On December 23, we held a remote workshop at the Hamagin Children’s Space Science Museum. This time, we used a micro:bit with an expansion board (chobitto board), a.k.a. chobitto, to make toys that work with computers and programs (to make it easier to understand, the name needs to be decided). We recruited participants for two …
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On February 2, we held a remote delivery class for two classes of 4th graders at Yawata Elementary School in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. This time, the students were given a 90-minute experience of creating computer-operated works of art using programmable batteries. After a brief introduction of how to use the battery and a video of …
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On February 15 and 16, we conducted a workshop in a special needs classroom in Hachioji City. This was the second time the workshop was held at this school. For some children, this was their first experience, but for many, it was their second. All of them are making toys using computers. The children create …
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This is the third time for many of the students to try using the Programmable Battery to create works of art. This time, the class time was cut in half (45 minutes), and the second time around, we saw how the students’ work deepened and expanded as they became more familiar with the tool. And …
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On February 26, a remote workshop was held for 6th graders at Soshin Elementary School in Yokohama. It has been a long time since the Kanagawa Industrial Technology Research Institute (KISTEC) held a workshop at the school in December 2021! (KISTEC) in December 2021, it had been a long time since we last visited the …
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March 8, we held our 5th workshop at “Metasuppo Campus” established by Ehime Prefectural Board of Education. The theme this time was “My Favorite Places and Places I Want to Visit”. We then used Google Maps to find places we liked and places we wanted to visit. The MetaSupport Campus has students who are in …
The second remote workshop was held on March 29 at an after-school day service in Kanazawa City. Continuing from the previous workshop, we challenged the children to make a moving toy using a programmable battery. This time, at the request of the children, we sent a little box with a little more LEGO bricks than …
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