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| Daiwabo Information System and Intel Corporation hold a joint competition for children's presentations using presentation software for tablet terminals |
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| Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as DIS; Head office: Chuo-ku, Osaka; President: Yoshihiro Nogami) has agreed with Intel Corporation (hereafter referred to as Intel; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Kazumasa Yoshida) to hold a “Children’s Presentation Skills Competition: Elementary School Classes Utilizing ICT” (hereafter referred to as the presentation competition). The two companies have been cooperating to promote the “One Tablet, One Child” educational environment across the country. To promote the realization of this environment, they have decided to hold a competition inviting children to make presentations using “PeKay’s Presentation,”*1 a presentation software program for tablet terminals, with the cooperation of the T21 Project*2 (Manager: Hitoshi Nakagawa, Professor of the Education Support Center of the Open University of Japan). For the presentation competition, DIS distributes the software license, effective from today to the end of April 2014, for free.
The underlying aim of the competition is to design and realize a classroom environment that supports children in developing their individual ability to think and judge, express themselves, and communicate with others, through collaborative learning and the development and performance of presentations. Elementary school teachers across the country are welcomed to organize classes to develop children’s ability to think, communicate and express themselves with the help of the presentation software. They then apply to enter the competition, and outstanding classes will receive a prize. The executive committee will be composed of members of the T21 Project, which aims to develop skills for the 21st century, including Intel officials and Hitoshi Nakagawa, professor at the Education Support Center of the Open University; Hiroshi Hotta, professor at Sonoda Women’s University; and Yukie Sato, professor at Kanazawa Seiryo University. Through the presentation competition, we aim to promote collaborative learning and the “One Tablet, One Child” educational environment; and we will submit our proposal to education committees, schools, and people involved in education throughout the country. (Please click here for further information regarding the presentation competition.) The presentation software to be used in the competition is “PeKay’s Presentation.” With the support of Intel, Good Grief Inc. (hereafter referred to as Good Grief; Head office: Chuo-ku, Kobe; President: Tamie Asakura) developed this presentation software with the aim of enhancing children’s presentation skills by utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) in the educational environment. “PeKay’s Presentation” is easily operated, even by lower-level school children, and is, in addition, characterized by the optimized touch-and-pen operational performance of tablet terminals, which has led to their increased presence in the educational scene. Intel has been promoting education to develop human resources capable of playing an active and global role in 21st-century society. As part of this effort, the company emphasizes the importance of providing children with the education, beginning at the elementary level, needed to foster 21st-century skills*3 such as the ability to communicate and make presentations—skills requisite to thriving in the society in which they will grow up. The two companies provided the following statements to commemorate the launch of the presentation competition. Yoshie Munakata Vice President Intel Corporation It is important to aid school children, at an early stage, in acquiring the 21st-century skills, such as communication and presentation ability, demanded by contemporary society. I believe that the ability to utilize and exploit ICT such as PCs and tablet terminals enriches their potential and provides the optimal means of developing human resources that can play an active role in the future. Tatsuya Yasunaga Senior Managing Director Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd. In order to promote ICT education, it is indispensable to promote a three-in-one packaged system consisting of hardware, software, and support activities for their introduction and operation; instead of a system consisting only of hardware and its operation. We will make every effort to continue to provide optimal means to develop human resources vital to the digital society of the future. Hitoshi Nakagawa, professor at the Education Support Center of the Open University of Japan, and Chairman of the Review Committee of the presentation competition, noted that “the ability to think, judge and express oneself, which children must acquire, has become an important element even in curriculum guidelines. In particular, it is highly important to promote and realize the presentational environment fostered by this competition, because expressive tools usable in the early elementary school years hardly exist. T21 strongly supports the endeavor to develop classes of this kind.” This autumn, we will put on the market the release version of “PeKay’s Presentation” software for educational institutions. As part of our education project entitled “DIS School Innovation,” we will market the release version as a total-package solution containing not only tablet terminals for the education market, but also supporting ICT devices such as an electronic blackboard and projector. Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc. will participate in the project as the special support company, proposing solutions and offering support to the education market that uses tablet terminals, from the viewpoint of a hardware maker. Intel and DIS will together continue to contribute to the promotion of an ICT-based educational environment. On Intel Intel takes the initiative in developing innovative computing technologies throughout the world. It is developing important technologies embedded in computing devices used in various aspects of life and work. Further information on Intel is available from http://www.intel.co.jp. On DIS DIS is one of the largest distributors of ICT-related products in Japan. Equipped with an unparalleled capability to procure products from major PC makers and peripheral makers from around the world, and a nationwide community-based marketing system, it will continue to contribute to the development of an affluent society in harmony with nature, by providing reliable and high-quality products to every corner of Japan. Further information on DIS is available from http://www.pc-daiwabo.co.jp/english/index.html
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Please direct inquiries to the following addresses. For media inquiries, please contact Intel Corporation Public Relations Section Mr. Aoki Tel: 03-5223-9100 (main) Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd. Personnel & General Affairs Dept. General Affairs Sect. Mr. Sadakata Tel: 06-6281-9100 (main) For media inquiries, please contact Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd. Sales Promotion Administration Group of the Marketing Dept. Tel: 03-5746-6363 |
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