Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center

LearntobeHealthy.org

Extend the on-site educational experiences and mission of the Susan Byrnes Health Education Center (Byrnes HEC) to reach school-age children nationwide and beyond using e-Learning and web technology.

JPL and the Byrnes HEC worked together to define the site concept, to name it LearntobeHealthy.org and design the logo.  The concept is to build a large subscriber base of educators, parents and kids with free health education content supported by underwriters committed to children’s health. LearntobeHealthy.org was officially launched in January 2006 and features a variety of JPL-developed content management tools and educational activities and games.  Coach, Tuffy Tooth, Cig Shady and many other animated characters teach kids about the five senses, the dangers of tobacco and inhalants, adolescence, healthy eating and many other subjects.  Beyond the design and development of the site, JPL provides e-marketing strategy and implementation to build the site’s subscriber base.

LearntobeHealthy.org has been recognized as a USA Today "Educator’s Best Bet" site and has received a Horizon Interactive award and a Non-Profit Innovation award.  Future plans for the site include designing and developing web-based health educational experiences for teenagers.

http://www.learntobehealthy.org/