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I am the the first prize winner [br]

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of a programing contest last year.

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So, I am a little programmer.

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Today, I will show you

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a revolutionary new learning style

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from my experience.

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Since I was very young, [br]

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I've loved making things.

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and I was always [br]playing with blocks and bricks.

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When I was 6,

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my father gave me an old PC,

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and I enjoyed making [br]stop-motion animation,

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years later, and so on with that PC.

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I was about 8, I made this.

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(Applause)

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At the age of 10, I went to a library,

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and I came across the bytecode programing.

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When you look at this, what do you see?

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It attracted me so much,

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because it tricked like a magic wand.

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If I got it, I can make new things I like.

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I've been into programming since then.

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And now, [br]I'm a junior high school student.

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One morning, [br]

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I happened to see some interesting news.

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It said, Japanese Prime Minister,

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Shinzo Abe's government,

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proposed a slogan.

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It's called the "Three Arrows".

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The first, Bold Monetary Policy.

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The second, Forex and Fiscal Policy.

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The third, Growth Strategy.

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To achieve the Growth Strategy, he said,

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I.T strategy will continue [br]to be a major pillar

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of his growth strategy into the future.

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Then I thought,

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"What can I do for our world [br]as a little programmer?"

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After hearing the three policies,

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I found the answer.

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That is,

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I should share my programming skills

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and knowledge with kids.

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I should make [br]

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an easy programming workshop for kids.

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But,

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what kind of programming workshop [br]

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should I make?

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We can teach how to program to the kids.

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Who understand about kids the most?

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Parents?

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No.

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Teachers?

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No.

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It's kids.

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Because we belong to the same generation,

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so we can share [br]our skill and knowledge as an equal.

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After I reached this answer, [br]I moved forward.

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At first, I introduced [br]the fun of programming [br]

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to my classmates.

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And as I conveyed my thought,

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they agreed with me

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that we made programming group name -

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"It is IT".

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We named it because we hope that

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it is I.T that will be useful as a tool

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for us to learn much more in the future.

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And we use the phrase:

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"Programming Workshop of the Kids, [br]

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by the kids,

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for the kids"

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as our slogan.

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Teachers also agreed to [br]our plan and cheered.

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Their attitude encouraged us so much.

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Last month, [br]

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we held the programming workshop for kids

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at our school festival.

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We used a programming language [br]called "Scratch",

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and explained how to make a game.

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It was a huge success.

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Participants made their own game

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and enjoyed programming.

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Not only teenagers,

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but also kindergarten children and adults

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came to join our workshop.

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Now, I believe,

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there are some things that only kids can do.

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Today, I spoke about [br]my programming workshop,

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but it's just an example.

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This new learning style -

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kids sharing with kids -

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will be useful in other ways too.

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Please look at this picture.

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Green circle represents a teacher,

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and yellow triangle represents the kids.

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Nowadays, it's more common for adults

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to do all of their teaching.

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Yet I believe,

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kids have their special abilities too.

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And it is kids, like me,

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that can help other kids gain

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or share their knowledge.

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Kids sharing with kids, in fact,

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may be the easiest way for kids to learn.

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Because learning happens [br]while having fun.

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So I would like to ask for help

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to spread this new learning style.

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And we need

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the chance to share our information

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and support of teachers, parents

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and other adults.

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So please believe in

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our skills,

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in our knowledge,

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and most importantly,

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in our possibilities.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)