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Vocational & Career Collection
Full-text coverage for trade and industry-related periodicals for high schools, community colleges, trade institutions. and the general public.
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Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) are computer- and Internet-based "games" (sometimes they're not games at all in a traditional competitive sense) that create virtual environments and self-contained, fully elaborated worlds. The games usually feature an interactive, real-time narrative that involves multiple participants directly with characters, and the action unfolds as a result of participants' responses to challenges and puzzles. Participants often...
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The digital technology skills that teenagers are developing as hobbies can turn into professional opportunities. Today's culture is being enlarged and redefined by digital technologies. Among them are digital sampling and remixing, in which musical artists sample and remix existing materials as core components of their own work. Career Building Through Digital Sampling and Remixing explores the phenomenon and success of digital media in and of itself,...
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Fan fiction writing has been around for centuries, but has only just recently become a viable career option. Fans of some of the most popular works of fiction have been published or have found their own level of fame as authors for writing supplemental stories or novels as a tribute to their favorite work.
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A mashup is a Web site or application that combines content from multiple sources. This book teaches young people how to combine the technologies of Web music, video and software to create their own applications and how to use their talents in pursuing a career.
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Skinning and modding allow individual users to alter commercial computer software. These skills are typically used to create or modify objects or characters in a game setting. In Career Building through Skinning and Modding, readers learn that their skinning and modding skills are not only gaming skills but also career skills they can potentially ply in the digital marketplace.
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