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Spirit of Entrepreneurship app launches

We at GoForth Institute were thrilled to join our development partners Robots and Pencils and Olds College to officially launch the Spirit of Entrepreneurship app this past Tuesday. Spirit of Entrepreneurship is the world’s first fully-accredited app-based course delivered through a video game experience.

Through the app, students of Olds College will learn about and experience small business as a career option, in a way that works for their needs and learning style. In fact, 78% of pilot students who completed the course indicated they would “seriously consider” an entrepreneurial path in the future.

The course is designed to take just 25 hours to complete, and offers the flexibility of complete mobility.

For more information, check out these recent articles written about the app:

Thanks to Olds College and Robots and Pencils for taking the journey of innovation with us!

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Calgary’s Super Mobile Con a success

Calgary held a unique event this week: Super Mobile Con – an afternoon of best practices, stories from the field, and a look at some of the most innovative new mobile applications and mobile strategies from leading Canadian companies like Shaw, Trans Canada, Deco Windshields, Oilfield Exchange, GoForth Institute and more.

The event was the brainchild of the team of app geniuses at Robots and Pencils Inc, whose clients are all thought-leaders in the mobile space. “Why not share what we’ve learned?” was the prevailing attitude during the successful half-day conference.

The room was packed with IT people, business-types and programming geeks and was standing room only. The main feeling in the room was not whether or not companies should go mobile, but how. If you’re not part of the mobile revolution, you will be run over by it.

GoForth Institute presented on the panel about gamification and why we built the world’s first fully-accredited high school course in entrepreneurship into a mobile app.

It was fun to be surrounded by thought leaders in many different industries who were doing some amazing things in the app space. Thanks to Robots and Pencils for inviting us to be there for the inaugural conference! We’re really proud of all you’re doing to bring mobile apps to so many industries, and we’re really proud of our partnership with you in education.

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Educational app teaches high schoolers about entrepreneurship

This week was an exciting one at GoForth. The mobile educational app we developed for Alberta Distance Learning Centre, in partnership with Robots and Pencils, received coverage on CBC Edmonton.

In the app, students demonstrate key concepts, work through a gamified business simulation and take quizzes, all in an entertaining, interactive, mobile environment. The CBC featured students from Leduc Composite High School, who are testing the app before its release across Alberta.

You can read the CBC article here and view the accompanying video here.

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