David Javelosa

Professor

“In this industry you really have to hit the decks running. So it’s my focus to give students some momentum to hit those decks when they arrive.”

“It’s all happened so fast in this year of big changes,” says David Javelosa, who is just beginning to get his ‘sea legs’ under him at SMC’s Academy of Entertainment and Technology. “But it’s really all falling into place, and I think that my students feel happy. And that’s the key.” As fast as David’s transition to teaching has been, he points to an equal velocity in his chosen field: Interactive Media.

“‘Multimedia’ is kind of a misnomer,” says David, who actually wrote a successful book on the subject. “It all started out as a convergence between computer and entertainment. But then the game industry came along. And cable TV. And DVD and video games and…. It all just keeps merging and speeding up relentlessly. So it’s been very exciting to be teaching what I’ve learned.” ‘Principles of Interactive Media’ is David’s new ‘game,’ and he reports that his new ‘playing field’ is nearly ideal. “For where we are right now, the Academy is about as state of the art as it gets,” he says. “I’ve got a computer in front of every student and overhead projectors for all I’m teaching. And the staff and support we have are just solid.”

Having come from a position as Technology Evangelist for the Yamaha Corporation, David—a writer, composer, producer, and electronic renaissance man—brings a wealth of real-world expertise to his Academy students. “I want them to be able to draw on the insights I’ve gained over years of experience,” he says. “That way they can go straight from here to web design, games, multimedia, or even their own dot.com thing.” As they say in the Interactive Media world: ‘Ready! Fire!…Aim!’

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