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Presentation on Mozilla's webmaker and web literacy mission and work. Presented through JISC on 4/27/12.
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Building a generation of webmakers
Erin Knight + Michelle LevesqueMozilla Foundation
webmakeranyone who makes things using the open ethos and building
blocks of the web
this is ethan
he likes to make things with legos
mozilla wants ethan to know the web is like legos
you can build anything with the web
anyone can be a webmaker
being a webmaker can make learning fun and relevant again...
...and the skills involved are important life skills, a literacy
Why the web?
transparency
community
openness
access
opportunity
The web as the medium
The web as the modeltransparency
community
openness
access
opportunity
The web as the thing
The web as the thing
The web as the thing
The web as the thing
The web as the thing
Why webmaking?
interest-based learning.
embracing tinkering, trial and error, even failing.
jobs.
empowerment.
an approach to life.
webmaking = web literacy
it’s not about programming
it’s aboutpassion
what can passion teach?
anything.
How are we going to create a generation of
webmakers?
hint: not alone, but more on that later
software curriculum badges
software curriculum badgesskills
Mozilla is proposing a definition of
web literacy
(web literacy)
hard skills + soft skills
web literacy skills
RFC
web ethos, values
web practices, ways to think about the web
web technical concepts
exploring
authoring
connecting
building
protecting
deeper dive:
https://teachwebmaking.mozillalabs.com
interviews
experience
focus groups
presentations/feedback
evolution
in/out of scope?
subset that is required for basic
level?
higher levels?
RFC
How to getinvolved...
RFC
feedback!
Building a generation of webmakers...
...at web scale
we want build something
BIG on this theory
but mozilla is quite small.
this is where people like heather come in
etc.
community
join us!
participate!
June 23-24 + continued learning all summer + after parties in late summer!
Coming Soon: make.mozilla!!
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summer_Campaign_2012
http://teachwebmaking.mozillalabs.com
More from Erin: http://erinknight.com, @eknight
More from Michelle: http://rwxweb.wordpress.com/