Your Hand at Making Original Toys from Scrap Materials” (For Adults)
Dates: February 1, 2014 (Sat) 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Venue: IDEA R LAB
Details: http://naoyaman.com/news/193.html
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5) Naoya-man’s Creative Reuse Workshop (for adults)
“Gnome Workshop—The Gnomes of the Scrap Yard”—
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Venue: IDEA R LAB
Details: http://naoyaman.com/news/192.html
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6) Naoya-Man’s Creative Reuse Workshop
“Goblin Workshop ~ The Gnomes of the Scrap Yard ~”
Date & Time: Saturday, February 1, 2014, and Sunday, February 2, 2014, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Venue: IDEA R LAB
Details: http://naoyaman.com/news/191.html
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7) “Animations Created Through Drawing Programming—Winter Creatures Playing in the Snow”
Date: February 2, 2014(Sun) 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Venue: Biscuit Juku
Details: http://www.digitalpocket.org/event/vjuku-openday/
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8) February–March: Call for Child Performers “Gebageba Kids Tokyo Nogata —
Forming! 21st Century Children’s Dance Troupe Spring 2014”
Dates: 10 days total—(February) 11, 16, 23; (March) 9, 16, 23, 27, 28, 29; Performance: March 30 (Sun)
Venue: Nogata Community Hall
Details: http://www.children-art.net/pkt/
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CANVAS is always accepting information on various events—focused on children’s creativity and self-expression—
from organizers and related parties.

Submit your event here:
>>http://www.canvas.ws/EventInfo/EventRegist.html

We post the latest workshop and event information,
as well as other insider tips, on Twitter and Facebook!

## Twitter ## https://twitter.com/canvas_kids
## Facebook ## http://www.facebook.com/canvas.jp

━《A Word from the Secretariat》━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
The other day, we enjoyed some Nanakusa-gayu (seven-herb rice porridge) at the secretariat.It’s cold enough to freeze your breath, but following Japanese
tradition—and taking a cue from the children playing outside—we hope to make it through the winter.
We look forward to your continued support of the Secretariat this year.
Reference: https://creativekids.jp/nanako/?p=556

☆CANVAS is always seeking individuals and organizations to become supporting members.
　Supporting members are those who agree with the objectives of the NPO CANVAS and are willing to pay the membership dues.
　How to apply: Please contact the CANVAS Secretariat first.
　http://www.canvas.ws/jp/others/player.html

☆We send this CANVAS Mail once a month
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Please also visit the CANVAS website!　http://www.canvas.ws
*This Newsletter is also sent to individuals with whom CANVAS board members and the Secretariat have previously exchanged business cards.
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CANVAS MAIL Issue 143 (January 16, 2014)
Publisher: CANVAS, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Editor-in-Chief: Nanako Ishido
Editor: Chigusa Kobayashi
URL: http://www.canvas.ws
Address: 2F BAUHAUS, 1-11-13 Honjo, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0004
E-mail:mm@canvas.ws
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