LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Students will learn what career opportunities are available in the game design industry. They will be able to describe a job, know what the educational requirements are, and know what the earnings are.
By now you have studied how technology has moved and changed the game design industry. From the time that engineers first experimented with controlled images in the 1950s, on through 2014 with the interface technology of Kinect, people in many different areas of work have been creative, and solved technology problems that keep video/computer game technology moving forward. Into the future, people like you may play a role in the new developments yet to come in game design. In this activity you will explore career possibilities related to video/computer game design.
ACTIVITY: Launch the website below entitled Video Game Job Finder. Open and read the tutorial for the webpage, which also explains how it relates to to the worksheet. Download the worksheet entitled “Your Future in Video/Computer Game Design”. Answer the questions using information from the website. Refer back the tutorial as needed. Upload the worksheet to Edmodo when completed.
Video Game Job Finder (website)