[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
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Email: arjun at laptop.org
IRC: arjs on irc.freenode.net in #olpc, #olpc-health, #sugar
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