Genomics Digital Lab News http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com GDL Updates! en-us Copyright 2008 Genomics Digital Lab Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:38:00 EST Genomics Digital Lab News http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/images/rssheader.gif http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com ]]> OLPC seeks educational games for XO laptop http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews# Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 EST ]]> Game offers world of learning for kindergartners http://indystar.gns.gannett.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070531/TECH0602/703080498/1011/TECH Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EST ]]> The GDL game premiered at the genomics explorer exhibit during the Indiana State Fair on august 8, 2007. http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews# Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST ]]> Globe & Mail: Video Games Good for your Brain http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070810.wgame11/BNStory/Entertainment/home&ord=177463&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL: Plant Cells goes live... now available to educators and the general public http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=conference Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL: Plant Cells is now available for Mac Users. http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews# Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL: Plant Cells is featured on Apple's website and recommended as a "Staff Pick!" http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/math_science/genomicsdigitallabplantcells.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL: Plant Cells is now being used in over 15 countries worldwide! http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL: Plant Cells was presented at the 2008 Game Developers Conference & Serious Game Summit http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL creator, Dr. Jeremy Friedberg, was invited to speak at National Bioscience Educators? Conference on educational games and how they can be used in the classroom to teach biology. http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Computer games are put to the test: When the bell rang for the start of school at St Columba's primary in Dundee pupils didn't put their computer games away - they switched them on. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7295039.stm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab: Plant Cells was selected for the gaming & simulation playground at the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2008/program/search_results.php?selection_id=42413721 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive and Genomics Digital Lab were chosen to exhibit & speak at the 2008 Interactive Content Exchange. http://www.ice08.com/ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digitial Lab: Plant Cells was featured in an article on the Gamepro Family website. http://www.gameprofamily.com/article/?article_id=100099&mode=feature Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive was invited to showcase GDL and Transcription Hero at the Digital Gameing Evolution: Industry Showcase during the opening night of Toronto Tech Week. http://www.torontotechweek.com/partners_digitalgaming.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL is published in the Journal of Science after winning FIRST PLACE in the Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge. http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive's Dr. Jeremy Friedberg speaks at FuturePlay 2008. Talk titled "Building games for classrooms" http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/default.cfm?thePage=morenews Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive to exhibit Genomics Digitial Labv4 at the Science Teachers Association of Ontario (STAO) conference (Nov. 13, 14, &15, 2008). http://www.stao.ca/stao-conference/conference.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST UK version of Genomics Digital Lab v4 Premiering at the National ASE Conference in Reading, England January 8, 2009. http://www.ase.org.uk/htm/conferences/annual_conference_2009/index.php Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL presented at the National Bioscience Educators Conference (NBEC) at Seneca College, Toronto Ontario, Canada. http://cberc.ca/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL receives accreditation for use on SMART interactive whiteboards. Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL invited to present in the Serious Games Showcase at the Serious Games Summit in San Francisco, California, USA. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL & Spongelab exhibit at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, California, USA. Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive & Genomics Digital Lab is exhibiting in the Games & Simulations Playground at the National Education Computing Conference in Washington DC (June 29th to July 1, 2009). http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2009/program/lounges_and_playgrounds.php Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive and Genomics Digital Lab article in Backbone Magazine http://www.backbonemag.com/Portals/Economic_Development/OCE_success_story_Spongelab.asp Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST ]]> GDL receives accreditation for use on Promethean interactive whiteboards. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab - French Version is finally here! - Labo Digital De Génomique - Maintenant en français! http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/french.cfm Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab images exhibit at the Katzen Art Center at the American University Museum in Washington D.C. http://www1.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/2009summer_nsf.cfm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab creator, Jeremy Friedberg, interviewed for Canada-wide article: Video games evolving as serious educational tools. http://www.canada.com/technology/gaming/1559601/story.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab article featured on Serious Games Source website. http://www.seriousgamessource.com/item.php?story=24348 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab's Transcripiton Hero Arcade Game showcases at the "GEEE! in Genomes" exhibit at The Children's Museum in Waterloo Ontario http://www.thechildrensmuseum.ca/web/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab featured on Aula Gamer website http://www.aulagamer.cl/temas/videojuegos-educativos/ Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab featured on Game Career Guide website. http://www.gamecareerguide.com/industry_news/24348/genomics_digital_lab_uses_gaming_.php Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab receives honourable mention in the 2009 Adobe Max Awards http://max.adobe.com/awards/honorable/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> "Gaming company experiments at making science fun" - Spongelab Interactive & Genomics Digital Lab article featured on Inside Toronto website. http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/151091--gaming-company-experiments-at-making-science-fun Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab wins a Silver Medal from the Parents' Choice Awards http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=26631&StepNum=1&award=aw Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Article - Spongelab Multimedia Game wins 2009 World Summit Award http://www.lienmultimedia.com/itnewslink/article.php?id_article=8891 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab featured on CTV's "Web Mania" http://www.genomicsdigitallab.com/gdl/media/newsclip.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> October 16 to 25 is National Science and Technology Week in Canada. http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=6CC62559-1 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab Article: "Play the Biology" featured in Teach Magazine, the largest national education publication in Canada. http://teachmag.com/gdl.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive is now part of Intel's Learning Series Alliance Network https://www.classmatepc.com/alliance/Modules/Products/Products.aspx?Mode=ProductItem&ID=344 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab is working with Centennial College students from the animation and gaming development program in the production of their upcoming GDL game about the History of Biology. http://www.conii.ca/media2.php Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interview on Careerbuzz (CUIT 98.5) (Andrea Bielecki & Jeremy Friedberg) Download the podcast (mp3: 16Mb) http://www.spongelab.com/media/CUIT_Careerbuzz_Spongelab_Interview_October_23_2009.MP3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Article published in IT Business Magazine (online video) http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=55147 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab is now approved by the Intel Learning Alliance https://www.classmatepc.com/alliance/product-detail/?id=312 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Article: Do Serious Games Work? Results from Three Studies http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=research&article=9-1 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Review article on Genomics Digital Lab in the November/December issue of Teach Magazine http://www.teachmag.com/teach_archives/09/TEACH_n_d_09%202.pdf Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST ]]> Designing for Children - With focus on ?Play + Learn? http://www.designingforchildren.net/papers/sonali-pal-designingforchildren.pdf Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Transcription Hero is now listed on the game review site gameclassification.com http://www.gameclassification.com/FR/games/14553-Transcription-Hero/index.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Genomics Digital Lab is now listed on the game review site gameclassification.com under education! http://www.gameclassification.com/EN/games/14552-Genomics-Digital-Lab/index.html Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive: We've updated our website in the first of two major overhauls - have a look and let us know what you think! http://www.spongelab.com Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Interactive wins First Place for the second year in a row in the National Science Foundation?s 2009 Visualization Challenge http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/scivis/winners_2009.jsp Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Article: Can Video Games Teach Kids? http://www.parade.com/news/2009/12/20-can-video-games-teach-kids.html Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Article: Globe & Mail: Report on Colleges: College Collaboration a winner for Toronto game developer (G&M print E7 02-22-2010) http://www.spongelab.com/spongelab/media/G&M Article Spongelab-Centennial 02-22-2010.pdf Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST ]]> Spongelab Article in Biotechniques: Research Hero! http://www.biotechniques.com/news/2009-Science-and-Engineering-Visualization-Challenge-winners-announced/biotechniques-188731.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST