{"id":245,"date":"2015-05-07T18:26:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/?p=245"},"modified":"2015-05-07T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T18:27:34","slug":"may-2015-updates-we-have-a-new-recognition-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/2015\/05\/07\/may-2015-updates-we-have-a-new-recognition-system\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2015 Updates: We Have a New Recognition System!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Featured Activities Last Month<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/priyat91.makes.org\/thimble\/MTk5OTk2MjYyNA==\/mozsummer-camp\">Teaching Kit on hosting a MozSummer Camp<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/ideabloom.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/12\/source-code-the-journey-with-mozilla\/\">Firefox Student Ambassador&#8217;s writes about his journey <\/a>contributing at Mozilla<\/li>\n<li>The UCSC Firefox Club <a href=\"https:\/\/deeply-brush-174.webmak.es\/app\">develops their own club Web App<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rowdymehul.wordpress.com\/2015\/04\/29\/teachtheweb-session-at-shri-swaminarayan-english-medium-school-kidzilla\/\">#MozSwamiSchool, a Kidzilla event<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>FSA Recognition System Launch<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/recognitionbadges-copy.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/recognitionbadges-copy.png\" alt=\"FSA Recognition Badges\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/recognitionbadges-copy.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/recognitionbadges-copy-252x126.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re launching a 3-tiered recognition system to provide students with guidance on what steps to follow as Firefox Student Ambassador and to recognize them as they go! The levels are: Trainee, Junior, Senior. See the requirements for each and where you are at at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/StudentAmbassadors\/Recognition\">Recognition wiki<\/a>.<\/strong> Read it thoroughly to understand!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications are opened now and closes May 22nd.<\/strong> Please keep in mind that this is the first beta run of the system. We&#8217;ll get your feedback and use the learnings to make this bigger and better!<\/p>\n<h3>May Office Hour: Recognition System Deep Dive<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/fsamicrophone.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-247 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/fsamicrophone-600x579.png\" alt=\"fsamicrophone\" width=\"182\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/fsamicrophone-600x579.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/fsamicrophone-252x243.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/fsamicrophone.png 726w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>We are hosting May Office Hour to welcome the new Recognition System. The Community Manager will walk through each level, discussing the requirements and what to expect in the applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fsambassador.etherpad.mozilla.org\/officehourmay2015\">Submit your questions<\/a><\/strong> on the etherpad and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mayofficehour2015\">RSVP to the event here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>New Changes to App of the Month Contest<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/02\/mozilla-marketplace-logo-final.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-176 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/02\/mozilla-marketplace-logo-final-600x600.png\" alt=\"mozilla-marketplace-logo-final\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/02\/mozilla-marketplace-logo-final-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/02\/mozilla-marketplace-logo-final-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/02\/mozilla-marketplace-logo-final-252x252.png 252w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/02\/mozilla-marketplace-logo-final.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;re changing things up! From now on App of the Month Contest will become a quarterly contest. Meaning you will now have <em>three months<\/em> to develop an app and submit it into the Marketplace. More time, more quality apps, more students who can participate and win swag packages! The theme for App Contest May-July is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>Develop an app using one or more of these APIs: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Web\/Guide\/API\/Vibration\">Vibrator API<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Web\/API\/Simple_Push_API\">Push notification API<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Web\/API\/IndexedDB_API\">IndexedDB<\/a>. <\/strong>Get creative! Deadline: July 25th<\/p>\n<h3>Join the new Firefox Friends<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/firefox-friends_platform-email-image_600x300px.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-249\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/firefox-friends_platform-email-image_600x300px-600x300.png\" alt=\"firefox-friends_platform-email-image_600x300px\" width=\"486\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/firefox-friends_platform-email-image_600x300px.png 600w, https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/files\/2015\/05\/firefox-friends_platform-email-image_600x300px-252x126.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a new social sharing program called Firefox Friends and you&#8217;re invited to be among the first to join. Get the inside scoop on Firefox, Firefox OS, Mozilla and more. Share, track your impact, and get rewarded. <a href=\"http:\/\/friends.mozilla.org\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=fsa&amp;utm_content=fsa050715&amp;utm_campaign=firefoxfriends\">Don&#8217;t forget to put <strong>&#8220;Yes&#8221; you&#8217;re a Firefox Student Ambassador<\/strong> when signing up here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Activities Last Month Check out this Teaching Kit on hosting a MozSummer Camp A Firefox Student Ambassador&#8217;s writes about his journey contributing at Mozilla The UCSC Firefox Club develops their own club Web App #MozSwamiSchool, a Kidzilla event FSA &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/2015\/05\/07\/may-2015-updates-we-have-a-new-recognition-system\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1438,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1438"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/studentambassadors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}