top of page
School of Interactive Arts
What is it
The AT&T Achievery features over 700 video lessons and worksheets developed by Urban Arts and other national nonprofits. Discover lessons on a variety of subjects — i.e. ELA, Coding, Digital Arts, Math, Science, etc. All lessons are reviewed by curriculum experts and aligned to nationally-recognized academic standards.
Schedule a workshop
Urban Arts is offering in-person and virtual workshops and masterclasses that explore video game design lessons and activities featured on the Achievery. Groups of up to 40 students are welcome to visit our Learning Lab to learn all about video game design and digital artmaking. If your students can’t come to us, we can come to your school or community.
Contact sia@urbanarts.org to get started!
WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE
What is a game? — An Introduction to Game Design
In this workshop, students explore basic concepts in Game Design, including the game development cycle and what makes a game fun. The workshop will also explore career paths in the field of game design.
Making Your Own Paper Prototype
In this workshop, students learn how to invent their own video game ideas and turn them into playable paper prototypes. Students will explore and analyze their favorite commercial games. By then end of the workshops, students will have created their own playable game prototype.
Introduction to Pixel Art
Pixel art is the foundation of art in gaming as we know it. In this workshop, students will learn all about the historical origins of pixel art, the range of pixel art styles, and they’ll learn how to create their own pixel art object!
bottom of page