Code Next : Cultural Resonation

MIT Media Lab

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Foundations : Design of Codified Curricula in Coding, Design, Fabrication, Games, Music, Media, etc.

Foundations (2015 - 2016): The Year 1 MIT/Google collaboration program has Pilot Labs in NYC and Oakland. In the Labs, we introduce a cohor…
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Team Edge: Design of Codified Curricula in Coding, Design, Fabrication, Games, Engineering, etc.

Team Edge (2016 - 2017): The Year 2 MIT/Google Collaboration. For it, we design and author Curricula and Learning Activities in the followi…
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New Thing Art and Architecture Center at the Smithsonian

 For 18 months, the Smithsonian has been collecting art, photos, films, and interviews about the New Thing Art and Architecture Center…
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iCenters : The Design of a Methodology to Encourage a New Generation of Computer Scientists, Inventors, and Innovators

iCenters: We work with a select group of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to encourage and support the development of i…
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Creating New Jazz Musical Instruments and New Jazz Idioms

The Launch Team: Christian McBride (winner of six Grammy Awards), David Gage, Mas Hino, and Topper Carew.
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Spelman: The Design of a two-way ‘Television Studio in a Suitcase’ Broadcast System to Teach Fabrication and Prototyping Remotely

Spelman: Spelman College is a distinguished Black Women’s college in Atlanta. Nationally, twenty-three percent (23%) of the Black Women in …
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NCCU: The Design and Fabrication of New Black Musical Instruments

NCCU: music is a strong and universally accepted aspect of black culture. It has given birth to the genres of blues, jazz, gospel, rap, hou…
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L2D:D2L : High School Students Develop Coding and Fabrication Learning Activities For Their Peers

L2D:D2L: Learn to Develop:Develop to Learn. Much of our work is with young people from underserved communities. To better understand the ag…