Abstract

I taught computer graphics from 2009 to 2018 in a public college of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, in a beautiful city called Petropolis. This college offers a course called Training in Information and Communication Technology, with 3 years of duration, divided into 6 terms. My discipline of Introduction of Computer Graphics occurs in the 4th term where normally students are worried about getting a job or retaining the job they already have. In Brazil we don’t have many job opportunities in computer graphics, although this market has been growing in recent decades. That being sad, my discipline was not that attractive as I would like it to be. In this article I’m going to talk about how computer graphics have motivated students to improve their programming skills, even though they are not interested in it. Furthermore, I’m going to present some success stories from students who are effectively working with computer graphics.