{"id":8097,"date":"2014-09-18T06:07:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=8097"},"modified":"2014-10-23T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T22:20:47","slug":"global-web-literacy-gets-a-boost-from-maker-party-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2014\/09\/18\/global-web-literacy-gets-a-boost-from-maker-party-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Web Literacy Gets a Boost From Maker Party 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Maker Party is Mozilla\u2019s annual campaign to teach the culture, mechanics and citizenship of the Web through community-run events around the world. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8124\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2-600x892.png\" alt=\"makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2\" width=\"600\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2-600x892.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2-300x446.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2-768x1142.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2-1000x1487.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/makerparty_postparty_infographic_static_vertical_v2.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week we celebrated the record-breaking 2,513 events in 86 countries that made up Maker Party 2014. The campaign, which officially began on July 15th and ended this week, brought nearly 130,000 adults and children together to learn valuable digital literacy skills in classrooms, libraries, cafes, and living rooms around the world.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Whether creating their first mobile apps with <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.webmaker.org\/designer\">Appmaker<\/a>, discussing the nuances of net neutrality during our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/netpolicy\/2014\/07\/28\/join-mozilla-for-global-teach-ins-on-net-neutrality\/\">global teach-in<\/a>, or turning libraries into full-fledged maker spaces, this year\u2019s crop of Maker Party events unleashed the creativity of a global community of web makers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8098\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mozilladrumbeat\/15031322448\/in\/set-72157644395497439http:\/\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8098\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8098\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/15031322448_d91d7c03b2_o-600x397.jpg\" alt=\"Maker Party Surabaya, Indonesia\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maker Party Surabaya, Indonesia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maker Party 2014 was a global celebration, with events in Argentina, Canada, Jordan, Uganda, Spain, and Japan, among dozens of other countries. India was a hot spot this year, with over 250 events, while countries including Iran, New Zealand, and Sweden held their first ever Maker Party events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8099\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mozilladrumbeat\/15029249209\/in\/set-72157644395497439\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8099\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8099\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/15029249209_9700e6736b_o.jpg\" alt=\"Maker Party mentors and organizers in Iran\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/15029249209_9700e6736b_o.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/15029249209_9700e6736b_o-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mentors and organizers at a Maker Party in Iran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In August, thousands of Firefox users were inspired to learn a little bit of CSS when the Firefox Start Page was transformed into an interactive coding experience, in what <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2014\/08\/27\/firefoxs-new-start-page-is-a.html\">Boing Boing\u2019s Cory Doctorow called<\/a> \u201ca gateway drug to awesome Web literacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-12-at-3.58.15-PM-600x488.png\" alt=\"remixable-firefox-start-page\" width=\"600\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-12-at-3.58.15-PM-600x488.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-12-at-3.58.15-PM-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/files\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-12-at-3.58.15-PM.png 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maker Party is about more than just learning to code. Mozilla <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/literacy\">defines Web literacy<\/a> as the skills and competencies needed for reading, writing and participating on the Web.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;Coding, editing video, design \u2014 it really is just the tip of the iceberg. What&#8217;s below the tip of the iceberg is participation, critical thinking and being able to collaborate. You really need to be a well-rounded, Renaissance, Internet-era kind of person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Mozilla Foundation Executive Director Mark Surman<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maker Party 2014 was truly a celebration of Web literacy as a whole. We owe a debt of gratitude to our hundreds of partners, including the MacArthur Foundation, the National Writing Project, and others; as well as the scores of volunteers, public libraries, nonprofit organizations, and schools who contributed to the campaign\u2019s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maker Party is Mozilla\u2019s annual campaign to teach the culture, mechanics and citizenship of the Web through community-run events around the world. 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