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'''Makers:''' Creative self starters with something to say or show. They already make and share content on the web -- blogs, video, slideshows, games. Or, they make things offline that they want to show online -- robots, models, drawings, Makie dolls. They like to tinker and try things. Over time, they become excited (and maybe even addicted) to the creative and technical possibilities only the open web can provide. '' | '''Makers:''' <b>Creative-self starters with something to say or show.</b> They already make and share content on the web -- blogs, video, slideshows, games. Or, they make things offline that they want to show online -- robots, models, drawings, Makie dolls. They like to tinker and try things. Over time, they become excited (and maybe even addicted) to the creative and technical possibilities only the open web can provide. ''This is the core audience for our tools.'' | ||
'''Mentors:''' Enthusiastic teachers and techies who like to get other people's creative juices going using the web. They already understand the creative and technical freedoms | '''Mentors:''' <b>Enthusiastic teachers and techies who like to get other people's creative juices going using the web</b>. They already understand the creative and technical freedoms the web offers -- at least at an intuitive level. They want to use these freedoms to teach, inspire and empower (young) people. This is the core audience for our mentor community. | ||
'''We know we're winning if: more and more people use, expect and demand the technical and creative freedoms offered by open technologies.''' We want 5 million users, 1 million webmakers and 25,000 mentors by 2014. | '''We know we're winning if: more and more people use, expect and demand the technical and creative freedoms offered by open technologies.''' We want 5 million users, 1 million webmakers and 25,000 mentors by 2014. |