{"id":9417,"date":"2013-08-01T19:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=9417"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:43:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:43:54","slug":"maker-party-roundup-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/maker-party-roundup-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonny Island, Toronto, Chicago and more: A Maker Party event roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, people in the community are throwing events all over the world to celebrate Maker Party<\/a>. We’ve been showcasing many of those events and the cool things people are making on this blog, but there’s still more to share!
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Recording noises at the Summer Quest Maker Party in the Bronx, NYC.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Here’s what happened this past week:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Bonny Island, Nigeria
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The Mozilla Nigeria Community took part in the fun by planning a Maker Party in Bonny Island, Nigeria. <\/a>The theme of the event was “Creating web solutions to real life problems” through Thimble. Check out this cool make on the causes of road accidents. <\/a><\/p>\n

Chicago, USA<\/em><\/h5>\n

Last week our Hive Chicago team was planning for STEAM Studio which is a pop-up maker space<\/a> in the Chicago Cultural Center, July 22-26, 2013, where high school teens used digital and physical tools to design and produce media and wearable fashions inspired by Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. Check out this blog post<\/a> on the event that also describes why Chicago Summer of Learning is important for Chicago youth.<\/p>\n

Toronto, Canada<\/em><\/h5>\n

Girls Learning Code recapped their awesome July Webmaker camp for young girls with a day by day recap in this blog post. <\/a>The week consisted of different activities that taught the girls how to leverage technology and use it to become a better leader.<\/p>\n

Dundee, UK<\/em><\/h5>\n

Hack and Chat Maker Party happened this week in Dundee at the Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA)<\/a> centre. The event brought together artists, biologists and computer scientist to congregate, share their experiences and make things together. <\/a><\/p>\n

Wrangal, India<\/em><\/h5>\n

This week in Warangal, India the Maker Party with KIDS<\/a> event helps children learn about the history of Fort Warangal and make a #makerparty<\/a> Popcorn video on it.<\/p>\n

Bronx, USA<\/em><\/h5>\n

The Summer Quest Maker Party<\/a> is happening today at the Bronx Library Center with\u00a0300 middle school students enrolled in NYC Summer Quest, a five-week summer learning program. The event features projects ranging from stop-motion animation<\/a> and HTML\/CSS programming to digital beat-making and building paper circuits.<\/p>\n

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Maker Party in the news!<\/strong><\/h4>\n