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The '''[https://webmaker.org/standard Web Literacy Map]''' is a flexible specification of the skills and competencies that Mozilla and our community of stakeholders believe are important to pay attention to when getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web -- and the main way we guide learners and teachers through these skills is with a series of remixable '''Teaching Kits''' housed on [https://webmaker.org/teach Webmaker.org]'s [https://thimble.webmaker.org/ Thimble] web-editing tool | The '''[https://webmaker.org/standard Web Literacy Map]''' is a flexible specification of the skills and competencies that Mozilla and our community of stakeholders believe are important to pay attention to when getting better at reading, writing and participating on the web -- and the main way we guide learners and teachers through these skills is with a series of remixable '''Teaching Kits''' housed on [https://webmaker.org/teach Webmaker.org]'s [https://thimble.webmaker.org/ Thimble] web-editing tool. | ||
<p><div style="background-color:#ffcd36; color:#4d4e53; padding:1%;">A Teaching Kit is a ''' | <p><div style="background-color:#ffcd36; color:#4d4e53; padding:1%;">A Teaching Kit is a '''modular collection of resources and activities''' that guide a user through the teaching process for a web literacy competency or competencies. Rooted in the concept of [http://hivenyc.org/teachtheweb/week-1-making-as-learning/ making as learning], teaching kits encourage hands-on activities, peer-to-peer learning and open exchange.</div></p> | ||
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We also aim to ensure kits are '''discoverable across the web'''. By building on the MakeAPI, users can "discover" teaching kits on [https://webmaker.org webmaker.org] and then embed them on nearly any other website. Ideally, a user's contributions to a kit will show up in their Webmaker [http://keyboardkat.makes.org/ user profile] and be acknowledged by an [http://openbadges.org/ open badge]. We are also working on a process to ensure kits can be '''read and modified across hundreds of local languages''' through community contributions to the continuous localization tool [https://www.transifex.com/ Transifex]. | We also aim to ensure kits are '''discoverable across the web'''. By building on the MakeAPI, users can "discover" teaching kits on [https://webmaker.org webmaker.org] and then embed them on nearly any other website. Ideally, a user's contributions to a kit will show up in their Webmaker [http://keyboardkat.makes.org/ user profile] and be acknowledged by an [http://openbadges.org/ open badge]. We are also working on a process to ensure kits can be '''read and modified across hundreds of local languages''' through community contributions to the continuous localization tool [https://www.transifex.com/ Transifex]. | ||
This process of creation, adaptation (ie, "remixing") and use of teaching kits is an [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Get_Involved essential contribution pathway] for the Webmaker community and its partners. | |||
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