[Grassroots-l] [OLPC library] [support-gang] Health Jam 2008 (article and pictures)

Arjun Sarwal arjun at laptop.org
Tue Apr 29 14:18:55 EDT 2008


SJ tells me that some of the DC Learning club folks might be able to
go there to demo and talk. Are  any of them on these lists ? Perhaps
someone could forward to them ?

thanks
Arjun

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Arjun Sarwal <arjunsarwal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Chris
>
>  I totally agree with you. Sorry I misunderstood your email to think
>  that you might be able to attend one of these.
>  Even if no one 'officially' from OLPC might be able to present there,
>  any OLPC project Health volunteers who can present there on behalf of
>  OLPC Health  would be more than welcome.
>
>  SJ: thoughts ?
>
>  best regards
>  Arjun
>
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Chris Leonard
>  <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > arjs,
>  >
>  > Unfortunately, I'm not likely to be able to attend, but having found these,
>  > I did think that OLPC (SJ et. al.) should consider an "official presence".
>  > I also thought that some of the participants on some of the lists might find
>  > them sufficiently interesting to consider attending on their own, and so I
>  > pinged a note to SJ and a few lists at about the same time.
>  >
>  > Didn't mean to create an echo, but I do think that these present very
>  > interesting opportunities to promote XO as platform/channel and possibly to
>  > recruit like-minded developers to port/adapt their projects.
>  >
>  > cjl
>  >
>  >
>  > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Arjun Sarwal <arjun at laptop.org> wrote:
>  >
>  > > SJ
>  > > Chris also recently posted about such related events on the Health
>  > > mailing list, and I believe he might be going to one/some of them...
>  > >
>  > > best
>  > > Arjun
>  > >
>  > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>  > > From: Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>
>  > > Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:54 PM
>  > > Subject: [Health] Serious Gaming conferences (not what you think)
>  > > To: health at lists.laptop.org
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I just came across these interesting conferences.
>  > >
>  > > Games for Health Fourth Annual Conference 2008
>  > > May 8-9, 2008, Baltimore MD
>  > > (yes I know it's crazy short notice, but I just came across it)
>  > >
>  > > http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index3.html
>  > >
>  > > and
>  > >
>  > > Games for Change
>  > > 2008 Fifth Annual Games for Change Festival
>  > > Parsons the New School for Design in NYC
>  > >
>  > > June 3
>  > > http://www.gamesforchange.org/conference/2008/index.php
>  > >
>  > > and/or pre-festival workshop, June 2
>  > > http://www.gamesforchange.org/conference/2008/101.php
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > An OLPC presence at one or both of the conferences below looks like
>  > > too good an opportunity to pass up for meeting/recruiting other game
>  > > developers with compatible goals and for showing off the XO as a
>  > > really cool platform that they should consider porting.  I posted the
>  > > info for "Games for Change" to etoys, devel and games lists.  It's
>  > > still within a reasonable timeframe to organize an "official OLPC"
>  > > presence for that one and SJ has expressed some interest in that idea.
>  > >
>  > > It's less realistic to expect that anyone will be going to Games for
>  > > Health, but I passed notice along to OLPC Learning Club DC, just in
>  > > case.  In any event, the list of presenters makes for some excellent
>  > > leads on identifying potential developers/projects with similar goals.
>  > >
>  > > There is a certain sad irony in the fact that a number of the games in
>  > > development seem to be about getting over-nourished kids to put down
>  > > the game controller and get active when malnutrition is such a great
>  > > concern for the developing world.   That's not to say that a little
>  > > economic development won't bring all of the ills of the first world to
>  > > others in time or that exercise messaging isn't suitable in any
>  > > environment, but I think those particular materials would need
>  > > substantial reworking for use by OLPC.  To a great extent OLPC
>  > > represents the first time there will be a channel/platform for
>  > > reaching the developing world with such games, so it's perfectly
>  > > pragmatic that there has been little work there to date.  I very much
>  > > want to think that some introduction to OLPC's efforts would bring the
>  > > passion of these folks for electronic health message delivery to bear
>  > > on a wider world audience.
>  > >
>  > > cjl
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > _______________________________________________
>  > >  Health mailing list
>  > >  Health at lists.laptop.org
>  > >  http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > > > Thanks for the update, Ixo!  There's a Games for Health event in
>  > Baltimore
>  > > > May 8-9.  Did you meet any people there who might like to go?
>  > > >
>  > > > http://www.gamesforhealth.org/index3.html
>  > > >
>  > > > SJ
>  > > >
>  > > >
>  > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Alan Claver <alc at psu.edu> wrote:
>  > > > > On 4/28/08 3:57 PM, "Ixo X oxI" <ixo at myna.ws> wrote:
>  > > > >
>  > > > > > lol.  :)
>  > > > >
>  > > > > Oh, sorry, you're the sorry looking one.. 8-)
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
>  > > > >
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>  > > --
>  > > Arjun Sarwal
>  > > Intern, One Laptop per Child
>  > > Email: arjun at laptop.org
>  > > IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar
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>  --
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> Arjun Sarwal
>  Intern, One Laptop per Child
>  Email: arjun at laptop.org
>  IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar
>



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Arjun Sarwal
Intern, One Laptop per Child
Email: arjun at laptop.org
IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar


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