Transcriber: FERRY AUGUSTINUS Reviewer: Pei Fang Ng
I am the the first prize winner
of a programing contest last year.
So, I am a little programmer.
Today, I will show you
a revolutionary new learning style
from my experience.
Since I was very young,
I've loved making things.
and I was always playing with blocks and bricks.
When I was 6,
my father gave me an old PC,
and I enjoyed making stop-motion animation,
newsletters, and so on with that PC.
I was about 8, I made this.
(Applause)
At the age of 10, I went to a library,
and I came across a book on programing.
When you look at this, what do you see?
It attracted me so much,
because it looked like a magic wand.
If I got it, I can make anything I like.
I've been into programming since then.
And now, I'm a junior high school student.
One morning,
I happened to see some impressive news.
It said, Japanese Prime Minister,
Shinzo Abe's government,
proposed a slogan.
It's called the "Three Arrows".
The first, Bold Monetary Policy.
The second, Flexible and Fiscal Policy.
The third, Growth Strategy.
To achieve the Growth Strategy, he said,
I.T strategy will continue to be a major pillar
of his growth strategy into the future.
Then I thought,
"What can I do for our world as a little programmer?"
After hearing the third policy,
I found the answer.
That is,
I should share my programming skills
and knowledge with kids.
I should make
an easy programming workshop for kids.
But,
what kind of programming workshop
should I make?
We can teach how to program to the kids.
Who understand about kids the most?
Parents?
No.
Teachers?
No.
It's kids.
Because we belong to the same generation,
so we can share our skill and knowledge as an equal.
After I reached this answer, I moved forward.
At first, I introduced the fun of programming
to my classmates.
And as I conveyed my thought,
they agreed with me
that we made programming group named -
"It is IT".
We named it because we hope that
it is I.T that will be useful as a tool
for us to learn much more in the future.
And we use the phrase:
"Programming Workshop of the Kids,
by the kids,
for the kids"
as our slogan.
Teachers also agreed to our plan and cheered.
Their attitude encouraged us so much.
Last month,
we held the programming workshop for kids
at our school festival.
We used a programming language called "Scratch",
and explained how to make a game.
It was a huge success.
Participants made their own game
and enjoyed programming.
Not only teenagers,
but also kindergarten children and adults
came to join our workshop.
Now, I believe,
there are some things that only kids can do.
Today, I spoke about my programming workshop,
but it's just an example.
This new learning style -
kids sharing with kids -
will be useful in other fields, too.
Please look at this picture.
Green circle represents a teacher,
and yellow triangle represents the kids.
Nowadays, it's more common for adults
to do all of their teaching.
Yet I believe,
kids have their special abilities too.
And it is kids, like me,
that can help other kids gain
more skills and knowledge.
Kids sharing with kids, in fact,
may be the easiest way for kids to learn.
Because learning happens while having fun.
So I would like to ask for help
to spread this new learning style.
And we need
the chance to share our information
and support of teachers, parents
and other adults.
So please believe in
our skills,
in our knowledge,
and most importantly,
in our possibilities.
Thank you.
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