Zone’in Workshops

Press Release – New Product

September 9, 2008

Vancouver BC – Zone’in Programs Inc would like to announce the release of the timely and innovative Unplug’in game, which addresses TV and videogame addictions in children. The premise of the board game is that kids are stuck in a TV, and need to gain points to get out. By playing Unplug’in, kids experience skill building in the Me, We, Earth and Spirit dimensions, necessary for an eventual ‘unplug’. Traveling between dimensions, kids pick up points by answering questions, and use Journey Cards, Do’in Cards, What Ifs Cards and Unplug’in Cards to enhance imagination, provide alternative activities to TV and videogames, problem solve, and create awareness about technology usage. The Unplug’in game is for ages 5-12, and can be played with 1-5 players in either school or home settings.

Unplug’in is the brain child of pediatric occupational therapist Cris Rowan, CEO of Zone’in Programs Inc, a corporation addressing the effects of technology on child performance through offering products, workshops and training programs. Unplug’in can be ordered online at www.zonein.ca.

Biography
Media can visit Cris Rowan’s website www.zonein.ca which has a media kit, research section and a number of published articles on the impact of technology on child development. Cris authored the Unplug – Don’t Drug policy initiative for Canadian physicians and health government, and has performed over 200 parents and teacher workshops through out North America. Cris is finishing a book titled A Cracked Foundation: Repairing the Damage of Technology on Child Development and can be contacted for an interview on her cell 604-740-2264.

Cris Rowan, BScOT, BScBi, SIPT
CEO Zone’in Programs Inc
6840 Seaview Rd.
Sechelt, BC V0N3A4
604-885-0986, 604-885-0389 fax, 604-740-2264 cell
crowan@zonein.ca