Manatee school pushing students to tech edge (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) Educators at Buffalo Creek Middle School are teaching computer-savvy students skills usually reserved for high school or even college classrooms, giving them a leg up in an increasingly technological job market....more...Media Services Opens Flagship Retail Store in New York City (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----Media Services, one of the entertainment industry's leading accounting, payroll, and software providers, today announced the opening of its new 3,000-square-foot retail store on W. 21st Street in the heart of New York's commercial, television and film production district....more... Potrero outfit trains new generation of digital artists (BizJournals) Perched above a Starbucks on Mariposa Street in what used to be a Best Foods mayonnaise factory sits a vital but little-known piece of San Francisco's digital media engine....more... You can be an artist and avoid starvation (Courier-Post) So you want to make music, act, produce films, design fashion, dance or write movies? No sweat. That is, if you tweak your thinking a bit....more... Poly?s sphere of influence (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) American consumers taste the effect of Cal Poly alumni in every sip of Jamba Juice and every bite of a Clif Bar. The university has spawned countless entrepreneurs, executives, managers and project directors who are leading pursuits as varied as searching for life on other planets and designing diaper bags. ?Cal Poly alumni are shaping companies and contributing to the advancement of these ......more... BU to offer game engineering certificate (Boston Business Journal) Boston University's Metropolitan College said this week it has added a new graduate certificate program in interactive multimedia and game engineering....more... BU's Met College adds game engineering certificate (BizJournals) Boston University's Metropolitan College has added a graduate certificate program in interactive multimedia and game engineering....more... Students get up-close look at women in technology at Shelby event (News Journal) SHELBY -- St. Peter's High School junior Monique Fahmy said working in animation was confusing. Lynn Damberger, assistant professor of digital media technology at North Central State College, disagreed....more... New Career Center course introduces students to engineering (Billings Gazette) Ask students in the pre-engineering class at the Career Center to redesign a coffee cup and your cup may end up walking across your desk on robotic legs. Or it may be equipped with a temperature control that you program from your computer or an LED sc ......more... |