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


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


|Initial Target Users|
==Initial Target Users==


4th grade pupils in Manila
4th grade pupils in Manila
4th grade pupils in Boston
4th grade pupils in Boston


Structure
==Structure==
1. client side
1. client side
user interface where child self-reports health status




2. server side analytics
2. server side analytics


feedback to child based on biometric norms


health care tips corresponding to child's profile


Some resources:
==Partners==
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.


Partners
School Health for 1 Billion Children
School Health for 1 Billion Children


http://www.schoolhealthforonebillion.org/
http://www.schoolhealthforonebillion.org/


Resources
graduate students at Harvard Ed School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Kennedy School of Government
 
==Resources==
Games for Health
Games for Health


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http://www.cps.neu.edu/shi/
http://www.cps.neu.edu/shi/
Take Action Games
http://takeactiongames.com/TAG/HOME.html