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
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
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
Photos from Maker Party! Energy was high at MozFest when more than 300 children & youth filled the ground floor of Ravensbourne for a giant Maker Party. Robots, Playdough, Raspberry Pi’s…oh my!
Every year we get the opportunity to connect with many great organizations who are spreading web literacy around the world at all times of the year. MakerState, hands-on makerspaces in New York City, is a perfect example. We had a … Continue reading
MOUSE is an amazing organization that has been working with the Maker Party since the inception of the campaign in 2012. Through the MOUSE Squad program students learn to become digital media and technology experts in their schools and join … Continue reading
Create a “Wizard of Oz” moment by pulling back the curtain to see who’s watching you on the Web. Turn on Mozilla’s Lightbeam tool, visit a handful of websites to see who’s tracking you, and then learn how to fight … Continue reading
This week we celebrate the record-breaking 2,513 events in 86 countries that made up Maker Party 2014. All told, our more than 300 organizational partners and hundreds of individual event hosts shared valuable digital literacy skills with nearly 130,000 adults … Continue reading
Every Maker Party we get the opportunity to connect and learn about cool new organizations that are doing inspiring work around the world. Youth Muse is an organization that is activating young people by getting them involved with campaigns for … Continue reading
Maker Party By The Numbers: Total events during Maker Party: 2,500+ Individuals attending Maker Party events: 125,000+ Number of cities hosting Maker Party events: 450+ Thank you for joining us on this mission to help teach the web! We are … Continue reading
One of the most exciting things about Maker Party is guiding people learn, and then have them immediately use that learning to guide someone else. Last week, 13 Webmaker mentors did exactly that: after 2 days of fun but intense … Continue reading