2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Development on the next generation MONODUKURI (making things) curriculums using digital fabrication technologies

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23700973
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Educational technology
Research Institution	Osaka University
Principal Investigator	MORI Hideki 大阪大学, 教育学習支援センター, 特任講師 (30527776)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	ものづくり教育 / プログラミング / ディジタルファブリケーション
Research Abstract	As next generation MONODUKURI (making things) curriculums, five new MONODUKURI curriculums for elementary school have been developed using small embedded computers. I developed 35 hours workshops for 4th and 5th graders, and practiced them at two elementary schools. The short versions have also been developed. Two hour workshop for 4th and 5th graders and 20 minutes workshop curriculum for all(1st to 6th) graders were developed and paracticed for approximately five hundred students at three public elementary schools in Kyoto and Osaka area. As a new device for digital fabrications, the tiny programmable computer called "Programmable Battery" with which even younger graders can make simple programs combining "on", "off" and "wait" without PC has been developed. 3 hours Programmable Battery workshop to design / make simple computer and program controlled toys has also been developed and practiced for elementary school students.