This time, I’d like to talk a little about myself and my disability. As I mentioned in my previous note, I developed idiopathic myelitis in 2021, which recurred in 2022, leaving me with lower limb impairment and bowel/bladder dysfunction. I can stand up and walk short distances slowly using a walker, but I use a …
This time, I’d like to write about my own disability and daily life from the perspective of my relationship with technology. At the end of 2021, I developed unexplained myelitis, making walking difficult. I now use a wheelchair for daily life. The wheelchair has become one of the essential technologies for my life. Using the …
On December 19, 2025, we held the final workshop of the year at the Meta Support Campus. We conducted a quiz competition using Kahoot!, which we’ve been holding regularly since last year. Participants submitted multiple-choice questions in advance via Google Forms. This time, we used the 43 questions collected to run four rounds of quizzes: …
The Children’s Workshop “Come One, Come All: Christmas Party,” planned and run by third-year students in the Mori Seminar, was held on Sunday, December 21, 2025, at the Student Hall in Building 8 of Showa Women’s University. For details about the workshop and student reflections, please see our department blog here. Once again, everything from …
Constructionism is the foundational concept underpinning my own research. Proposed and developed by Seymour Papert and others at MIT, constructionism holds that “people actively and collaboratively construct knowledge when they are engaged in creating things that interest them.” Here, “making things” does not refer solely to creating physical objects. It encompasses the broader act of …
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On December 12, 2025, we held a workshop at Ebina City’s educational support classroom, “Binaroom.” This time, with the goal of introducing the tools I’ve used in my past practice to the children and teachers, I presented the OctoStudio and micro:bit (with Chobitto board) alongside the Programmable Battery, allowing them to actually handle and experience …
Workshop at Ebina City’s educational support classroom, “Binaroom.” Read More »
Following last year’s event, I held an outreach class on December 11th for first-year students in the Inquiry Course at Showa Elementary School, affiliated with Showa Women’s University. This time, with the theme “Making Toys that Move with Computers,” students used programmable batteries, LEGO® blocks, craft materials, and recycled materials to create projects that performed …
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I visited the Hongo Children’s Library in Hongo-cho, Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Since opening in 2001 as a publicly funded, privately operated library, it has been cherished and run by the community for 25 years. With its charming log cabin-like exterior, stepping inside greets you with the gentle scent of wood and countless children’s books. …
What are children learning through workshops? This is one of the most important questions for us who design and implement workshops. For example, in workshops including programming conducted at elementary schools, we have attempted to evaluate the outcomes of these programs. In 2008, using Scratch, which had just been released the previous year, we conducted …
Reflection Workshop: Interviews with Participants of the Future of Learning Read More »
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, a workshop utilizing the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method was held at Ebina City Hall as part of the “Dialogue with Citizens” event on fully inclusive education, hosted by the Ebina City Board of Education and the Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education. On the day, many people attended not only from …
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