Is the sports day an era of public viewing? October 2, 20:47
A key word has become a hot topic on the net for the autumn sports season. That is the “public viewing athletic meet”. I examined a new way. (Reporter of the network report department Rie Oishi, Daichi Takahashi)
I wish I had
“Public viewing of athletic meet.
This is my honest impression of Oishi who just went to the athletic meet of the eldest son of the third grader the other day.
Because of the heat of the day after day. In my athletic meet, a gymnasium that was not exposed to direct sunlight was released as a lunchbox.
I wanted to support you there.
There was when I looked it up.
This is Oyama Elementary School in Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture.
Check progress while watching video
This school has been conducting public viewing of athletic events for several years.
The reason is the number of children over 1300.
Including children, their parents, and grandparents, about 5000 people gather on the day of the athletic meet.
Because there was not enough space to lay rugs on the ground, the school opened classrooms and gymnasiums for parents.
After that, the ground was photographed with a camera, connected to the existing school broadcasting equipment, and projected on a classroom TV and a large slide in the gymnasium.
Parents check their progress while watching the video.
When his child comes into play, he goes out to the ground to cheer and shoot.
According to the school, the use of fathers seems to be conspicuous every year, and it seems that they can take out as a photographer when their child comes close while taking a rest indoors.
Although the athletic meet was held on September 28, this mechanism was also useful in the sense of surpassing the heat.
“No complaints from children and parents have been raised. This system has been established in a few years, and athletic events can be held without confusion even if there are many people.” (Principal Ken Yamaguchi)
In the popular Bed Town
Nagareyama City has become popular due to improved access to the city center due to railway and high-speed maintenance, and ranks 9th among the nationwide municipalities.
There are many people in their 30s and 40s, and the number of children of these generations is also increasing.
In Nagareyama City, a public viewing of the athletic meet was also held at another elementary school.
The father, who moved to Nagareyama City and actually experienced public viewing, said, “I was able to spend it in a cool room with peace of mind without worrying about heatstroke. It was comfortable. "
Growing bed town, the public viewing athletic meet is attracting attention.
Spread public viewing
This public viewing has also been introduced for several years at Arakawa City Higurashi Elementary School in Tokyo.
The reason is the heat that gets worse year by year in addition to the crowd.
This school holds an athletic meet every May, but the day of the event was a midsummer day with a maximum temperature of 31 degrees and 9 minutes in the center of Tokyo.
Display of events and grades in subtitles
The school system is a bit more authentic.
School teachers shoot, but the images are sent to the server through a computer connected to the camera, and the images are displayed on the TV set in the classroom.
Current events and grades can also be displayed in subtitles.
This means that you can move to the venue after confirming that your child ’s participation is close.
“The athletic meet is held in May, but the temperature is often raised and there are concerns about heat stroke, so it is helpful because you can see it in a cool environment, including the elderly.” (Arakawa Naoaki Sugawara, Vice-President of City Higurashi Elementary School)
IT environment maintenance triggered
Public viewing of athletic meet is expected to spread further.
According to “Fuji Soft”, a software development company that developed the system at this school, it was said that it was based on the national policy of “School New Deal” 10 years ago, which prepares the IT environment in the classroom.
At this time, digital TVs were established in schools across the country, but as one of the ways to use them, live video distribution was proposed.
Initially, children were not gathering at gymnasiums at all school gatherings, but were used to open in classrooms. After that, they began to be used at sports events.
So far, there have been about 900 schools nationwide that have introduced this system.
The company says, “With the introduction of educational ICT equipment, digital teaching materials can be quickly displayed on the electronic blackboard, and the visits can be distributed in high-definition. Live video distribution will expand further in the future. "
Even on YouTube! ?
Regarding public viewing of the athletic meet, there were many voices on the Internet that they wanted to be implemented at local schools.
“This is a paradigm shift!”
“I want to do it at my elementary school too! There are too many people in the schoolyard. There are too many people to find their own children!”
Going one step further, such a voice.
"I think it would be nice to have a live broadcast on YouTube. You can watch it at home or check it on your smartphone."
If this is the case, you can see grandpa and grandma who live away.
On the other hand, “I'm happy as a parent, but I feel sorry for my children. I ’m practicing in the hot weather and working hard.”
There was an opinion such as "I think it would be good to quit the athletic meet in the first place if it is done so far"
An athletic meet that changes with the times.
Will the wave of IT change even further?