Objectives and Goals - A 2-Day Assignment
- You will research and understand the real-life opportunities for game programmers and designers.
- You will review industry journals,and other resources to gain an understanding about a career path that leads to career employment in video computer gaming.
- When you finish you'll need to sign the Sign-In sheet on my desk to let me know that you're ready for me to grade your work.
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1) Let's Get a Job in Video Gaming
In this section, you’ll research, analyze and create a career path in the exciting world of video gaming. You’ll research future employment opportunities, locate domestic and international employment locations, and determine rates of pay and benefits for these jobs.
a) A Day in the Life of ...
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b) Video Game Schools
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Kim is a video game designer for Mind Control Software. As part of ConnectEd's "Day in the Life" series, Kim discusses her duties as a level designer and the education that helped her land the job
Download the file below and answer the questions on it. When you finish take a screen capture and paste it into the Orientation section of your OneNote binder. Call the page A Day in the Life. This movie will show you how.
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This is a 3-part activity and requires you to go to a web page. You can link to them here, and you'll also be able to link to them directly from the worksheet once you download it.
Download the file below and answer the questions on it. When you finish take a screen capture and paste it into the Video Game Schools section of your OneNote binder. This movie will show you how.
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2) Make Good Use of Your School Time
a) Think Different
Download the Think Different! file below this paragraph.
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b) Game Programming Colleges
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3) Choose a Feature to Read and Research
In this research activity, you will select a Feature located on page 3 of the Game Developer Career Guide to read and review. The choices are:
Once you’ve finished reading, you will create a new page in the Orientation section of your OneNote binder and write a summary of your chosen Feature in there. Title the page Article Summary. Make sure that you check your work against the Research Rubric to meet full grading requirements. This movie shows you how. |
4) Game Developer's Salary Survey
In this activity you'll research the salaries paid for a variety of Game Developer jobs on the basis of country and education.
When you finish create a new page in the Orientation section of your OneNote binder and paste a screen shot in there. Title the page Salary Survey. This movie shows you how. |
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