Webmaker/Mentor

What are we doing?

We see the mentor community as the intersection of:

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These two groups, makers and educators, are situated in two larger movements:

the "Maker Movement": with a DIY ethos and an "If you can't open it, you don't own it" approach. A strong culture of documentation and sharing, collaboration and remixing. Has roots in physical spaces and physical objects, but important ties to the web. Examples include: Maker Faire, hackerspaces, tinkerers in electronics, 3D printing, CNC and more.
the "Learning Movement": challenges traditional education with its learner-centric, web-inspired approach to learning. A strong culture of peer learning, open course materials, and new kinds of assessment. Has roots in peer production, participation, networks of institutions & learners. Examples include: Massive Open Online Courses, YOUMedia spaces, instructors from computer clubs and more.

This group will be a skunkworks incubator for radical ideas about learning, webmaking and mentoring.
It will be powered by a Github for Learning Stuff, an open repository where mentors can rip, remix and repost materials.
We'll run webmaking campaigns, train the trainer workshops, and other activities that grow this community.
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.

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The mentor community team will: