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Advanced Education and Technology is considering developing an electronic game to engage and inform students about careers in the Trades and thereby increase the number of students pursuing Trades education. The goal is to enhance parents and learners’ knowledge and awareness of Alberta’s advanced learning system through a collaborative, awareness and mentorship campaign. If you a Digital Alberta member, you may request a copy of this RFP by emailing info@digitalalberta.com.

The Technology Commercialization Division of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology has been informed of an RFI/RFP surrounding an online serious game that will provide information and promote trades careers and options to 13-19 year old students.

The RFI will be published on the Alberta Purchasing Connection website in the next few weeks.

Calgary's Cambrian House was recently featured in the latest issue of Business 2.0. "It's a Web, Web, Web 2.0 world" features the best non-U.S. sites to watch in the user-generated revolution. Other companies/sites featured in the article include Joost (video), WidSets (mobile), Stardoll (web applications) and YoYo Games (social media).

Came across this detailed case study written by Calgary blogger Kempton Lam and Nisan Gabbay, focused on the story of iStockphoto, and its evolution from a free community site into one of Alberta's biggest digital media success stories. iStockphoto is a Calgary-based online community for photographers and a source of high quality, low-cost stock assets.

SFGate tells the story of former Calgarians Garrett Camp, Geoff Smith and Justin LaFrance, and their path taking their Internet startup StumbleUpon into the white-hot center of the latest technology boom in the San Francisco Bay area. After toiling in obscurity for four years, the founders pulled together an A-list of Silicon Valley investors in late 2005, moved to San Francisco in early 2006, and rode the Web 2.0 wave to success. Last month they sold their 14-person company to eBay for $75 million.

Investopedia, the Edmonton-based online resource for financial education, has just been acquired by Forbes Media for an undisclosed amount. Investopedia, founded in 1999, has grown to be one of the largest financial sites devoted for investor education. With over 15M page impressions, the site gets a good amount of traffic and provides a wealth of information regarding stock and market news, an online dictionary, free resources and tools, and even prep exams for accountants. Investopedia is a niche news site, but delivers pertinent information well.

Edmonton-based Rocketfuel Productions recently took the top prize at the "Pitch It!" competition at the eighth annual Kidscreen Summit in New York City for their cross media entertainment property for kids, "C.I.E." (Central Institute for Exploration). The summit was held from February 7-9.

Calgary-based Cambrian House, the world’s leading crowdsourced software community and Hothead Games, a Vancouver-based independent game developer, today announced that the two companies have joined forces to blow the doors open on the next game development revolution: crowdsourced games.