{"id":12205,"date":"2014-09-02T15:26:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T19:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=12205"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:41:11","slug":"zimbabwe-jordon-argentina-maker-party-round-up-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/zimbabwe-jordon-argentina-maker-party-round-up-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe, Jordan, Argentina: Maker Party Round-Up (Week 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maker Party By The Numbers:<\/span>
\nTotal events during Maker Party: 2,230+<\/strong>
\nIndividuals attending Maker Party events:\u00a0 100,000+<\/strong>
\nNumber of cities hosting Maker Party events: 400+<\/strong>
\nIt is now week seven of Maker Party<\/a> and we are excited that thousands of people are teaching critical skills to participants all over the world. There is still time to throw your own event so this week grab a friend or family member and spend an hour learning something new online<\/a>. Remember to add all of your event to the events page<\/a> even if it’s just you and one other person! Need some inspiration? Check out some of the amazing events that happened around the world this week.
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Bulawayo Maker Party<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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

<\/em>Maker Party Bulawayo – August 27th, Zimbabwe<\/em>
\nThis event helped participants learn basic privacy practices through hands on sessions and digital remixing. Participants were introduced to learning resources designed to help people think about their own privacy, as well as what one can do to manage and protect it. Read more and see more pictures in this recap<\/a>.
\nMaker Party Code Club and Lyst – August 28th, London<\/em>
\nCode Club & Lyst hosted two half-day sessions involving hands on coding and making for 9-11 year olds. In the half day workshop participants learned how computer programming works, how to make their own computer game and then got hands on with some interactive electronics (including making a piano out of bananas with Makey Makey). Pictures, video and a recap from a parent here<\/a>.
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Code Club Maker Party<\/p><\/div>
\n<\/em>Media Party! – August 28-30th, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/em>
\nThis three day party includes many keynotes, workshops, demos, networking and an open data hackathon. During the Maker Party, participants learned how to make their first app, as well how they can go on and teach appmaking to someone else. Read more in the event blog post.<\/a>
\nVideo Editing 101 – A Maker Party Intro – August 25th, Toronto <\/em>
\nhErVOLUTION and People and Code hosted a four-day camp-like experience at a local library for youth 10 to 17 years old teaching how to use online, free resources for video editing.\u00a0 Read more in the event recap. <\/a>
\nWebmakers of Amman – August 30th, Jordan<\/em>
\nThe team at I-Dare hosted it’s Maker Party for people in the community of all ages and backgrounds to come learn more about the internet, how to use it’s tools and how to protect yourself on it. The event left attendees inspired to be better at using the internet and feel more connected in the online world. Learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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