Simulation & Game Development

Following two years of research and development and extensive collaboration with industry leaders and sister colleges in the North Carolina system, Farhad Javidi has developed the first AAS degree program in "Simulation and Game Development" in nation. The Program was approved by North Carolina Community College System on October 24, 2005.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Teach the teachers - video games

WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AP) -- When the principal of Blair Elementary School needed someone to instruct teachers in the use of PlayStations, she turned to the experts -- the students.
The school purchased 23 PlayStations last month to use with educational games for third- through fifth-graders.
But not all the teachers took to the video games -- one became so flustered that she didn't want use them in class, principal Sharon Sand said.
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