A programming contest for elementary school students "Tech Kids Grand Prix" held at Shibuya Hikarie

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Currently, "Programming" lined up with "English" at the top of the lesson that parents want to make children attend. For the era when IoT and AI become mainstream, high attention is given to "programming language" to promote communication between people and computers. In particular, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2016 announced the "essentialization of programming education" in elementary school from 2020, said that the fever is accelerating at a stroke.
▲ Lecture scene of "Tech Kids School"
With increasing interest in "programming education", the final presentation of "Tech Kids Grand Prix (Tech Kids Grand Prix)", a programming contest for elementary school students, will be held on 24th September 2018 (Mon. and Holidays), Shibuya Hikarie 9F Hikarie Hall It will be held at A. The company is sponsored by "CA Tech Kids", a subsidiary of CyberAgent, which develops programming schools for primary school children.

It is the same content that slogan "To create the 21st century, you guys." For the elementary school students from April 5 to July 23 this year, we recruit original works from two divisions, "Game category" and "Free production category", and more than 1,000 entries from all over the country It was said.

In selection of entries, not only technical skills and ideas of programming but also "VISION (vision: the dreams the children want to realize and the world they want to realize"), "PRODUCT (product: creative ideas to realize dreams and embody it "Quality of work that was done", "Principal personnel who create new value to society" from the three perspectives of "PRESENTATION (Presentation: appeal power to present their own vision and products to society") . Twelve children will be elected for the final presentation on 24th September.

About the finals tournament, Yuichiro Kuwano, administrative secretariat of Tech Kids Grand Prix, says, "I can not tell you about the work currently being submitted, but there are surprising things that we do programming. I assume that there is an idea absolutely impossible to consider in adults, I think that they will receive stimulation. "
▲ Presentation of another event
On the day of the finals, one of the children will be presenting and presenting program works that he made himself in front of professional engineers and judges such as game programmers. In addition to being selected as one overall victory, the winner is ranked first in the game division (prize of 200,000 yen), second place (prize of 150,000 yen), third place (prize of 100,000 yen), first place in free production division (prize 200 thousand yen), 2nd place (prize money 150 thousand yen), 3 place (prize money 100 thousand yen), audience prize 1 prize (100 thousand yen prize), sponsorship company award.

"I'd like to raise the top tier (programming) through this tournament and want to nurture star players," I hope to see future people like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerburg come out " Gather.

Regarding application for viewing of the final presentation, it will be announced at the official website and so on at a later date.

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Radio program "Shibuya Culture Project" delivered every Friday, Wednesday at 15:30 to 16 o'clock in the community FM station "Radio in Shibuya". Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday, OA program guests welcomed Mr. Yuichiro Kuwano who is the administrative secretary of Tech Kids Grand Prix, and heard about "Tech Kids Grand Prix" (Tech Kids Grand Prix). If you would like to know more information please also listen here.
▲ left) Shibuya economic newspaper · West editor-in-chief right) Tech Kids Grand Prix Management Office · Yuichiro Kuwano

"Tech Kids Grand Prix (Tech Kids Grand Prix)" Final Presentation
○ Holding: September 24, 2018 (Monday · holiday)
○ Venue: Shibuya Hikarie 9F Hikarie Hall A
〇 Content: Presentation of programming work by 12 primary school students who passed the primary review
〇 Department: 1. Game department / 2. Free production department
○ Organizer: Teach Kids School programming school for primary school students
Sponsorship:
 ミクシィ、サイバーエージェント、Cygames
 東京急行電鉄、グーグル、大川ドリーム基金、楽天
 Facebook Japan、ソフトバンク、Twitter Japan
 LINE、アドビ システムズ、孫正義育英財団
○ Sponsor: Shibuya Ward, Shibuya Ward Board of Education
〇 Official:https://techkidsschool.jp/grandprix2018/