Enthusiastic children are dazzling! 'YouTuber Academy' (article on Papasmile)

This article is a reprint of an article from our web media "Papa Smile".

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Through the practice of YouTube video distribution, you can acquire truly useful "net literacy".
YOU CAN IMPROVE NOT ONLY YOUR IT SKILLS BUT ALSO YOUR PLANNING, THINKING, AND PRESENTATION SKILLS.
Family communication" will be revitalized, such as "parents and children will start editing and distributing videos together.

With the recent spread of smartphones and video applications, the relationship between children and the Internet has become inseparable. Many parents may feel uneasy about the relationship between their children and the Internet, or may feel that there is a lack of communication with their children on a daily basis.　What I would like to introduce this time is "YouTuber Academy" operated by FULMA Co. This is a kind of school for children who aspire to be YouTubers, who film and edit their own videos on the video distribution service YouTube, to learn internet literacy (things to be careful about when using the internet) and video filming and editing techniques. It is an active learning program that cultivates the ability to think, plan, propose, and execute through the profession of Youtuber, and the videos created are uploaded to FULMA's YouTube channel for limited access. When the program started in 2017, it was a one-off workshop, but in 2018, it will be expanded to a school format held regularly at five locations nationwide, and from April 2019, it will be expanded to 15 locations nationwide. Papa Smile editorial team interviewed Mr. Takeshi Chujo, COO of FULMA Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "FULMA"), the operator of "YouTuber Academy", and asked him about the service and its future development.

(Interviewed by.)
COO, FULMA Ltd.
Takeshi Chujo

Children's "attitude to learning" is completely different, "YouTuber Academy

Editor: What are the children learning at the YouTuber Academy?

Nakajo: YouTuber Academy is for children from 1st to 6th grade. There are four main things that we want them to learn. Of course, video shooting and editing techniques are important, but what we focus on the most is "internet literacy" (things to be careful about when using the internet). We also place a lot of emphasis on developing the ability to plan and come up with ideas, as well as presentation skills. I create the curriculum with the idea that I want the students to have a "meta-perspective" where they look back at the video of themselves speaking and think of ways to make it easier to communicate. In terms of how we run the school, we generally run a cycle of "Net literacy lecture → planning based on the subject → filming and editing → presenting the video" once every three months. So we make four videos a year. For example, for the last three months we'll make a video using slime, and for the next three months we'll make a video introducing toys, and so on. In the beginning, there is a lot of time for input, such as learning internet literacy, but as the second half of the year progresses, there is more time for output.