This past week-end, the Mozilla Science Lab-mates traveled to Chicago for Hive Chicago Buzz, the second-annual event hosted by Mozilla’s Hive Chicago Learning Network, aimed at activating projects that solve problems in education. Spanning two venues in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, … Continue reading
This has been a productive year for Hive Vancouver. As the two Vancouver Reps, Helen Lee and I have teamed up closely with the value-aligned Maker Foundation and both groups have co-sponsored a series of Maker Education Salons (MakerEd). We … Continue reading
Applications (or apps) that run on cell phones and mobile devices are interwoven with digital media literacy education in Canada. A wide array of organizations — non-profit organizations, school boards and corporations — are involved in designing apps that youth … Continue reading
When I joined Mozilla as the Director of Hive Toronto, the network was a small, dedicated community of youth-serving educators and organizations who had come together for 3 pop-ups to increase digital literacy learning opportunities for Toronto youth. Through this … Continue reading
This is a guest blog post by Kat Braybrooke, the Co-Design Lead on this project. A hands-on hackathon for educators In summer 2014, representatives of Mozilla, the University of Toronto, and local youth-serving organizations gathered for a hackathon at Mozilla’s … Continue reading
When individuals around the globe are able to make, create, and share online at lightning speed, the open internet becomes an even more powerful tool for learning. This month, we are celebrating the one-year anniversary of our commitment to a … Continue reading
Here at the Hive Toronto Learning Network, we started the new year by welcoming 20 new member organizations into the network, growing our membership to include more than 60 youth-serving organizations. As Mozilla’s initiative to help youth become creators with … Continue reading
For the second year in a row, Webmaker and Hive Learning Networks will be participating in the largest learning event in history–the Hour of Code, running from Dec. 8-14, 2014. Code.org launched this global campaign in 2013, to align with … Continue reading
Vancouver, Canada isn’t just about sushi, whales, totems and beaches anymore — it’s now a great place for hands-on, community-friendly digital learning! On Sunday October 8th, inspired by friends at Hive Toronto, and after many months of community planning and … Continue reading
For the past four weeks, 25 non-profit organizations from across Hive communities in NYC, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Chattanooga and Kansas City have been hard at work raising money for their digital literacy programs. They participated in the Hive Challenge on Crowdrise, … Continue reading
