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See [[Webmaker/TeachTheWeb]] for more up-to-date information | |||
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[https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker Join the Webmaker List!] | |||
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<h1 style="border:0px;">Hacktivate Learning! </h1> | |||
'''Interested in helping others make things on the web?''' | |||
That's why the Mentor Community team will spend 2013 developing ways to link webmakers and mentors. The team will surface exemplary work from the community while also producing events, campaigns, hacktivity kits, tools and stories that help build a generation of Webmakers. | <b>You're in the right place. </b> We are so excited about what we've learned and experienced over the last 18 months of launching and building Mozilla Webmaker. We developed new webmaking tools (play with them [https://webmaker.org/en-US/tools/ here]) and shared our [http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/explaining-crisply/ thinking] throughout the process. We launched the 2012 Summer Code Party campaign and further engaged our Hive Learning Network to activate 600 educators across the globe to use, test, improve and teach others using our tools. Through this, it has become clear that what we need for Webmaker to continue to prosper is '''YOU!''' | ||
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We believe that people learn best with others and that mentoring is a powerful, distributed way to connect learners with educators. | |||
That's why the Mentor Community team will spend 2013 developing ways to link webmakers and mentors. The team will surface exemplary work from the community while also producing events, campaigns, hacktivity kits, tools and stories that help build a generation of Webmakers. We want to: | |||
* '''Lay the year's foundations with the team, key partners, and network''' | * '''Lay the year's foundations with the team, key partners, and network''' | ||
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== What will we do together? == | == What will we do together? == | ||
'''Hacktivate Learning!''' This is our siren call to educators who are motivated by the concept of the "4th R," web literacy, an open ethos and the Webmaker mission. "Hack" with us and help get others "activated" to learn by making. Let's take inspiration from the Summer Code Party and make it happen 365 days a year in classrooms, coffee shops, museums, libraries and parks, in cities and towns around the globe. | |||
* This group will be a '''skunkworks incubator''' for radical ideas about learning, webmaking and mentoring. | * This group will be a '''skunkworks incubator''' for radical ideas about learning, webmaking and mentoring. | ||
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* In cities where mentors and institutions want to team up, we'll help bring new '''Hive learning networks''' online. Hives are vibrant learning clusters; they are city labs and a place to see "making is learning" in action. | * In cities where mentors and institutions want to team up, we'll help bring new '''Hive learning networks''' online. Hives are vibrant learning clusters; they are city labs and a place to see "making is learning" in action. | ||
* We're dedicated to '''documentation and on-boarding new mentors,''' so many processes will be easily replicable, remixable and teachable. | * We're dedicated to '''documentation and on-boarding new mentors,''' so many processes will be easily replicable, remixable and teachable. | ||
'''If this sounds interesting, [[Webmaker/Teach/Hacktivated | get involved!]]''' | |||
== How will Hive Learning Networks and the mentor community work together? == | == How will Hive Learning Networks and the mentor community work together? == | ||
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** Organizations must collaborate to thrive | ** Organizations must collaborate to thrive | ||
* '''Webmaker Mentors''' may be part of Hive Learning Networks, aspire to start one in their city, or just be individuals who care about making and learning. Hive members and mentors share experiences, increasing the breadth and depth of knowledge about learning. Mentors are encouraged to visit and participate in nearby Hives, to try out smaller test events in their city to see if Hives are viable there, or to continue their work individually with the feedback and support of these networks. | * '''Webmaker Mentors''' may be part of Hive Learning Networks, aspire to start one in their city, or just be individuals who care about making and learning. Hive members and mentors share experiences, increasing the breadth and depth of knowledge about learning. Mentors are encouraged to visit and participate in nearby Hives, to try out smaller test events in their city to see if Hives are viable there, or to continue their work individually with the feedback and support of these networks. | ||
== User Stories == | |||
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''Brian runs an organization that teaches web skills to senior citizens so they can stay in touch with their families more easily. His organization holds events in over 10 cities worldwide. Most of his '''instructors are volunteers''' so he's looking for help figuring out '''lesson plans''' that are easy for volunteers to pick up.'' | |||
[[Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources | Webmaking Resources]] | [[Webmaker/Teach/Hacktivated | Help Out]] | |||
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''Chantal leads an '''after school program for girls''' ages 8-10 and wants to get her kids interested in technology. She's looking for '''cool, accessible tools''' that kids can use to build fun things and '''learn about the web''' in the process.'' | |||
[[Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources | Webmaking Resources]] | [[Webmaker/Teach/Inspiration | Learn More]] | |||
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''Aliyah '''participates in a code club''' at a local community college. One evening, one of the other members shows a Popcorn demo, and they spend the next few hours hacking on popcorn.js. Aliyah is so taken with what popcorn.js can do, she decides she wants to run a Popcorn hackjam for film students. | |||
[[Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources | Webmaking Resources]] | [[Webmaker/Teach/LevelUp | Level Up]] | |||
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== What needs to be done? == | == What needs to be done? == | ||
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* '''Create, test and localize [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources hacktivity kits]''' | * '''Create, test and localize [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Teach/WebmakingResources hacktivity kits]''' | ||
* '''Offer [https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/guides/ in-person trainings] for future mentors''' | * '''Offer [https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/guides/ in-person trainings] for future mentors''' | ||
* '''Help us create new [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Submit_your_project learning projects], resources, publish your own learning materials and resources here on the wiki.''' | |||
* '''[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Testing Become a tester]''' | |||
* '''[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Localization Help us localize and translate]''' | |||
* '''[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/Code File bugs on Webmaker software]''' | |||
The mentor community team will: | The mentor community team will: | ||
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== Open Questions and Ideas == | == Open Questions and Ideas == | ||
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* Mozilla Summit | * Mozilla Summit | ||
* Webmaker Module Owners from the Mozilla communities | * Webmaker Module Owners from the Mozilla communities | ||
== Relevant Blog Posts == | |||
*[http://commonspace.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/explaining-crisply/ Explaining Crisply] | |||
*[http://explorecreateshare.org/2012/09/27/seeking-educators-that-get-the-web/ Seeking Educators that get the Web] | |||
*[http://zythepsary.com/techie/hacktivating-educators/ Hacktivating Educators] | |||
*[http://erinknight.com/post/32404487485/introducing-webmaker-the-product Introducing Webmaker the Product] | |||
*[http://www.zythepsary.com/techie/the-mentor-community-says/ The Mentor Community says...] | |||
*[http://openmatt.org/2013/01/10/what_do_mentors_want/ What do Webmaker mentors want?] | |||
== Groups to learn from == | == Groups to learn from == | ||
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* [http://natashacarolan.co.uk/mentor-library Mentor Library] | * [http://natashacarolan.co.uk/mentor-library Mentor Library] | ||
* [http://www.hackidemia.com/ Hackidemia] | * [http://www.hackidemia.com/ Hackidemia] | ||
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