Fwd: update

[ERIC KENVIN (RIT Student)]

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From: ERIC KENVIN (RIT Student) <esk...@rit.edu>
Date: Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: update
To: Stephen Jacobs <sxj...@rit.edu>


Professor Jacobs,

Yeah, here's the story with the U of R thing.  I was reading an article over break about the potential for gaming in education, potential roadblocks and assets to development etc.  I noticed that one of the people quoted in the article was from the U of R, so I did some research and found out she is the head professor of Brain and Cognitive sciences, and is currently engaged in some research projects dealing with educational gaming.  I decided to send her an email telling her about what we're working on and the possibility of us cooperating in the future.  Well as you can see she emailed me back and apparently she had already been in contact with Phelps and Bayliss and they've been doing some brainstorming, however, she seemed interested in organizing a meeting where we could discuss our different projects.  So, I guess the next step is to organize that meeting (I guess any time we can get the group together in the Innovation Center would be good) and see what comes out of it.

--Eric Kenvin

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Stephen Jacobs <sxj...@rit.edu> wrote:

a for enthusiasm, please keep me in loop

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 6, 2010, at 4:22 PM, "Jonathan Meschino (RIT Student)" <jam...@rit.edu> wrote:

Whoops, you weren't one of the recipients. Here. Eric emailed her a couple days ago. I can't find his original email, but it was a pretty epic email explaining what we were doing and how we may possibly be able to work together. I believe he saw her name in an article she had written for something. Her and some other professors are working on research dealing with adolescent/children cognition and other various forms of studying the human brain as it is learning.

Dear Eric,

Thanks for your email and interest. I am in touch with Jessica Bayliss and  Andrew Phelps in your program. We are brainstorming about math games for early math (Pre-K to 2nd grade).... I am not sure how that may fit with your specific program!  I am ccing them and may be we can organize a visit where some of my colleagues (in particular Jessica Cantlon who works on number cognition) and myself could come and get a presentation/demo of what you are doing?

Best wishes
Daphne

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Stephen Jacobs <sxj...@rit.edu> wrote:

e-mail from u of r?????

Sent from my iPhone

On Jan 6, 2010, at 3:43 PM, "Jonathan Meschino (RIT Student)" <jam...@rit.edu

 > wrote:

> hey team,
>
>         I heard from Eric regarding the play testing today. In a
> nutshell it was a HIT. Everything went well and the kids absolutely
> loved the game as it currently is. He hasn't gone through all of the
> feedback yet, but there are a couple of areas that we will change to
> be more clear to users. A lot of kids were asking Eric where to buy
> these computers for themselves. On another note, you all have
> received an email from Eric about a potential partnership with U of
> R. There are some professors over there researching adolescent /
> child cognition and are focusing on educational materials such as
> our game. We are hoping to meet with them in the near future and
> forge a team. Their research and knowledge would be a tremendous
> help to our game primarily because they can provide us with ways to
> prove our method of material reinforcement is working. If we can
> measure our progress with users, everyone will want a piece of us.
>
>         Regarding the meeting tonight, all of you should be on
> campus @ 6 @ GDD Lab. You should all be working on the following...
>
> art
> Pres -  battle music and boss fight music
> Dave -  continue making enemies, items, etc ( where are the ones you
> were supposed to get to us before break? ). also, let somebody know
> if you're still alive. we haven't heard from you in a bit. lol
> Mike -  work with dave, get a feel for what the art looks like.
> start working on enemies, items, etc. These are all listed on the
> wiki (click on the Game tab at the top). The enemies we have so far
> on average are 250x250 pixels so go from there.
> code
> Kevin-  I believe you know what you're working on also. If you don't
> have anything, contact Eric.
> Justin- your doing your own thing / helping. If you are bored, ask
> Eric later @ meeting (on IRC) if he has anything you can work on for
> us.
>
> All of you - please sign on to IRC when you get to the meeting. Eric
> and I are unable to make it tonight, but will still be working and
> would love to be in contact.
> Now that we have a feel for how things progress, we will be sitting
> down in the next couple of days to give all of you who are not on
> coop a more specific milestones list. It will help you know in
> advance what to do so there won't be any surprise attacks during a
> heavy week for your classes.
>
> Talk to you all at the meeting tonight. Ciaooo & great job so far!
>
> --
> ~ jON mESCHINO
>    bS vIDEO gAME dESIGN & dEVELOPMENT
>    4TH yR @ RIT

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~ jON mESCHINO
   bS vIDEO gAME dESIGN & dEVELOPMENT
   4TH yR @ RIT

[David Silverman]

Yo I totally want to be in on that meeting so make sure you let us all know when it will be and schedule it at a time that works for everyone.