Did you know that more and more artists are collaborating with engineers or becoming engineers to make art or new technology?

For focus on Animation, Mobile App Design, and Coding, we'll explore how artists and designers work with teams to make groundbreaking technology and art to help people.

Learn how professional dancer turned robotics engineer Catie Cuan of Stanford University has used choreography to help robots learn to adapt human body language through machine learning. Why is this important? She has designed these robots with Boston Dynamics to work in hospitals and make patients feel less alone and was motivated by her father's stroke.

Learn how the power of visuals shape social change. Compare and reflect on the two videos below. Black Lives Matter movement started by three radical black women activists-Alicia Garza, Patrice Cullors, and Opal Tomati and the Motown Records model started by Berry Gordy. How did both organizations both use the power of visuals to change the narrative being imposed upon them by mainstream media? Think about digital storytelling methods that we've used in the past three cycles we could use to tell their story--an animation in Scatch? A video in our Think Pad's Video Editor or We Video? A t-shirt design in Sketch.io?

Explore one of Maryland's HBCU's, Bowie State's renowned Digital Arts Program. Recently, Bowie made the news for being chosen by Laika Animation as a home for a new stop motion animation studio. They have also hosted legendary Black Panther Party graphic designer Emory Douglas and had professor Jennifer White Johnson present at Harvard.

Most design projects for the web call for visuals and sound to be fully accessible. Build in songwriting components to your class with weekly sample libraries from Citizen DJ. A lot of design terms overlap and can help students practice translating skills across multiple platforms--a valuable artmaking and design skill. Build songs with layers, patterns, colors, moods, and linear rhythms.