Earlier this week 30 of our computer/business students in Mr. Janzen's class went on a field trip to EA Sports in Burnaby. The trip included a one hour presentation by James, a NHL Software Programmer, followed by a tour of the facility by Wendell and Meagan, the Outreach Coordinators.
James spoke to the students about the importance of getting an education to work in the gaming field. He explained about the importance of Coop experiences to being prepared for the world ahead. Students were also given the opportunity to learn about the teamwork needed to produce a game, from animators, engineers, programmers, capture motion, to people who spend their day playing games to find glitches!
All in all it was a wonderful experience and 10 lucky students won new video games as a prize for answering a skill testing question. See below for some images from the trip.
James spoke to the students about the importance of getting an education to work in the gaming field. He explained about the importance of Coop experiences to being prepared for the world ahead. Students were also given the opportunity to learn about the teamwork needed to produce a game, from animators, engineers, programmers, capture motion, to people who spend their day playing games to find glitches!
All in all it was a wonderful experience and 10 lucky students won new video games as a prize for answering a skill testing question. See below for some images from the trip.