Mark Surman
Tomorrow at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Mozilla will release an open beta of the Webmaker app: a free, independent web publishing tool. This is an important next step in Mozilla’s effort to dramatically increase digital literacy around the world. … Continue reading
Mark Surman
I’ve often thought that the movement to protect and advance the open Web requires the same type of focus and investment as other movements like the environment, civil rights and so many other social issues. After all, the Internet today … Continue reading
Mark Surman
Today, as we hold a historic badge summit, the Open Badges Summit to Reconnect Learning, in Redwood City with more than 300 people, I wanted to reflect on why Mozilla got involved in badges, and what it is we’re building. … Continue reading
Mark Surman
I was a punk rock kid. It wasn’t just the music I loved, but the “make it yourself” part of that culture. It was open to anyone who could pick up a guitar to bust out a tune or use … Continue reading
Mark Surman
When you think about it, the idea behind “view source” is incredible. Not only can you, with the click of a button, instantly reveal a site’s code; you can copy, paste, tweak and make that code into something all your … Continue reading
Mark Surman
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Mozilla Science Lab, a new initiative that will help researchers around the world use the open web to shape science’s future. Scientists created the web — but the open web still hasn’t … Continue reading
Mark Surman
The Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition winners were announced yesterday at the Digital Media and Learning Conference in San Francisco. The winners—awarded grants ranging from $25,000 to $175,000 —will use Mozilla’s new free and open source “Open Badges” software … Continue reading
Mark Surman
Today is a big day for Mozilla and web video. Popcorn, Mozilla’s new HTML5 media toolkit, just launched version 1.0. Coinciding with the launch is the world premiere of the National Film Board of Canada’s “One Millionth Tower” project, a unique Popcorn-powered web documentary, … Continue reading
Mark Surman
Mozilla has taken over stewardship of Hive Learning Network NYC: a network of over 30 organizations using digital technology and web culture to fuel learning. Hive NYC links educators from libraries, museums and after schools programs around creative, digital projects … Continue reading
Mark Surman
Today we announced Mozilla’s Open Badge Infrastructure project, an effort to make it easy to issue and share digital learning badges across the web. More and more people are looking at badges to show skills and achievements online. Mozilla is … Continue reading