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games. The software we used for programming was Scratch, developed at the MIT
Media Laboratory.
In this way, we are providing workshops in universities, kindergartens, commer-
cial centers, wherever, mainly in Japan, but also in China, Korea, Thailand, Paris,
Bologna, San Francisco, Sao Paolo, and more.
3.5
Digital Learning Project
In order to expand kids activities to the core education in schools, a new project for
accelerating digitalization of education started 2 years ago in Japan. An association
“Digital Textbook and Teaching” (DiTT) was formed up with more than hundred
companies including Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, LEGO, SONY, NEC, etc.
that aims at giving digital learning environment to all children—one PC per child,
broadband network, and digital textbooks.
So far, this activity focuses on Japan, because Japan is still behind many countries
in the field of digital education even though its broadband network environment is
at the top level in the world.
Uruguay already delivered the Internet PCs to all domestic children in 2009. What
they have in their hands are $ 100 PCs developed by the MIT Media Laboratory. The
$ 100 PCs of the One Laptop PC project, led by the founder of Media Laboratory,
