While various school events have been forced to be canceled or reduced due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, elementary schools in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo are developing school events while making full use of IT with the cooperation of parents.

Visit social studies online

In order to prevent infection, many schools are affected by the inability to carry out school trips and social studies tours as scheduled.



Under these circumstances, at Hananoki Elementary School in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, about 100 fourth-grade children conducted an online social studies tour.



I connected a classroom with a man from a farmer in a rice field in Ome City, Tokyo, and learned about one of the rice cultivated for a long time, "red rice".



After receiving an online explanation of the characteristics of red rice from a farmer's man, the children asked, "Why is red rice red?" And "What kind of rice is there?"



The child who participated said, "It's good to meet in person and listen to the story, but if you connect online, you can hear the story directly from that person without going to the place, so I thought it would be nice."



While the faculty and staff are busy dealing with regular lessons online due to the influence of Corona, this initiative was promoted by ideas from parents who are familiar with IT, and parents also cooperated by acting as cameramen in the classroom on the day. Did.

AR = "moving graduation album" in augmented reality

In addition, there are few pictures to put on the graduation album due to the cancellation and reduction of school events one after another, and many schools are worried that they can not proceed with album making as usual, so this school also cooperates with parents here. I'm getting it.



It's a “moving graduation album”.



It looks like a general graduation album, but when you hold the camera over the photo using the smartphone's dedicated app, the photo starts to move and the sound is played.



Using a technology called AR = augmented reality, you can look back on the children's daily life at school, such as events such as concerts, classes, and breaks.



However, since the production cost is higher than usual, parents ask the local company for cooperation, and the company receives an advertising fee on condition that a message celebrating graduation is put on the album together with the company name, which causes an additional burden. I tried not to.



Hiroshi Kazemaki, the PTA chairman of this school, said, "Although the number of events has decreased, I want to be able to boast that'this album is good because it's a corona sickness'by a new attempt." ..



Principal Susumu Ito of Hananoki Elementary School said, "One year and one year is important for children. I asked them to come up with new ideas so that they could think,'I was a corona, but I was able to do this.' I want to. "

Education critic Naoki Ogi "Children also send their thoughts"

The school life of Corona is also two years.



We talked to Mama Ogi, an educational critic, Naoki Ogi.



Regarding the two years of school life influenced by Corona, Mr. Ogi said, "Originally, the most important thing in education is to talk and fight with people a lot and get" close ". That is Corona's evil. So, it was banned to avoid contact with people, and there are no more important events. It's a series of lessons and tests that only take time with no luck. It's ridiculous, "he said. In terms of infection control, there are some unavoidable parts, but from the perspective of child growth, I think there is a lack of how to come to terms with infection control. "



Also, regarding the fact that school events are being canceled one after another, at one school, when a teacher asked the children, "How can I have an athletic meet?", The children came up with many ideas and could implement it. Taking an example, "It is important to rely on the child instead of just the teacher. Since the child is a party, he desperately thinks about himself. Also, each guardian has a job and experience, and some kind of professional So I think you can give us a lot of wisdom. "



On top of that, to the children, "It is said that" switch a pinch to an opportunity ", but I think that everyone has the power and flexibility of the moment. Adults have also encountered inexperienced things. Therefore, please do not hesitate to join us as a member of society, and please send your thoughts in any form, whether it is an objection or a proposal. Adults and society have the capacity to accept it. " rice field.