There's no contradiction between activities that are fun, or with complex ideas behind them, and those that teach the most basic health and survival skills to children.
There are three health-related games being proposed and worked on at the moment that are good examples; all of which could use further specific input. Food Force is closest to having something playable... pehaps Muriel and Deepank can say a bit more about its recent status. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Water_Wonders http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Malnutrition http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Food_Force SJ On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Ixo X oxI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Grassroots-l] Health Jam 2008 (article and pictures) > > To: "OLPC Grassroots" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > For those people interested in some pictures and write-up from the > Health > > Jam 2008 (Seattle, WA) > > ( http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Health_Jam ) > > > > > http://thedaily.washington.edu/2008/4/23/nonprofit-group-visits-campus-hopes-give-one-lapto/ > > > > > > And for a more detailed picture. > > http://thedaily.washington.edu/photo/2008/04/23/3101/ > > > > Bonus for IRC and wiki people, can you guess which one is Seth > > (isforinsects) and Iain (iXo). > > > > :) > > -iXo > > Guys, sounds like an interesting event. I am wary that OLPC Health is > focusing on complex systems when most of the kids (and adults) in > deployments really need basic health information. They don't need a > healthcare administration system like WorldVistA or MUMPS running on the > XO, at least not in the short term. > > Kids need basic information about health and interactive learning > activities those help them really understand those ideas. > > My experience working w/ university students is that they tend to start > projects that are fun for research but not related to practical > outcomes. For example, I meet many university kids that want to work on > new physics engines or porting their favorite linux app to Sugar, but > very few that want to work on Sugar's performance. They need to be > guided to the problems that need the most attention. > > If OLPC Health's goal is to do new cool things w/ the XO that are > somehow related to health, the current approach is fine. But if you guys > want to create something that is really relevant to kids at deployments, > I recommend focusing on the basic stuff. > > This reminds me of an earlier discussion about porting Matlab to the XO. > Most Nepali kids who could use Matlab today or w/in a few months already > own computers and go to private schools. The kids that OLPC is trying to > reach need the basics of mathematics first. They need better activities > to teach division, multiplication, algebra, etc. > > That's my two cents. > > I was really hope OLPC Health can make some progress towards > activity(ies) that would teach kids about the causes of disease, > sanitary habits, basic first aid, etc. That is what we could really use > at our pilot schools in Nepal. I imagine the same is true for India, > Peru, Mexico, etc. > > Bryan > OLE Nepal > Kathmandu > > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >
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