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SUMMARY:Careers in Game Development: Myths vs. Reality! SSL Opportunity! D
 rop-Ins Welcome! - In-person
LOCATION:Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library\nBrigadier General Cha
 rles E. McGee Library
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DESCRIPTION:Teens & adults discover career paths in mobile\, console & des
 ktop game development! Presented by Michael Douma\, award-winning game dev
 eloper\, Founder & Creative Director of IDEA. Ask your questions!.\nhttps:
 //mcpl.libnet.info/event/13690320
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>SSL opportunity &amp\; enjoy snack
 s&nbsp\;in our large 3rd Floor Meeting Room!</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Drop
 -ins welcome! No registration needed to attend!</strong></p>\n<p>Teens &am
 p\; adults discover career paths in mobile\, console &amp\; desktop game d
 evelopment\, including an eye-opening range of careers in game engineering
 \, art\, marketing\, and data science! Ask questions! Presented by Michael
  Douma\, award-winning game developer\, Founder &amp\; Creative Director o
 f <a href="https://www.idea.org/blog">IDEA</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Join us We
 dnesday\, May 14th&nbsp\;from 4:00-6:00 PM&nbsp\;at Brigadier General Char
 les E. McGee Library&nbsp\;in downtown Silver Spring.</strong> Help design
  future teen programs &amp\; help with&nbsp\;cleanup&nbsp\;after the event
  as your SSL opportunities!</p>\n<p>As the Founder and Creative Director o
 f IDEA\, Michael Douma combines two of his passions: fulfilling the educat
 ional promise of technology and increasing linguistic\, scientific\, and c
 ultural literacy. Michael leads IDEA in researching\, developing\, and ref
 ining mobile apps and technological tools to promote both informal and for
 mal learning.</p>\n<p>Michael's journey began with a background in neurosc
 ience and an early role at NIST\, where he conceived and launched&nbsp\;ti
 me.gov\, the first single-purpose .gov site. This experience sparked his c
 ommitment to creating digital solutions with broad social impact.</p>\n<p>
 Michael has led numerous groundbreaking initiatives\, including&nbsp\;Spic
 yNodes\, a visualization platform that attracted over 40 million users\, a
 nd&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.otherwordly.com">OtherWordly</a>\, an award-
 winning mobile game that combines word puzzles with cultural exploration.<
 /p>\n<p>Since 1999\, IDEA has worked at the intersection of technology and
  education. This nonprofit organization&rsquo\;s goal is to&nbsp\;boost li
 nguistic\, scientific\, and cultural literacy. IDEA develops&nbsp\;free an
 d affordable&nbsp\;mobile apps&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;games&nbsp\;that promote vo
 cabulary expansion\, critical engagement\, and adaptive thinking for all p
 layers\, regardless of age\, lived experience\, or ability.</p>\n<p>Questi
 ons about this program? Contact Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library
  at 240-773-9420.</p>\n<p>Looking for more fun things&nbsp\;to do at MCPL?
  <strong>Ditch&nbsp\;the fairytales and stereotypes - figure out love &amp
 \;&nbsp\;relationship&nbsp\;styles that work for you at&nbsp\;<a href="htt
 ps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/13584738">Writing Your Script for a&nbsp\;Heal
 thy&nbsp\;Relationship</a>\,&nbsp\;SMYAL's workshop for&nbsp\;Mental&nbsp\
 ;Health&nbsp\;Awareness&nbsp\;Month! Teens&nbsp\;ages 14-19&nbsp\;are invi
 ted to&nbsp\;join us for this&nbsp\;SSL opportunity &amp\; enjoy snacks&nb
 sp\;in the 3rd Floor Meeting Room on Wednesday\, May 21st from&nbsp\;4:00 
 PM - 6:00 PM.</strong> This is NOT someone talking at you. Just like a&nbs
 p\;healthy&nbsp\;relationship\, we want you to get what you want and need 
 from this workshop! You can submit anonymous questions <a href="https://fo
 rms.office.com/g/d9dh2L9ZYb">here</a> about love &amp\;&nbsp\;relationship
 s.</p>\n<p>Looking for more sources of information about college and educa
 tion in general? Check out our&nbsp\;online&nbsp\;<a href="https://mcpl.as
 pendiscovery.org/WebBuilder/ResourcesList#LifelongLearningPanel">Lifelong 
 Learning</a>&nbsp\;resources.</p>\n<p>Don't have a card right now? No worr
 ies! Find out how to&nbsp\;<a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/library
 /services/card.html">Get a Library Card</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation
  Requests</strong></p>\n<p>People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should r
 equest&nbsp\;<strong><a href="https://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/acces
 sibility/interpreter.html">English-language captioning or sign-language in
 terpretation</a></strong>&nbsp\;at least five days before the library-spon
 sored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Ac
 cessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation r
 equests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhttps://mcpl.libnet.info/event/136
 90320
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