a japanese tv program for programming education using scratch

Broadcasting fun of programming using Scratch in Japan

Kazuteru Hayashi(NHK) Kazuhiro Abe(Aoyama-gakuin univ.）

「Why!? Programming」

・10min.×8 episodes(5 in spring, 3 in summer 2016) ・Target: upper grades of elementary and junior high school children ・Aim :By using Scratch 2.0, ① let the children know the fun of programming ② exert their creativity through programming ③ let the children learn how to program

Story (from opening movie)

Rescue team in real world

Jason can enter the Scratch-world

Fix bugs and save the world!

Also exert his creativity, it often makes fun trouble

Various Scratch world (#1~4)

#1 sea #2 stage

#3 stationary shooting game #4 the arctic region

Various Scratch world (#5~8)

#5 apple farm #6 fun house

#7 parched farm #8 animal olympics

Other corners (1)Programming Jason

repetition

synchronization

Other corners (2)Introduce scratchers and their work

Web site

Original website ・Streaming of full TV programs ・Video clips of How to use Scratch

Account on Scratch ・Characters, music, programs, All materials of Scratch-world open to the public → 40000 views and 300 rimixies in 4 months

Effect of TV  program in Japan

・77000 usres(March 2016) →102000 users(July 2016)

New website (from August)”Wai Wai programming” ・Call for work on the monthly theme ★Theme of August :Let`s create your fun house! → Japanese “design studio” ★We would like to collaborate with design

studio. hayashi.k-gk@nhk.or.jp