{"id":12024,"date":"2014-08-06T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T16:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=12024"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:41:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:41:12","slug":"budapest-glasgow-chattanooga-a-maker-party-roundup-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/budapest-glasgow-chattanooga-a-maker-party-roundup-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Budapest, Glasgow, Chattanooga: A Maker Party Roundup (Week 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maker Party By The Numbers:<\/span>
\nTotal events during Maker Party: 1,100+<\/strong>
\nIndividuals attending Maker Party events:\u00a0 55,000+<\/strong>
\nNumber of cities hosting Maker Party events: 240+<\/strong>
\nWe are now almost one month into Maker Party<\/a> and thousands of people have been contributing to build a global web literacy movement that is changing the world. If you haven’t joined the party yet, it’s not too late to get involved.\u00a0 Throw your own event, or find a Maker Party to attend. We have no shortage of inspiration! Check out this round-up of awesome events that happened last week:
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Hive Chicago at the Maker Faire, working to connect organizations in Chicago.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Here’s what happened last week:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Skool Summer Tech Camp – July 21-August 1st, Budapest\u00a0<\/em>
\nThis two week long summer tech camp for girls 11-13 was aimed at increasing the level of awareness and understanding of the field of computer science by letting participants explore their creativity. Get more information here<\/a>.
\nMaker Party – Newspaper Remix – July 28th, Glasgow<\/em>
\nAttendees of this party investigated what happened on July 28th in history around the Commonwealth, then made their own digital newspaper to share current and past events by playing with code on Mozilla Thimble. Get more information here. <\/a>
\nCheck out\u00a0this Vine from the event:<\/p>\n

Hive Chattanooga Maker Party – August 2nd, Chattanooga<\/em>
\nEducators from across the region were on hand to help youth and their parents build, explore, and create on the web in the local Chattanooga Public Libary. See the fantastic coverage in the local news here<\/a>.
\nChicago Southside Mini Maker Faire – August 2nd, Chicago<\/em>
\nHundreds of youth gathered at a local mall in Chicago to experience both physical and digital making. NASA facilitated workshops exploring engineering design by making rockets and gliders; and CodeCreate helped youth connect cardboard structures via arduinos and Scratch\u00a0 brought them to live with sounds. See pictures here<\/a>.
\nKids Maker Party – August 3rd, India<\/em>
\nFor the first Maker Party in Itarsi, individuals celebrated international friendship day by learning how to create for the web and creating makes to celebrate the day with high school students in the local community. Read more about the event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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