{"id":5357,"date":"2014-05-23T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hivetoronto.wpengine.com\/?p=5357"},"modified":"2014-05-23T10:58:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T14:58:20","slug":"youre-invited-maker-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/hive-toronto\/youre-invited-maker-party\/","title":{"rendered":"You’re Invited to the Maker Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark your calendars: the Maker Party campaign is back for another\u00a0year and will run from July 15th-September 15th!<\/h2>\n

What is Maker Party?<\/h3>\n

Maker Party is Mozilla\u2019s annual, global campaign to celebrate making and learning, and to promote web literacy, connected learning and digital skills. The campaign unites educators, organizations, and enthusiastic web-users around thousands of community-run events that feature online and offline play and exploration. Last year, there were 1,700 events across 330 cities where people of all ages created\/remixed websites, made stop-motion animation films, built robots, designed games and more. You can learn and see more on the new Maker Party website.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Last year, many Hive NYC<\/a>, Toronto<\/a>, Chicago<\/a> and Pittsburgh<\/a> members took part, and Hives became a big hub of activity within this larger campaign. This year, we’d love to tell an even more robust story about Hive Learning Networks driving city-wide involvement in this global movement.<\/p>\n

Hive + Maker Party<\/h3>\n

A great Maker Party partner is an organization that is sharing information on the campaign or web literacy with relevant communities, or throwing events\/creating resources that teach the web and digital skills. A lot of you are already doing this!<\/em><\/p>\n

Participating in Maker Party is an opportunity to amplify your work<\/strong>, and also it’s a chance for Hive as a network to come together to achieve greater impact<\/strong>. By hosting and participating in events, Hive members collaborate and learn with colleagues, while providing more opportunities for youth to explore their interests and define new learning pathways.<\/p>\n

Here’s an X-Ray Goggles remix<\/a> outlining are few more reasons Hive members should get involved!<\/p>\n

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Here’s how you can participate:<\/h3>\n

1) Become an official Maker Party partner<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 there are two levels of partnership:<\/p>\n