[OLPC-Games] game / olpc

Anthony Asael anthonyasael at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 10:47:32 EDT 2008


Hi all,

Please see my comments in your text below IN CAPITAL

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Edward Cherlin [mailto:echerlin at gmail.com] 
Enviado el: 08 March 2008 00:08
Para: Games for the OLPC
CC: Anthony Asael; games at laptop.org; ekochi at unicef.org; cfabian at unicef.org; Stephanie Rabemiafara
Asunto: Re: [OLPC-Games] game / olpc

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
> All : Anthony as been gathering some remarkable content -- drawings
>  and photos (and poems) from children around the world -- and would
>  like to see them used, among other ways, in games on the XO.

Can we set up a place where children can contribute their own content
directly, with a way for other children to comment?

WE ALREADY PUT THAT IN PLACE ON OUR WEBSITE (http://www.artinallofus.org/artimages/index.php) . REPLICATING IT IN ANOTHER WEB-ENVIRONMENT IS REPEATING THE WORK. HOWEVER, WE COULD MIRROR EASILY THOSE PAGES ALSO ON YOUR WEBSITES AND AS SUCH HAVE BOTH DOUBLE AMOUNT OF COMMENTS.

>  Please take a look at his site -- artinallofus.com
>  Also see http://www.flickr.com/photos/anthonyasael/sets/
>
>  How could you use some of this material in your projects?
>  Is anyone working on a suitable game who would be interested in
>  brainstorming how to make these images a central component?

We could use them in memorize, or in jigsaw puzzles. Perhaps some of
them could be animated in Etoys.
YES THOSE COULD BE ALSO GOOD IDEAS !!

 There should be a big picture book
published, or several, or a CD-ROM. Coffee-table books (perhaps with
some of the profits being donated to worthy causes), children's
picture books. 

THIS IS ALSO FORESEEN. UPTO NOW MORE THAN 160 COUNTRIES HAVE PARTICIPATED AND ARE REPRESENTED IN THE CHILD ART MATERIAL. BY END OF THIS YEAR ALL 192 COUNTRIES WILL BE PARTICIPATING AND 1 YEAR LATER BOOK AND MERCHANDISING SHALL BE PUBLISHED WITH PHOTOS AND CHILDREN ARTWORKS FROM ALL 192 (OR 193) UN LISTED COUNTRIES.

Perhaps National Geographic would be interested in an
article.
IF YOU HAVE A CONTACT THERE, IT WILL BE MORE THAN USEFUL ;-)

>  Anthony, thanks again for the inspiration.  what a fun site!
>
>  SJ
>
>  On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Anthony Asael <anthonyasael at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi Sam,
>  >
>  > I am not sure I understood your last request.
>  >
>  > Can you be more specific on your needs. We are able to provide with a lot of
>  > images/drawings.
>  >
>  > Best,
>  >
>  > Anthony
>  >
>  > >  Sorry replying so late, but I was travelling in the last days.
>  >
>  > >  Indeed application was build in HTML and was relatively easy to
>  > implement.
>  >
>  > >  We have about 140000 pictures and 15000 children artworks from 160
>  > countries
>  > >  and growing every day. There many content that can be used to build a new
>  > >  game only for the XO.

-- 
Edward Cherlin
End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business
http://www.EarthTreasury.org/
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay



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