{"id":6007,"date":"2013-06-19T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=6007"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:54:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T06:54:54","slug":"launching-maker-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2013\/06\/19\/launching-maker-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching Maker Party 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let’s get this party started! <\/strong>Mozilla has officially kicked off Maker Party 2013<\/a>! For the next three months, people around the world will meet up at great events, make cool stuff and share it all online.<\/p>\n

The goal<\/strong>: host a worldwide party celebrating all the amazing things we can make and learn thanks to the web.<\/p>\n

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“The web gives us all the chance to be creators, makers and inventors. <\/strong>Maker Party is about joining thousands of people across the globe to make something amazing, teach each other new skills, and have a great time doing it.”<\/em>
\n— Mark Surman, Mozilla’s Executive Director<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Maker Party event in Pune, India<\/a> (June 15)<\/p><\/div>\n

Now to September 15: join or host your own event<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The party’s already happening<\/strong><\/a>. This past June 15 was Maker Party’s opening weekend, and participants got together at schools, parks, temples, shopping mall food courts and more, organizing their own hack jams, meet-ups and code parties. They made everything from interactive videos about their favorite foods to web pages about their hometown to instructions for building your own bottle rocket.<\/p>\n

Want to join in the fun?<\/strong> You can find a Maker Party event near you<\/a> — or host your event now using these easy Maker Party event guides<\/a>. You can also dive in by yourself right now, using Webmaker tools like Thimble<\/span><\/a> and Popcorn Maker<\/span><\/a> to make or remix your own project, then tag it with #MakerParty <\/a>to connect with other participants around the globe.<\/p>\n

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Party partners<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Hosted in partnership with the National Writing Project<\/a> and the MacArthur Foundation<\/a>, Maker Party partners are helping us offer a truly diverse range of events. From CERN’s Citizen Cyberspace Centre<\/span><\/a> and the New York Hall of Science <\/span><\/a> to Girls Learning Code<\/span><\/a> and IndieWebCamp<\/span><\/a>, this is a big tent for everyone interested in making and learning together.<\/div>\n
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