2014 has been a record setting year for making and learning in the Webmaker community. People from all over the world learned new skills by creating on the web and sharing with friends and family. We didn’t have space to … Continue reading
Posts from 2014
As the year comes to a close, we’re feeling extremely grateful for the many individuals who have been able to learn, teach others and contribute to our tools, products and curriculum in 2014. Whether it was on their own, in … Continue reading
Image from a concept sketch by Sabrina Ng The Web Literacy Map details the skills and competencies that the Mozilla community believe are required to read, write and participate on the web. It can be seen in visual form in … Continue reading
There’s an event in Kansas City in January that is shaping up to be the must-attend conference of gigabit cities. But, also for educators. That’s right. And we couldn’t be more excited… This main stage event is the Gigabit City … Continue reading
Guest post from Erin Mote, Mozilla Gigabit Fund, Adviser on Next-Gen Learning. In 1956 President Dwight D Eisenhower worked with Congress to create the Federal Highway System, a national network that would transform commerce throughout the United States. Now, goods … Continue reading
For the second year in a row, Webmaker and Hive Learning Networks will be participating in the largest learning event in history–the Hour of Code, running from Dec. 8-14, 2014. Code.org launched this global campaign in 2013, to align with … Continue reading
In late November, Erin Mote, co-founder of Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School and Mozilla’s Special Adviser on Next-Gen Learning, visited Chattanooga to explore our growing Hive Learning Community and to participate in a Next Century Cities hearing on expanding gig access. … Continue reading
The Gigabit Community Fund project arrived in London for MozFest with a delegation of gig folks from our growing communities in Chattanooga and Kansas City, and even a US Ignite partner from Cleveland made the trip over. Keri Randoph, Public … Continue reading
Mozilla Festival MozFest 2014: KC to London with the Oculus Rift “Finally through security w/#kcmcrft Oculus Rift…pat down required.” Andrea Ellis @KCDML (tweet at MCI) Traveling to London for my first-ever MozFest was an exciting experience. The unknown… What was … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Community Literacies is a series about the Webmaker community’s finest teaching kits and learning resources around the world, and the user stories that bring them to life. Have something to share? Get in touch with @codekat. Community-made curriculum, … Continue reading