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	Hackasaurus Roadmap
	Owner: Atul Varma (Tools), Jessica Klein (Jams), Matt Thompson (Acting Product Manager)	Updated: 2011-07-14
	Mozilla's Hackasaurus is an open source project building awesome web-maker tools, games and design jams for kids. Right now we're sprinting to launch beta in September 2011 -- building and testing it in the open with you. Get involved.

DRAFT 1.1 -- YOUR FEEDBACK NEEDED
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Hackasaurus = Tools | Jams | Games | Web site | Badges

The Hackasaurus project has five key slices:

1. Tools. Like a awiss army knife for young web-makers.''Concrete offerings: X-Ray Goggles, WebPadand Hackbook.Make it fun and easy to remix and make stuff on the web.
   
2. Jams. Design jams or mini-maker fairs for kids roughly 11 - 16. Gathering in social spaces (libraries, youth media centers, community centers, etc.). Using Hackasaurus tools in a fun social curriculum.
   * Includes "Jam-in-a-Box" kit (coming soon). Makes it easy for anyone to organize their own jam.
3. GamesAs a self-guided set of experiences / pathways to earning badges. Gaining basic HTML, CSS and Javascript skills along the way.
   
4. Web site. The online home of Hackasaurus. A place to easily access Hackasaurus tools, jams, games and badges. Includes social and community elements.
   
5. Badges. Web badges and stickers. Like Boys and Girls Scouts merit badges for web-making. Attach to your online home / locker / lap top. Level up and advance.
   

Q3 2011

Hackasaurus beta shipped. From prototype to stable product.
Easy self-service and on-ramps for participation.

Tools

• Stable toolset with polished UX. X-ray Goggles and WebPad stable. Polished UX with consistent branding and experience across tools.
  
• All tools hosted on a single domain. Fast, safe and fairly scalable.
  

Jams

• "Jam in a Box 1.0" complete and ready for testing. Clear step-by-step guide for hosting your own design jam for kids.
  
• Collecting feedback and user testing for 2.0. Clear and easy ways to gather knowledge and feedback from the field.
  
• Ready for the Mozilla Festival. Recruit local youth to represent Hackasaurus at Festival design jams and hack sprints.
  

Web site

• Cleaned-up copy, design and branding. Tweak Hackasaurus.org with updated copy and design. No real re-branding -- just sand off the edges on what's there.
  
• Metrics. Set up basic measures for traffic and adoption.
  

Games

• Launch the "Hack This Game" Innovation challenge. HTML5 game built using Hackasaurus tools. Like Portal for the web. Or hacking the Matrix.
  

Badges

• Publish our plan. Document our roadmap and resource plan for Hackasaurus badges going forward. Like merit badges or leveling up for web makers.
  

Metrics

• Tools:2x X-Ray Goggle installs. 2x hacks created. 2x web pages created.
• Jams: 2x hack jams
• Games: 1 great game. 3-5 pretty good ones
  
• Web site: 2x traffic
• Badges: 2x participation in prototyping

Q4 2011

Blow people's minds at the Mozilla Festival. Launch "Hack This Game" innovation challenge.

Tools

• Plug-in architecture for X-Ray Goggles. Enabling anyone [just developers?] to add new features.
  

Jams

• Polished "jam-in-a-box 2.0" shared at Mozilla Festival. Improved support for hosting and promoting your own hack jam at Hackasaurus.org.
  
• Module for recruiting and training youth Hackasaurus facilitators included in jam kit.
  
• Clear jam feedback and evaluation process feeding back into kit. 
  

Games

• Successful innovation challenge and hack sprint at Mozilla Festival producing great new games.
  
• Reference implementations from kids working with developers to create cool Hackasaurus game prototypes.
  

Badges

• First Hackasaurus badges awarded to kids at Mozilla Festival.
  

Metrics

• Tools:2x X-Ray Goggle installs. 2x hacks created. 2x web pages created.
• Jams: 2x hack jams.
• Games:
• Web site: 2x traffic
• Badges: Ready to issue first prototype badge.

Q4 2012

Impact at scale. Hackasaurus is the "Sesame Street" or Firefox for young web-makers.

• Kids sharing with other kids.
  
• Localization underway at scale. Large volunteer localization community around the world, leveraging Mozilla's experience with l10n.
• Tools.
• Social persistence. Make your remixes stick, plus share them with friends. Like hacking the Matrix together.
• Amazing HTML5 games kids and adults love. One amazing game -- plus tons of great bite-sized experiences --  that tons of kids and adults love. The "Portal" of gamification meets HTML5.