{"id":8618,"date":"2013-06-19T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.webmaker.org\/?p=8618"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:43:56","slug":"party-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/party-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#039;s get this party started!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Mozilla has officially kicked off the 2013 <\/strong><strong><a title=\"Maker Party 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/party\" target=\"_blank\">Maker Party<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Webmakers in Kampala. Photo: lawkis \" alt=\"Webmakers in Kampala\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3809\/9078829455_a4c6304337_d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Maker Party in Kampala, Uganda &#8211; June 2013<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nFor the next three months, people from around the world are meeting up at great events, making cool stuff together and sharing it all online.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Join the party<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Want to join in on the fun? Visit <a title=\"Webmaker website\" href=\"http:\/\/webmaker.org\" target=\"_blank\">webmaker.org <\/a>and <a title=\"Maker Party events\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/events\" target=\"_blank\">search for an event<\/a> in your hometown. You&#8217;ll find coding workshops, summer camps, media labs, hack jams and more. Invite your friends with this <a title=\"Maker Party invitation\" href=\"https:\/\/thimble.webmaker.org\/p\/lart\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">invitation<\/a>.<!--more--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Photo by danxoneil \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8117\/8686908663_fa76d45446_d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Host your own event<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Have a great idea you&#8217;d like to hack with others? We&#8217;ve put together some easy-to-use<a title=\"Webmaker event guides\" href=\"http:\/\/webmaker.org\/guides\" target=\"_blank\"> event guides<\/a> to help you plan a Maker Party event of your own. We&#8217;ve laid out every step, from considering who to invite to making sure everything runs smoothly on the big day.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lone wolves are welcome<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Hacking with others is fun, but some of us work best on our own. Check out our great tools, <a title=\"Create your own webpage with Thimble\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/tools\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Thimble<\/span><\/a> and <a title=\"Supercharge web video with Popcorn Maker\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/tools\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Popcorn Maker<\/span><\/a>, and make something original or remix and mash up the work of other party goers.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Share your work<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"What I Made template\" href=\"https:\/\/mozteach.makes.org\/thimble\/what-i-made-maker-party\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">Highlight your work<\/a>, tag it with <a title=\"#makerparty on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=makerparty&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#makerParty <\/a>and connect with participants from around the globe.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Party Partners<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This year, an incredible group of Maker Party partner organizations are helping us offer a truly diverse range of events. From <a title=\"CERN Webfest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citizencyberscience.net\/cern-webfest\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">CERN&#8217;s Citizen Cyberspace Centre<\/span><\/a> and the <a title=\"NYSCI Maker Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nysci.org\/visit\/events\/event\/2232755\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">New York Hall of Science <\/span><\/a> to the <a title=\"National Writing Project\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">National Writing Project<\/span> <\/a>and<a title=\"IndieWebCamp\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewebcamp.com\/2013\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">IndieWebCamp<\/span><\/a> check out these <a title=\"Maker Party partners\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/party#partners\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">amazing organizations<\/span><\/a> and learn how you can connect with their events.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Photo by etherworks\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8285\/7564499654_0604317d5d_d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Get Involved<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h6><strong>Remember, the Maker Party runs until September 15 so you&#8217;ve got plenty of time to:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p><a title=\"Join the party\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join an event<\/a>,<a title=\"Maker Party invitation\" href=\"https:\/\/thimble.webmaker.org\/p\/lart\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0invite your friends<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Webmaker event guides\" href=\"http:\/\/webmaker.org\/guides\" target=\"_blank\">host your own party<\/a> and <a title=\"Share your work!\" href=\"https:\/\/mozteach.makes.org\/thimble\/what-i-made-maker-party\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">share your work with the world<\/a>. We&#8217;ll highlight some great events and post our favorite creations as they start rolling in.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Questions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re here to help. Please contact us at: <a title=\"Contact us\" href=\"mailto:makerparty@mozilla.org\" target=\"_blank\">makerparty@mozilla.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozilla has officially kicked off the 2013 Maker Party! &nbsp; For the next three months, people from around the world are meeting up at great events, making cool stuff together and sharing it all online. Join the party Want to &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/party-time\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378228],"tags":[39,27948,20081],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}