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Some options I thought we might talk about:
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/
Similar to this video, but simpler, automated, and running on Sugar-on-a-Stick
which is funded by the Clinton foundation
 
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
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