{"id":10484,"date":"2013-10-21T16:38:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T20:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=10484"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:42:13","slug":"why-do-you-teach-the-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/why-do-you-teach-the-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do *you* teach the web?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhat inspires you to teach the web?<\/strong> We asked Webmaker community members for their answers — then invited them to share their stories using this remixable Webmaker template<\/a>. What’s your story?<\/strong> We’d love for you to make<\/a> and then share your own using the #teachtheweb<\/a> hashtag on Twitter.
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Ankit Gadgil<\/a>, Pune, India<\/h3>\n

I want users of the web to understand it better, so they can have better control over their online lives<\/strong>. Teaching the web also helps me learn something new every time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ankit is a Master’s student in Computer Science, Webmaker Mentor and<\/strong> Mozilla Rep<\/a>. As a “Super Mentor” \/ Webmaker community leader, Ankit helps train others to become Maker Party hosts and teach web skills in their own communities. He helped organize five separate Webmaker events in the last five months. <\/em>
\nAnkit also helped facilitate our “Teach the Web” open online course (MOOC<\/strong>).\u00a0 Here’s an extended story from Ankit<\/a> in his own words about why he’s passionate about helping others understand the basics of coding and telling stories online.
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It\u2019s so rewarding to see kids\u2019 faces light up the first time they \u201cget it.\u201d<\/strong> The realization that the Web is made out of code they can shape and remix and create themselves is life-changing It\u2019s like teaching someone a new superpower!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Yoe One Ariestya Niovitta<\/a>, Surabaya, Indonesia<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I love sharing knowledge and skills<\/strong>. I\u2019m always very happy every time I see the cheerful, enthusiastic faces of young people when they teach and learn the web.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yoe One is a student in System Information. She’s also a blogger and journalist. “I love Webmaker because it gives me more chances to teach about the Web to more people, especially students,” she says. <\/em>
\nYoe One and her colleague, Benny, have started to build relationships with dozens of schools and local government to create interest in teaching digital literacy<\/strong>. She is also helping to bring in and train more mentors like her, “teaching the teachers” or “training the trainers.” <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s more from the Maker Party Yoe One helped organize in Surabaya:<\/p>\n