A set of extremely useful and kid-friendly apps were developed for OLPC Canada. The website has videos showing quick walkthroughs.
"Healthy Heart, based on Canada's Aboriginal Food Guide, helps children assess their recommended daily intake of food with stylized bear avatars teaching children to act as 'chefs' to choose food from a menu to prepare meals for their customers." http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=11 "A high energy and up-beat action program, Swift Feet encourages children to be active. 20 different exercises and 10 different dances set to music take users through high, moderate and low impact movements. A post-session quiz assesses each childs knowledge of physical fitness and helps measure knowledge retention and improvement." http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=9 "Through stories about frozen and free-flowing water, children learn the importance of safe water behaviour and begin to understand what can happen if poor choices are made. Quizzes test comprehension and emphasize good water safety choices." [the example is hypothermia, but could this be extended to safe drinking water, swimming, etc?] http://www.olpccanada.com/content.php?id=14 I first saw Healthy Heart in OLPC Canada's article on OLPC News: http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/canada/olpc_canada_real_xo_content_fo.html -- Nick Doiron _______________________________________________ Health mailing list Health@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health