2026-11-12T05:13:14+01:00 All Rights Reserved blogSpirit https://starter.blogspirit.com/ https://starter.blogspirit.com/en/explore/posts/tag/positive%20psychology/atom.xml Andrea Gaggioli http://gaggio.blogspirit.com/about.html tag:gaggio.blogspirit.com,2010-02-19:1898573 2010-02-19T12:11:00+01:00 2010-02-19T12:11:00+01:00

In this video from the TED conference 2010 , game designer Jane McGonigal...

<p style="text-align: justify;">In this video from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/231">TED conference 2010</a>, game designer Jane McGonigal explains the prosocial potential for video and online games.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">An interesting example of the increasing role played by Positive Psychology in interactive design and development.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><object height="284" width="316" data="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=tech/2010/02/15/jane.mcgonigal.ted2010.cnn" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="id" value="ep" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /> <param name="src" value="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=tech/2010/02/15/jane.mcgonigal.ted2010.cnn" /></object></p> Andrea Gaggioli http://gaggio.blogspirit.com/about.html tag:gaggio.blogspirit.com,2009-06-29:1786874 2009-06-29T15:03:00+02:00 2009-06-29T15:03:00+02:00

In this very interesting keynote given at the recent Game Developers...

<p style="text-align: justify;">In this very interesting keynote given at the recent <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gdconf.com/">Game Developers Conference</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.avantgame.com/bio.htm">Jane McGonigal</a> discusses the role of <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology">Positive Psychology</a> in gaming. Another significant sign of how the world of ICT is embracing the perspective of Positive Technology...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/avantgame/learning-to-make-your-own-reality-igda-education-keynote-2009?type=presentation" title="Learning to Make Your Own Reality - IGDA Education Keynote 2009">Learning to Make Your Own Reality - IGDA Education Keynote 2009</a> <object height="309" width="370" data="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=mcgonigaligdaeducationkeynotegdc2009-090321162002-phpapp01&amp;stripped_title=learning-to-make-your-own-reality-igda-education-keynote-2009" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="src" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=mcgonigaligdaeducationkeynotegdc2009-090321162002-phpapp01&amp;stripped_title=learning-to-make-your-own-reality-igda-education-keynote-2009" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p> <div style="width: 425px; text-align: left;" id="__ss_1178684"> <div style="font-size: 11px; font-family: tahoma,arial; height: 26px; padding-top: 2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/avantgame">avantgame</a>.</div> </div> Andrea Gaggioli http://gaggio.blogspirit.com/about.html tag:gaggio.blogspirit.com,2006-07-29:925565 2006-07-29T20:40:00+02:00 2006-07-29T20:40:00+02:00

Via Emerging Technology Trends Adrian White , Analytic Social...

<p>Via <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech" target="_blank">Emerging Technology Trends</a></p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/" target="_blank">Adrian White</a>, Analytic Social Psychologist at the University of Leicester has developed the first ever World Map of Happiness. He analysed data published by several organizations, including UNESCO, the CIA, the New Economics Foundation, and the WHO, to create a global projection of subjective well-being.</p> <p align="justify">Below is a small version of this map (source: Emerging Technology Trends). On this map, red indicates a high level of happiness.</p> <p><img src="http://www.primidi.com/images/world_map_of_happiness.jpg" alt="The first world map of happiness" border="0" height="182" width="364" /></p> <p>A Flash version of this map is available <a href="http://www.le.ac.uk/pc/aw57/world/sample.html">here</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>