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Takbo is a Sugar-based interactive tool that allows a child to get automated health tips based on the user's inputs.
1. partnering with Take Action Games, a team who has expressed interest in jointly developing a school health game, although for young adults in our previous conversations
 
http://takeactiongames.com/TAG/HOME.html
 
  
2. finding funds for an school health game deployment with Sugar on a stick in partnership with  http://www.healthiergeneration.org/
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Similar to this video, but simpler, automated, and running on Sugar-on-a-Stick
which is funded by the Clinton foundation
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http://newmed.media.mit.edu/projects/?collaborhythm
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==Initial Target Users==
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4th grade pupils in Manila
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4th grade pupils in Boston
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==Structure==
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1. client side
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user interface where child self-reports health status
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2. server side analytics
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feedback to child based on biometric norms
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health care tips corresponding to child's profile
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==Partners==
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School Health for 1 Billion Children
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http://www.schoolhealthforonebillion.org/
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graduate students at Harvard Ed School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Kennedy School of Government
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==Resources==
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Games for Health
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http://www.gamesforhealth.org/
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School Health Institute
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http://www.cps.neu.edu/shi/
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Take Action Games
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http://takeactiongames.com/TAG/HOME.html

Latest revision as of 02:27, 13 November 2009

Takbo is a Sugar-based interactive tool that allows a child to get automated health tips based on the user's inputs.

Similar to this video, but simpler, automated, and running on Sugar-on-a-Stick

http://newmed.media.mit.edu/projects/?collaborhythm

Initial Target Users

4th grade pupils in Manila

4th grade pupils in Boston

Structure

1. client side

user interface where child self-reports health status


2. server side analytics

feedback to child based on biometric norms

health care tips corresponding to child's profile

Partners

School Health for 1 Billion Children

http://www.schoolhealthforonebillion.org/

graduate students at Harvard Ed School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Kennedy School of Government

Resources

Games for Health

http://www.gamesforhealth.org/

School Health Institute

http://www.cps.neu.edu/shi/

Take Action Games

http://takeactiongames.com/TAG/HOME.html