Hey all,
It'll be pretty low-key. Attached are the slides we'll be using to get our
conversation started.
mark
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Eleanor O'Rourke <
eorourke(a)cs.washington.edu> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a reminder to take a look at these three games that will be discussed
> during the Change seminar tomorrow:
>
> http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/
> http://www.superstructgame.org/
> http://www.urgentevoke.com/
>
>
> See you all tomorrow,
> Nell
>
>
>
> On May 25, 2010, at 2:35 PM, Eleanor O'Rourke wrote:
>
> This Thursday at Change, Mark Chen and Katie Van Horne will be leading a
> discussion about how online games can be used to address global issues like
> hunger, poverty, and homelessness.
>
> This discussion will be based around a talk by Jane McGonigal of the
> Institute for the Future given during TED2010. They will begin by showing
> the brief video of her talk (view online<http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html>)
> and will follow up with additional details about the ideas discussed. They
> will then lead a discussion focused around some of the more contentious
> issues brought up by this talk.
>
> In order to facilitate discussion, Mark and Katie asked that you all try to
> take a look at the three online games McGonigal mentions in her talk:
>
> - http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/
> - http://www.superstructgame.org/
> - http://www.urgentevoke.com/
>
> Please take a look!
>
> *What:* Mark Chen and Katie Van Horne on Games to Save the World
> *When:* Thursday, May 27th at noon
> *Where:* Paul Allen Center, Room 203
>
>
>
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This was sent from a PC with a full-size keyboard; misspellings and brevity
are entirely my fault.
This Thursday at Change, Mark Chen and Katie Van Horne will be leading a discussion about how online games can be used to address global issues like hunger, poverty, and homelessness.
This discussion will be based around a talk by Jane McGonigal of the Institute for the Future given during TED2010. They will begin by showing the brief video of her talk (view online) and will follow up with additional details about the ideas discussed. They will then lead a discussion focused around some of the more contentious issues brought up by this talk.
In order to facilitate discussion, Mark and Katie asked that you all try to take a look at the three online games McGonigal mentions in her talk:
http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/http://www.superstructgame.org/http://www.urgentevoke.com/
Please take a look!
What: Mark Chen and Katie Van Horne on Games to Save the World
When: Thursday, May 27th at noon
Where: Paul Allen Center, Room 203
attached is a flyer describing the program and you can find out more
at http://www.colorado.edu/atlas/newatlas/masters. if you have
questions email revi directly...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Revi Sterling <revi(a)wildwood.cs.colorado.edu>
Hello Washington ICTD friends – I am opening up a few more spots in
our upcoming initial year of our master’s program in ICTD – a two year
program with a mandatory semester-long paid (by us) fieldwork
requirement (in case you need a semester of labor/M+E/etc.). However,
at this late date, it’s a little more difficult to recruit, and I
thought your networks might offer some opportunities for interns you
currently have, or students who did not get into their desired
PhD/other program and are considering a more practical approach to
ICTD. While I have two wonderful incoming ICTD PhD students, including
Heather Underwood from UW, I want to get the best class I can for our
inaugural master’s cohort. I’d be grateful if you’d consider passing
this along to potentially interested parties, and I will follow up
with them with a larger prospectus, including program philosophy,
course lists, and the practicum.
Thank you very much,
Revi
Here is the link with more info on submitting an LOI/EOI:
http://www.startupafrica.com/2010/05/grant-available-for-mobile-application…
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MLIS Candidate 2010 - University of Washington
Gates Foundation Global Libraries Graduate Research Assistant
mobile: 206.303.7910
personal email: melody.r.clark(a)gmail.com or melclark(a)uw.edu
UNICEF is seeking a developer to customize the rapidSMS framework
(www.rapidsms.org) for a prototype deployment in an emergency context.
The development would be based on a usecase of a pelican case deployed
to an emergency. The usecase would be defined in collaboration with
UNICEF - but would involve mapping features based on GPS messages
received from phone handsets.
Timeframe for this work is < 1 month (need to have prototypes ready by
3rd week June). The developer will work closely with UNICEF's
Innovation Unit - work can be done remotely. To apply send code
sample/link to repo + cover letter + cv to unicef.jobs(a)gmail.com with
subject line: "INNOVATION UNIT / BRN / DEV".
Applications close Friday 28 May.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31794268/UNICEF-Innovation-Developer-Job-listing
the open data kit team has worked closely with ampath over the last
year or so and they are doing incredible work. i think last i checked
they had more than 100k hiv patients in their system and they are
expanding into primary care for 2 million people. i believe this is
the reason why they are hiring...
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The Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a
project under the auspices of Moi University and Moi Teaching and
Referral Hospital whose aim is to provide sustainable efforts in HIV
prevention and primary health care. Besides the MTRH site, AMPATH also
runs satellite clinics at 24 outreach sites in Rift Valley, Nyanza &
Western provinces.
Applications are invited from qualified candidates for the following
vacant position in AMPATH Program. See
http://naombakazi.blogspot.com/2010/05/usaid-kenya-systems-engineer-java.ht…
for more.
Job Description:
We are looking for a PhD (not necessarily a fresh graduate) in the
area of Mobile HCI to work on the Spoken Web project. Details of the
project are mentioned in the next paragraph. The candidate is expected
to work in New Delhi in the area of mobile interactions, multi-modal
interfaces, multimedia information retrieval, audio content analysis.
A strong background and publications in HCI conferences would be
required.
Spoken Web:
This is a research project at IBM India Research Lab, the aim of which
is to create a parallel of the World Wide Web, for developing
countries. The concepts revolve around providing phone-based access to
"VoiceSites" that have audio content. A majority of the world
population does not have access to the internet and is low in
literacy. This is the target for Spoken Web. Spoken Web navigation,
browsing and search are some of the many technical aspects that the
research group is focussing on. A high-level description of the Spoken
Web is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trFfrOiCSWQ.
http://whiteafrican.com/2010/05/20/mkesho-linking-banks-and-mobile-payments/
erik hersman has a post about a new service being rolled out by
safaricom called m-kesho (kesho is the swahili word for tomorrow).
they are teaming up with a bank in kenya to tie m-pesa accounts to
bank accounts to offer micro-savings. seems very pertinent to our
conversation from a couple of weeks ago about m-pesa and mobile
banking in general.
brian
This Thursday at Change, Ryan Hartford will be discussing his work at VillageReach (villagereach.org)
VillageReach saves lives and improves well being in low-income countries by increasing last-mile access to healthcare services and medical commodities through an integrated solution of a dynamic information management platform, efficiently designed logistics programs that improve cold chain performance and delivery of other medical commodities, and profitable social businesses that help sustain essential infrastructure services. The organization has conducted programs in India, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria and Senegal.
VillageReach’s unique capacity to significantly improve community health outcomes is enabled by vrMIS, its logistics management information system that leverages wireless networks and devices for public and private health systems to efficiently monitor and analyze supply chains in real time, ensuring appropriate types and quantities of vaccines, medicines, and equipment are available when and where they are needed.
vrMIS, the VillageReach platform – based on the “openLMIS” open source software – serves to improve:
- the quality of data capture
- real-time responses from the health system
- health worker performance monitoring
- inventory management
- forecasting
- HR requirements, personnel training, and
- management accountability via superior information access
VillageReach proposes to present an overview of its model and technology platform and a brief summary of system performance results and community health impact.
What: Ryan Hartford on VillageReach
When: Thursday, May 20th at noon
Where: Paul Allen Center, Room 203