We sent out the CANVAS newsletter yesterday!
It’s packed with workshop information! So please join us with your children♪
CANVAS Mail No. 141
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■■This Month’s Top Picks　■■

★Joint Press Conference with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt!
With Google’s cooperation, we’re launching a project to bring programming experiences to children across Japan!
“Let’s Get Familiar with Computers(tentative title)” Official Program Website

Programming for ALL

In addition to being broadcast on NHK, the project has been featured in numerous media outlets!
Please see the “Media” section for details.
http://japan.cnet.com/news/service/35039138/ (Asahi Shimbun)
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK29039_Z21C13A0000000/
(Nikkei)

★Featuring digital kids from around the world—including Japan, China, France, South Korea, Thailand, the U.S., and more—who are making a difference through the use of ICT,
the official website for “What You Can Do with the Internet” is now OPEN!
http://withnet.co/

★The Workshop Collection has won the Good Design Award!
It was also selected for the Good Design Best 100! The exhibition runs until November 4!
http://www.wsc.or.jp/gooddesign_WSC.html

★“Dream Relay Movie,” a project where professional creators turn children’s stories into films.
The film, produced while touring four locations nationwide, is finally being released! CANVAS served as the workshop supervisor!
At the premiere screening, we shared the stage with DREAMS COME TRUE!
Full-length movie: http://creatThe film, produced while touring four locations nationwide,
is finally being released! CANVAS provided supervision for the workshops!
At the premiere screening, we shared the stage with DREAMS COME TRUE!
Full Movie: http://createthefuture.jp/
http://mantan-web.jp/2013/10/30/20131030dog00m200044000c.html?mode=pc

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01. Special, Must-See News!
02. CANVAS Blog Updates!
03. List of Media Coverage
04. Latest Event Information!
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■Getting to Know Computers Program “Let’s Get Familiar with Computers” Program

The “Let’s Get Familiar with Computers” program is a nationwide initiative, supported by Google, that provides children ages 6 to 15 with opportunities to learn the basics of computers and programming.
Through this program, we aim to foster close collaboration with schools, educational organizations, and parents.
If you are interested, please feel free to contact us via the official website.

[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/programming/
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■ “What You Can Do with the Internet” Official Website Now Open!

“What You Can Do with the Internet” introduces digital kids from around the world who are making a difference using ICT. They create apps and games through programming, share their opinions via web magazines, and
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From Japan to China, France, South Korea, Thailand, the U.S., and beyond,
we feature many digital kids from all over the world!

[Official Website] http://withnet.co/
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■ Programming Lab with GREE

At a company where professional programmers actually create games, you’ll create your own original game.
Learn the “mechanics” of game development and take on the challenge of moving from “playing games” to “creating games” to play!
Even if you’re new to programming, you can participate with confidence.

[Date] Sunday, December 15, 2013, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
[Eligibility] Elementary school students
[Venue] GREE, Inc. Headquarters
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/
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■ Programming Lab at Digital Hollywood University

The workshop begins with the basics of “Scratch.”
We’ll proceed step-by-step with careful guidance, so even if you’re new to programming, you can participate with confidence. At a university specializing in digital content, let’s
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[Date] December 8, 2013 (Sun) Morning Session: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM / Afternoon Session: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
[Target Audience] Elementary school students
[Venue] Digital Hollywood University, Surugadai Campus
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/programminglab/
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■ Workshop Collection Wins the “2013 Good Design Award”
~Selected for the Good Design Best 100~

The Workshop Collection, which attracted 100,000 visitors last year, has won the Good Design
Award 2013!
It was also selected for the “Good Design Best 100,” which highlights 100 particularly outstanding entries from among all award-winning works as “designs that point to the future.”
The “Workshop Collection,” which has been supported and nurtured by so many children and adults,
“Workshop Collection.”
We would like to once again express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone, and we will continue our efforts to support the children who are “creating the future.”

Click here for the special page >> http://www.wsc.or.jp/gooddesign_WSC.html

■Good Design Exhibition 2013
Having been selected for the Good Design Award Best 100,
and from Wednesday, October 30, through Monday, November 4, at Tokyo Midtown, the “Good Design Exhibition 2013”—an exhibition of award-winning works—
will feature the Workshop Collection
will be featured as one of this year’s award-winning works.
On Saturday, November 3, Ishido is scheduled to appear at a special presentation by exhibitors selected for the Best 100.
Click here for details >> http://www.g-mark.org/news/2013/n_0801.html

■Regarding the Next Workshop Collection
We are currently exploring plans to expand the scale of the event.
We will announce on this website whether the event will take place and its schedule as soon as a decision is made.
Click here for details >> http://www.wsc.or.jp/oshirase.html

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■ Futako-Tamagawa Shiasatte Project: “A Town Canvas Created by Everyone”

The Shiasatte Project will participate in “Aozora Art & Mart Oyama-michi,” hosted by the Futako-Tamagawa Shopping District Promotion Association. A large “Town Canvas” where anyone can doodle on the walls will appear throughout the town.
“Town Canvas” where you can doodle on a large wall will appear throughout the town.

[Date] Sunday, November 3, 2013, 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM
[Target Audience] Preschoolers through elementary school students and their guardians
[Venue] Futako-Tamagawa Shopping Street, Fureai Plaza, and other locations *No reservations required.
[Details] http://shiasatte.creative-city.jp/archives/1035
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■ Kids Creative Lab in Meiji: 3-Month Series (Jan–Mar)

The highly popular Kids Creative Lab 3-part series is back!
From making things out of everyday items to creating videos and sculpting with clay…
How will everyone’s discoveries and flashes of inspiration spread throughout the lab?

[Dates] January 12, 2014 (Sun), February 9 (Sun), March 9 (Sun)
[1] Preschool Class A: 10:00–11:30
[2] Preschool Class B: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
[3] Elementary School Class: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
*Preschool Classes A and B have the same curriculum
[Venue] Meiji University, Shikonkan, 3rd Floor Conference Room
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/meiji/index.html

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■Kids Creative Lab in Futako-Tamagawa: 3-Month Series (Jan–Mar)

The Kids Creative Lab 3-session series has been a huge hit!
From making things with everyday items to creating videos and sculpting with clay…
We can’t wait to see how everyone’s discoveries and flashes of inspiration will spread throughout the lab!

[Dates] January 19, 2014 (Sun) *Third Sunday of the month, February 23 (Sun), March 23 (Sun)
[1] Preschool Class A: 10:00–11:30
[2] Preschool Class B: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
[3] Elementary School Class: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
*Preschool Classes A and B have the same curriculum.
[Venue] Futako-Tamagawa Rise Office, 8th Floor, Catalyst BA
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/futakotamagawa/index.html
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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 creativity, the ordinary objects around us bloom with exciting charm and potential.
Let’s concentrate, observe, immerse ourselves, and create to our hearts’ content!

[Dates] December 1 (Sun), January 12 (Sun)
　[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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■ Dot DNP “Words and Letters Exhibition” Special Workshop 01
【Search, Collect, and Create Your Very Own “A” Notebook】

This is a special workshop for the Digital Ehon Museum’s “Words and Letters Exhibition.”
Move your body, learn words, and capture that journey in a single book.

[Date] Saturday, November 23, 2013: Morning Session 10:30 AM–12:30 PM / Afternoon Session 2:00 PM–4:00 PM
[Eligibility] Morning Session:Preschoolers ages 4–6; Afternoon Session: Preschoolers ages 4–2nd graders
[Venue] Communication Plaza dot DNP
[Details] http://www.dnp.co.jp/CGI/dotdnp/event/reservation/index.cgi
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■NEC Kids Programming Workshop

What is a program? How are programs made?
Using Scratch—developed at the MIT Media Lab—
let’s experience the basics of programming! You’ll create your very own game.

[Date] Sunday, November 24, 2013 [1] 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. [2] 2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
[Target Audience] Elementary school students
[Venue] Komukomu, Fukushima City’s Facility for Nurturing Children’s Dreams
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/nec/programming/index.html
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■Explore Sumida! Share! Workshop! Magazine Presentation Event

“How can we make Sumida a better place?”
In response to this question, junior high school students took to the streets, met all kinds of people,
guided elementary school students around the neighborhood, shared their ideas, and published a magazine.
Finally, the magazine featuring the junior high students’ thoughts is complete!
On the day of the event, elementary and junior high school students will be the first to distribute and present it.

[Date] <Presentation> Sunday, December 1, 2013, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
[Venue] Kinshicho Arca Kit Stage
[Details] http://www.canvas.ws/sumida_s/
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■The 3rd 1-BOXART Exhibition 2013: Big Dreams in a Small Box

Feel, think, and create—then convey your own world.
Using all kinds of materials and tools…
Just as you feel, just as you imagine…
Sometimes moving forward, sometimes turning back…
Use your very own “1BOX” as a canvas and express yourself “freely”!
Your works will be displayed at the Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, just like in an art museum!

[Dates] October 23 (Wed) – November 5 (Tue), 2013
[Venue] Seibu Ikebukuro Main Store, Floors 2, 3, 5, and 6—Special Exhibition Area next to the Central Escalator
[Details] https://www2.seibu.jp/wsc/010/N000061286/0/info_d
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~Activity Reports~

■ A project where professional creators turn children’s stories into movies
“Dream Relay Movie.” The film, produced while touring four locations nationwide, is finally set to premiere! CANVAS provided supervision for the workshops for this project!
We shared the stage with DREAMS COME TRUE at the premiere screening!
Finished Movie: http://createthefuture.jp/
http://mantan-web.jp/2013/10/30/20131030dog00m200044000c.html?mode=pc

■We’ve posted photos and artwork from the October Kids Creative Lab sessions (at Meiji University, Futako-Tamagawa, the University of Tokyo Hongo,
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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★ Digital Picture Book Blog Update
http://digitalehon.net/archives/category/blog

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Articles about the Dream Re-Lea Movie
* Yahoo News
* Jiji.com
* Mainichi Shimbun Digital
* Natalie
* Sankei Sports
* Narinari.com
* Nippon TV NEWS24
* Geino News Lounge

Articles on the “Getting to Know Computers” Program

＊ITpro
＊ITmedia
＊CNET
＊INTERNET Watch
＊RiseMom
＊NHK NEWS WEB
＊Mainichi.jp
＊Asahi Shimbun Digital

Others
* Yomiuri Shimbun: University of Tokyo Summer Camp 2013 Programming Course—Get Your Very Own Ultra-Compact
Computer!

Click here for details >> http://www.canvas.ws/jp/press/index.html
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Below is information on events in November. 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) Art Project to Support Disaster-Stricken Areas: “Let’s Make 1,000 Mini Jizo Statues of Dreams”
Dates: Saturday, October 26– November 10 (Sun), 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Niigata Prefectural Museum of Natural Science
Details: http://www.sciencemuseum.jp/niigata/5-1-desc.php?infono=199
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2) Let’s use “Squeak” and “Scratch”—programming tools that are easy and child-friendly—to create fun games, animated picture books, and more!
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., Oshima Office
Details: https://www.supersciencekids.com/workshop/
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3) Into Animation in Fukushima
Date: Part 1: Sunday, November 3, 2013; Part 2: Sunday, November 24, 2013
Venue: Iwaki City Social Welfare Center
Details: http://www.jaa.gr.jp/intofukushima/
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4) You, Too, Can Be a Kids’ Programmer: Let’s Create a Maze Game Together as a Family!
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 3:00 PM–5:00 PM
Venue: PepperSon Kids & Youth Classroom
Details: http://www.peperson.info/
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5) 4th Farmers & Kids Festa
Date: November 9 (Sat) and 10 (Sun), 2013, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Venue: Hibiya Park, Farmers & Kids Festa “Gokase Nature School Booth”
Details: http://farmerskids.jp/
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6) The 8th Manulife Life CAPS Management Contest 2013
Dates: Kanto Preliminary Round—November 10 (Sun); Tokai Preliminary Round—November 16 (Sat); Kansai Preliminary Round—November 17 (Sun)
Details: http://www.ja-japan.org/education/pdf/active_caps_01.pdf
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7) Workshop Picnic 2013
Date: Saturday, November 23, 2013 (National Holiday), 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Venue: Yotsuya Hiroba
Details: http://www.ws-picnic.net/
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8) “Virtual Company Trade Fair”
Now accepting visitors!!
Date: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Venue: Kyoto University, Centennial Clock Tower Memorial Hall, 2nd Floor, International Exchange Hall
Details: http://www.entreplanet.org/TF/2013/
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9) Kids Plaza Osaka
Venue: Kids Plaza Osaka
Details: http://www.kidsplaza.or.jp/

November Program
○ Wayang Kulit: Indonesian Shadow Puppets
Date and Time: November 3, 2013 (Sun, Holiday) 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

○ Let’s Play with Art! Mikkurino Niwa: Children’s Transformation
Dates: October 12, 2013 (Sat) – December 1, 2013 (Sun)

○ Futurist Kids
Dates: November 21, 2013 (Thu) – December 1, 2013 (Sun), 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM
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CANVAS is always accepting information on various events—with a focus 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 Note from the Secretariat》━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
We’ve launched a new programming-related project! The response has been overwhelming,
and we’ve received inquiries from many different sources. Building on our past activities, we’ll continue to strive for careful and thoughtful work in this new
field as well!

☆CANVAS is always looking for individuals and organizations to become supporting members.
　Supporting members are individuals or organizations who agree with the objectives of the NPO CANVAS and
　are willing to pay the membership fee.
　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 to those who have shown interest in CANVAS’s activities.
Please also visit the CANVAS website! http://www.canvas.ws/
*This Newsletter is also sent to individuals with whom CANVAS officers and staff have previously exchanged business cards.
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CANVAS Newsletter Issue 141(November 1, 2013)
Published by: CANVAS, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Publisher: 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
TEL: 03-6456-1929 FAX: 03-6456-1926
Twitter: https://twitter.com/canvas_kids
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