Friday, October 22, 2010

Fighting Childhood Obesity Through the use of Technology - Chaning the evil reputation of "screen time"

Presenter Jorian Clarke

I have to admit, I wasn't expecting to be drawn in to this program, but the reason I didn't take notes was because I totally got engaged.

Basically, the creation of a virtual world that teaches kids about nutrition and different fruits and vegetables. The world is called Kidscom.com.

The interesting thing is that the kids in the world are pushing the limits of the world creating new opportunities that were not originally intended.

Think SecondLife meets farmville meets Cooking mama.

This was VERY COOL!

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