[AG-TECH] Interactive Video Games that Improve Young People's Health Behaviors

[Jonathan C. Humfrey]

For some reason the scheduling has not gone through yet but I'm pretty 
sure it will be in the Full Sail Room.  We are in California PDT.  I hope 
you can make it, please let me know.

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Leslie Arvin wrote:

> Sounds interesting.  What timezone is UCSB, and what venue will
> Access Grid use for this event?
> 
> -- Leslie Arvin
>    arvin at purdue.edu
>    Programmer
>    Purdue University Access Grid
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> Jonathan C. Humfrey wrote:
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> >It would be great to have some remote participants attend our first Center 
> >for Information Technology and Society (www.cits.ucsb.edu) Brown Bag 
> >Symposium of the new school year.  The presentation will go from 12 noon 
> >to 1 PM PDT on Friday October 11th.  
> >
> >Please reply if you would like to attend.
> >
> >Please join us next Friday October 11th for the first CITS Brown Bag
> >Lecture of 2002-03.
> >
> >Debra Lieberman, Department of Communication and ISBER will give a talk
> >titled:
> >
> >"Creating Interactive Video Games that Improve Young People's Health
> >Behaviors: Putting Theory into Practice"
> >
> >Video games have the potential to influence knowledge, skills, and
> >behavior, for better or worse depending on the goals of the creators. In
> >this talk, UCSB communication researcher Debra Lieberman will focus on
> >entertainment video games that are designed to improve young people's
> >self-care behaviors and health.  She will present the theory-based
> >design she developed for a series of health video games for children and
> >adolescents, and will present an overview of research testing the theory
> >and demonstrating that the video games are fun and effective.  Debra
> >designed the video games to enhance players' self-concepts,
> >self-efficacy for specific health behaviors, communication with others
> >about health, social support, knowledge, and rehearsal of self-care
> >skills, all of which are factors known to affect health behaviors and
> >outcomes.
> >
> >Location: The Collaborative Technologies Laboratory (CTL) formerly known
> >as the Digital Classroom - Trailer 932, directly East of Davidson
> >Library.  For a map and description see
> >http://www.cits.ucsb.edu/site/classroom.html)
> >
> >Date/Time: October 11, 2002 at Noon
> >
> >All are welcome. Feel free to bring your lunch.
> >
> >The talk and audience comments will be broadcast live through the
> >Internet-based Access Grid, and will also be available later in
> >streaming form at the CITS web site http://www.cits.ucsb.edu.
> >
> >This talk is part of the CITS Friday Brown Bag Symposia on Information
> >Technology and Society, for the complete 2002-03 Brown Bag schedule
> >visit: http://www.cits.ucsb.edu/site/events.html
> >
> >Please feel free to pass this message on to anyone you feel may be
> >interested. 
> >
> >_________________________________________________
> > 
> >Rob Patton
> >Program Manager
> >Center for Information Technology and Society
> >University of California, Santa Barbara
> >www.cits.ucsb.edu
> >patton at cits.ucsb.edu
> >805-893-5910
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