Kampala Maker Party
In Kampala, Uganda, Mozillian Lawrence Kisuuki organized the first ever Webmaker mentor training at the Hive Colab as part of the global Maker Party.
Posts from June, 2013
Maker Party events around the world
Mozilla has officially kicked off the 2013 Maker Party, a three-month extravaganza of making and sharing online. Events are organized all over the world by Mozilla, our partner organizations and people just like you. Here’s a sample of some fantastic … Continue reading
Let's get this party started!
Mozilla has officially kicked off the 2013 Maker Party! For the next three months, people from around the world are meeting up at great events, making cool stuff together and sharing it all online. Join the party Want to … Continue reading
Emergency Webmaking in Greece
Greek webmakers help state broadcaster stay on the air Last week, the Greek government abruptly shut down the state broadcaster, ERT, as part of its ongoing austerity drive. While thousands gathered in the streets to support the nearly 2,700 … Continue reading
#teachtheweb: Playtesting
Week 7 of Teach the Web was all about playtesting in preparation for Maker Party! Participants and the Mozilla mentor community at large also responded to the NSA surveillance leak by leveraging it as a teachable moment, and creating and … Continue reading
Maker Party 2013 kicks off in India
Pune, India, was a hotbed of webmaking activity last year. So it’s no surprise that this great day-long hack jam helped kick off Maker Party 2013 two days ago. “Let the Webmaker party begin in India — the day … Continue reading
Introducing Webmaker Mentor badges
They’re here! You can now earn a brand new Mozilla Webmaker Mentor badge to show off your qualification and commitment to teaching the web. Help others learn digital skills, teach web literacy, and share creative new ways for teaching tech. You … Continue reading
Maker Party preview: the New York Hall of Science
Science genius rap battles and digital mosquito repellent: get ready for Maker Party at the New York Hall of Science Maker Party 2013 kicks off on Saturday! Participants will be getting together at a diverse range of hack jams, … Continue reading
#teachtheweb: Peers Working in the Open
Week 6 of Teach the Web was all about offering feedback and inspiring deeper collaboration among participants. We further explored what it means to work openly, and started to look at open values that benefit our individual practice. We engaged … Continue reading
Belly Buttons and Sparki the Easy Robot: 6 great links for webmakers this week
Belly Button Biodiversity — 500 people swabbed their bellybuttons with Q-tips; the results are strangely beautiful. Skycraft — a creative voxel adventure game made in WebGL. Ambient Sounds of a Cafe— Do you find silence stifling but loud noise distracting? … Continue reading