{"id":7704,"date":"2013-04-26T12:43:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/?p=7704"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:43:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:43:59","slug":"webmaker2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/webmaker2\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Maker Party 2013. Join the open online course. Building Webmaker 2.0."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/0ffc55d82296ac7e140f4a55379581a0\/tumblr_mlqzsi8GEa1rvkpqxo1_1280.png\" width=\"502\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Introducing Maker Party 2013<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This week we were proud to partcipate in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sciencefair\">White House Science Fair<\/a><\/strong>\u2014and have President Obama help us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/04\/22\/new-details-president-obama-host-white-house-science-fair\">kick off<\/a> our new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmaker.org\/party\">Maker Party 2013<\/a>. This June to September, people will get together at thousands of community-led events around the world. Together we&#8217;ll celebrate the amazing things we can make and learn through the open, collaborative power of the web.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmaker.org\/party\">Join the party<\/a><\/strong>. Sign up at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmaker.org\/party\">webmaker.org\/party<\/a><b>. <\/b>Make something, share it, or teach others what you know.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/22\/makerparty2013\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>. Read the official Mozilla blog post.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webmaker.org\/teach\">Get training and support<\/a><\/strong><b>. Our new &#8220;Teach the Web&#8221; open online course is like &#8220;Boot Camp&#8221; for Maker Party. <\/b>Join in discussions and hands-on learning with other techies, educators and mentors around the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread the word<\/strong>. By re-tweeting <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Webmaker\/tweets\" rel=\"nofollow\">sample tweets like these<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li><em>Join @Mozilla for a global #MakerParty from June 15 &#8211; Sept 15. President Obama just kicked it off at the #whsciencefair: <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/party\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/mzl.la\/party<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11kv24n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"11kv24n\" src=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/11kv24n.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Join me for \u201cTeach the Web:\u201d a free online course from Mozilla<\/h1>\n<p>Read this <a href=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/2013\/04\/26\/ankit\/\">great story and invitation<\/a> from <em><strong>Ankit Gadgil, Mozilla community member and <a href=\"https:\/\/reps.mozilla.org\/u\/ankitgadgil\/\">Mozilla Rep, <\/a><\/strong>inviting you to take part in \u201c<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hivenyc.org\/teachtheweb\/\">Teach the Web<\/a><\/strong>\u201c<\/em> <em>a new free and open online course from Mozilla starting May 2. <\/em><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hivenyc.org\/teachtheweb\/\">Learn more or get started here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Markup-in-Popcorn-Maker.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7575\" alt=\"Markup in Popcorn Maker\" src=\"http:\/\/commonspace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/02-homepage-emphasized1.png?w=636&amp;h=425\" width=\"412\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Toward Webmaker 2.0<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Building Webmaker as a popular way to make and learn on the web<\/strong>. Mark Surman lays out a crisp five-part vision for what we&#8217;re building together between now and June:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Rebooting the brand to focus on makers of all ages<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Building a gallery to show all the awesome makes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Creating a Make API so anyone can make a gallery<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deepening learning w\/ challenges + badges<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Making it easy to create hackable teaching kits with Thimble<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/commonspace.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/03-filtering.png?w=600&amp;h=326\" width=\"480\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>How to get involved:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/commonspace.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/25\/webmakerv2\/\"><strong>5 great things about Webmaker\u00a0v2<\/strong><\/a>. Read Mark&#8217;s full post.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commonspace.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/22\/april2013boardslides\/\">Check out the April 2013 Mozilla Board Slide presentation<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.org\/webmakerv2\"><strong>Webmaker v2 product vision<\/strong>.<\/a> New features and improvements will roll out weekly over the course of the summer, starting June 15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Track progress<\/strong> on Webmaker v2 through this <a href=\"http:\/\/scrumbu.gs\/t\/webmaker\/2013w17\/\">scrumbug<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/webmakerv2.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr<\/a><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/hivenyc.org\/teachtheweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/engagementdiagram.png\" width=\"420\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Planet Webmaker round-up:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/dougbelshaw.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/first-draft-of-mozillas-web-literacy-standard-now-available\/\"><strong>Mozilla\u2019s Web Literacy standard<\/strong>: first draft released!<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/openmatt.org\/2013\/04\/25\/get_involved\/\">7 ways to get involved with Webmaker this week<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/explorecreateshare.org\/2013\/04\/22\/hive-in-the-house-the-white-house-science-fair-2013\/\">Hive at the White House Science Fair<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zythepsary.com\/techie\/we-made-it-mentor-team-make-week\/\">Summary of the Webmaker Mentor Team work week<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/carlacasilli.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/24\/badge-system-design-investigating-assumptions\/\">Badge system design<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecssdiv.co.uk\/2013\/04\/easy-open-source-workflow\/\">Easy open source workflow<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/vocamus.net\/dave\/?p=1602\">Thought experiment: letting git normalize whitespace<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/brettgaylor.tumblr.com\/post\/48594397278\">#freebassel<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dougbelshaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/weblitstd-draft-release-candidate-v5.png\" width=\"430\" height=\"430\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing Maker Party 2013 This week we were proud to partcipate in the White House Science Fair\u2014and have President Obama help us kick off our new Maker Party 2013. 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