--- title: Around Campus - Digital Media Innovation; Creative Coding description: Around Campus - Digital Media Innovation; Creative Coding image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_027-Dec-11-2025-05-44-17-6526-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Around Campus - Digital Media Innovation; Creative Coding Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Students in [Digital Media Innovation (DMI)](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/digital-media-innovation-babs) Professor [J.J. Sylvia's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/jj-sylvia-iv)  Creative Coding class recently demonstrated their One Button Game MakeyMakey projects. Creative coding employs computer programming as a means of creative expression using algorithmic and generative art, data visualization, and storytelling techniques for applied projects. 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