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April 09, 2013

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Roll Call. Who's here?

(please add yourself to this list)

   OpenMatt

   Michelle @thornet

   Ankit Gadgil @anknite

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WELCOME! Introductions & new team members Any first-timers here? :) Say hello! (and maybe add your name? ;)

   hello one & all.this is rakhy.anybody can reach us on [removed by Reb] can any one know the meeting time in india. Hey Rakhy, its from 8.30 pm in Indian Standard Time! :-)

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Reminders

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Weekly Update

   Weekly Webmaker updates:

   http://mzl.la/Webmaker_Updates

   Aggregated blog & press coverage:

   http://mzl.la/Dashboard

   Anything missing? Please add blog posts & press:

   Get your stuff on @mozilla:

   Click here: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Tweets

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What's the coolest thing you saw on the web this week?

   Building an entire open source village from sustainable house designs http://www.onecommunityranch.org/sustainable-house-designs-earthbag-village-update/

   GrabBox. Simple screen grab sharing -- straight to URL / dropbox. Got this from Kate Hudson. (Rebeccah: you may like this) http://grabbox.devsoft.no/

   "Release early, often and with rap music. This is Notorious R&D." --F.A.T. Lab http://eyebeam.org/events/fat-gold

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Webmaker event in Nasik, India: what did we learn? (Ankit)

   Recent webmaker event hosted by Ankit and Gauthamraj Elaongo in Nasik, India

   Event page: https://reps.mozilla.org/e/webmaker-init-nasik/

   Blog post:  http://ankitgadgil.blogspot.in/2013/04/april-marked-1st-ever-mozilla-event-in.html

   Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ankitgadgil/sets/72157633189456021/

   News Coverage: https://thimble.webmaker.org/p/lca9/

   What did you learn?: 

   Creativity and innovation flows while working in groups 

   While teaching webmaker tools, teach Thimble prior to X-ray Goggles

   Give participants some themes to work on.

   Popcorn maker best explained using a theme.

   What resources or tools did you use?

   Thimble

   Popcorn maker

   X-ray goggles

   Cool! did you use any Hacktivity Kits, event guides, or specific projects?

   What's next?

   New events with Webmakers, Persona and Open Badges.

   Focussing on school children now, as they are the future of the web.

   Event : Young Webmakers Nasik

   https://reps.mozilla.org/e/young-webmakers-nasik/

   https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/58ddb35b1/

   How can others get involved?

   If you are able to travel to Nasik, we would be great to have you at one of the events. Please get in touch with Ankit Gadgil (https://reps.mozilla.org/u/ankitgadgil/)

   QUESTIONS

   Why did you find it effective to teach Thimble before the X-Ray Goggles?

   X-ray goggles give you the power to hack with ease. Wheres thimble requires you to work a bit with html. If we teach X-ray goggles first there is a possibility of the particiapnt tending to not write html or play with it and see his/her creation live, which is infact much easier with X-ray goggles. Hence the participant may tend to not use thimble (personal views).

   How are you involving Persona and Open Badges in your next event?

   What theme did you use to explain Popcorn Maker?

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Scoala Altfel - Ocna Mureș - Romania Scoala Altfel - Hateg - Romania

   Links and context: 

   This  week is the "Learn in other way " week in all romanian school. so  together with a a fellow open source activist +Marcela Oniga we went to  an highschool to teach them about FOSS and Webmaker.

   https://reps.mozilla.org/e/scoala-altfel-aiud/

   Ran webmaker training from Monday to Thursday in my former Highschool. I was there 6 hours a day, running 3-hour long sessions. 

   I had help from Andrei Iancu, a participant is last year's Code Party, now a student in that highschool. 

   I used Popcorn for kids aged 10-13 and Thimble for 14-18 year olds. 

   A few surpized me and discovered popcorn on their own at home, and integrated it into their webpage made with Thimble.

   https://reps.mozilla.org/e/scoala-altfel-hateg 

   NOTES & COMMENTS

   https://www.flickr.com/photos/ioana_cis/sets/72157633136309147/

   http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexlakatos/sets/72157633161708865/

   QUESTIONS 

   Do you have examples of what the students made? 

   How can people duplicate this event in other schools? What kits, projects, or resrouces did you use? Was translation / localization an issue? 

   How to Get Involved

   Duplicate this event in other schools.  How? What kits, projects, or resrouces did you use? Was translation / localization an issue? 

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Teach the Web (Laura) (15mins)

   Teach the Web: an online course for Webmaker mentors

   It's a MOOC: (Mozilla Open Online Collaboration)    

   Build the curriculum with us! April 18 - May 1

   May 2 to June 30, 2013

   Presentation outlining what, who, why and how:

   http://www.zythepsary.com/mozilla/presentations/webmaker_mooc/index.html

   Follow along via screenshare here: http://mzl.la/screenshare

   Who's it for? Webmaker mentors and the curious. Educators, teachers, instructors, youth, parents, Moz Reps. Anyone interested in teaching the web and digital literacy -- through fun making and building. 

   What will you learn? You will learn how to:            

   Teach digital literacy and webmaking.

   Make cool things on the web. And share that knowledge with  people you care about.     

   Innovate in your practice with openness and online collaboration.

   Adapt educational resources to address learners and topics you care about.            

   Test your remixed materials with a live audience and improve them through peer feedback.

   Get help hosting events and participating in "Maker Party 2013." [<--Laura is this right? worth making the connection to upcoming summer campaign more explicit?]           

   QUESTIONS 

   Should we make the connection to the upcoming summer campaign more explicit?

   How to Get Involved

   Save the date. Mark May 1st on the calendar.

   Participate in the course. Join the G+ community to participate in the course: http://mzl.la/gpluswebmaker

   Sign up to the Webmaker Mentor list. To get email notifications. https://webmaker.org/en-US/teach/ or follow @mozteach https://twitter.com/MozTeach

   Get more involved. We need people who want to:     

   moderate the course once it starts

   help write posts to introduce topics

   think up questions for each topic's twitter chat

   make one page resources

   Interested? Email laura[at]mozillafoundation.org

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New Webmaker Projects (Jacob)

   Make a Hackable Game with Craftyy

   https://webmaker.org/en-US/projects/hackable-game-craftyy/

   Show the world some awe

   https://webmaker.org/en-US/projects/awe/

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New Badge System Design Principles (part 1) (Carla)

   RFC on a new paper: Badge System Design Principles (part 1)

   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6T3OcB7R-1sobaJNiDbu5-wssrmQB2HUZKw3qzy2LQ/edit?usp=drive_web

   Next steps: 

   build in research references

   get feedback

   revise

   bring the paper to life with design

   Release next paper (part 2) for comments in 1 month

   Related: 

   developing a badge system design toolkit

Questions

How to Get Involved:

   Please read and comment

   Provide examples of certain principles

   Direct us to additional best practices

   Chat with Carla about your own experiences

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What's next for Webmaker Community Calls (Matt) your feedback + recommendations

   Follow along via screenshare here: http://mzl.la/screenshare

   Presentation slides (PDF): http://mzl.la/Webmaker_call_pres

   10 Key Recommendations: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Webmaker-calls-recommendations

Next step: publishing this as blog post today. Circling back for further discussion here next week.

   NOTES AND COMMENTS

   What I like about this

   What I wish were better

   What I'd like to get more involved with

   QUESTIONS 

   How to get involved:

   Review this list of key recommendations. +1 / -1. Add what you think is missing. https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Webmaker-calls-recommendations

   ***Ensure all community call information on this page is up to date:

   https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Project_Community_Calls

   Get more involved: 

   Documenting and on-boarding. Help create a new page for all our community calls at: webmaker.org/calls

   https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=859795

   Take leadership over a specific piece of this call. Let's empower community to lead. For example:

   Inviting and welcoming community.

   Skill-sharing. Tips and tricks. 

   Writing blog posts.

   Guest speakers. Brainstorming ideas for guest presenters and inviting.

   ???

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Communications Update

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NON-VERBAL UPDATES Web Literacy standard

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   Join the weekly community calls! (now on Mondays): https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/Calls

   Draft version of the standard launches April 26th

   Why organizations should align with the standard [DMLcentral]: http://dmlcentral.net/blog/doug-belshaw/why-organizations-large-and-small-should-align-mozillas-web-literacy-standard

   Latest version of the grid: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning/WebLiteracyStandard/ScratchPad

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