{"id":12255,"date":"2014-09-09T15:52:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T19:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=12255"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:41:11","slug":"sweden-columbia-mauritius-maker-party-roundup-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/sweden-columbia-mauritius-maker-party-roundup-week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden, Columbia, Mauritius, Tunisia: Maker Party Roundup (Week 8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maker Party By The Numbers:<\/span>
\nTotal events during Maker Party: 2,300+<\/strong>
\nIndividuals attending Maker Party events:\u00a0 115,000<\/strong>+
\nNumber of cities hosting Maker Party events: 420+<\/strong>
\nIn the last 8 weeks we have managed to teach critical skills to over 100,000 people around the world who have attended events to make and learn during Maker Party. This is largely due to the hundreds of people like you, who are taking a stand for web literacy by throwing events.
\nIf you have thrown or will be throwing a making event in 2014 make sure you have loaded it onto the events platform <\/a>so we can celebrate how you are keeping the party going throughout the year. Here are some of the exciting events that inspired us last week!
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Maker Party in Pune, India<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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

Maker Party at Bibblerian bibliotek (library) – September 5th, Sweden<\/em>
\nAt the first Swedish library Maker Party event participants quickly learned that their local library could be transformed into a living maker space. Attendees were able to remix videos and make web pages with Webmaker, explore Scratch, Arduino,\u00a0 Raspberry Pi, learn to sew and be creative with fusible beads. You can learn more about the event here<\/a>.
\nCoderise en el Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda – September 5th, Colombia<\/em>
\nCoderise, an organization teaching web development to youth ages 13-17 in Latin America, hosted an event at a local catholic girls high school in Medell\u00edn where they learned HTML and CSS through Thimble and X-Ray Goggles. Find information on their event page<\/a>.
\nMaker Party Pune – September 6-7th, India<\/em>
\nThis two-day event included over 400 people learning about Mozilla, Hive Learning Networks and Maker Party. Attendees dove into Webmaker workshops from community members and workshops from partner organizations on photography, origami, 3D printing, robotics, raspberry pi, hovercrafts, quadcopters and more. More event info here<\/a>.
\nWebmaker party for youth- September 7th, Mauritius<\/em>
\nA party thrown for a local youth club, the invaders, in Mauritius at New Grove in the southern region of the country. Attendees got an introduction to web literacy skills, coding, designing web pages, developing apps and creating videos. See pictures and read more in the event report<\/a>.
\nMaker Party Children’s Training – September 7th, Tunisia
\n<\/em>The Mozilla Tunisia community helped youth paper prototype and brainstorm before teaching the Webmaker tool set. They were hosted by the Al-Warithoun Science Club, which aims to spread the culture of sciences. Find pictures and makes at this beautiful site<\/a> Mozilla Tunisia put together.
\nMaker Party build an app in a day – September 8th, London<\/em>
\nEver wanted to make your first app? And do it in a day? O2 Think Big hosted an in-person event, that was also attended virtually by many others, who wanted to learn now to develop and launch an app in one day. Together, attendees explored the world of HTML and Javascript while embracing peer-to-peer learning to help each other learn and perfect their apps throughout the day. More information is on their event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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