Webmaker/Mentor/Community Calls/ttw-2014-05-08
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Contents
- 1 WELCOME! Introductions & on-boarding
- 2 What's the coolest thing you saw on the web this week?
- 3 AGENDA
- 4 Non-Verbal Updates
- 5 More places to connect with the Webmaker community
- 6 Last Weeks Call
WELCOME! Introductions & on-boarding
Roll call madlib! Hi, my name is _____ and I'm from ____. You can contact me like this: _______
- Hi, my name is Lucy and I'm from Toronto. You can contact me like this: lucy@mozillafoundation.org
- Hi, my name is Oliver and I'm from _Sweden, Gothenburg_. You can contact me like this: @opropst, oliver.propst@gmail.com
- Hi, my name is amira and I'm from Toronto. You can contact me like this: amira@mozillafoundation.org
- Hi, my name is Pepe and I'm from Indonesia. You can contact me like this: @peppeishaam, artanto@mozilla.web.id
- Hi, my name is Laura and I'm from Dresden. You can contact me like this @epilepticrabbit or laura@mozillafoundation.org
- Hi, my name is Stefan and I'm from Slovakia. You can contact me like this: @fourtonfish or stefan@fourtonfish.com
- Howdy, my name is Dave and I'm from Atlanta, US @ Boys & Girls Clubs of America // e-mail is dcrusoe@bgca.org and via http://www.bitculture.org
- Hi, I'm Lainie and I'm in Brooklyn, NYC, and work with Mozilla. You can contact me at lainie@mozillafoundation.org or @lainiedecoursy
- Hey, I'm Kat and I'm in Vancouver usually but now in Toronto for a work sprint. Pad only this time, but hi guys! @codekat/kat@mozillafoundation.org oh hai!
- Hi, my name is Santiago and I'm from Uruguay. You can contact me like this: @cosmikspin santiago.ferreira@gmail.com
- Hey, is Marc from MOUSE in NYC. @malesser
- Verena from Calgary @verenanz
- Sarah in the UK, you can say hi at sarah@mozillafoundation.org
- Ankit Gadgil from Pune, India, tweet \o/ at @anknite (only etherpad)
What's the coolest thing you saw on the web this week?
- Youth in Brazil learn English by chatting with elderly people in the U.S. -- cool concept http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/perfect-match-brazilian-kids-learn-english-video-chatting-lonely-elderly-americans-157523
- Watch the next generation of Internet users talk about the Web they want! http://mzl.la/1rtoRsE
- um Webmaker Training ;) http://training.webmakerprototypes.org +10000+1, way cool! +10001 ;)
- https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/HiveCookbook
- Interesting: http://www.google.com/edu/classroom/ <== wonder what K12 educators will think? excited?
- Second cool thing I saw was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scWj1BMRHUA (What is the Web?)
- Speaking of Web literate -- this ( http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/05/antivirus-is-dead-long-live-antivirus/ ) taught me a bit about how sophisticated A/V is these days. Way wild.
- 6 year old salsa world champions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/kids-salsa-dancing_n_5248897.html
- Beatbox Brilliance: Tom Thum at TEDxSydney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY
- It might be cheating to post this here... but meh. I tag all of you too: http://blog.wduyck.com/2014/05/note-to-past-self/ (bonus points if you do it as a thimble make) <-- I keep punting this and really don't wanna
AGENDA
"My.Future" (Dave Crusoe, Boys & Girls Club of America, 5-10 minutes )
Context / Links:
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BGCA) mission is to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens - especially those from disadvantaged circumstances. In 2013, BGCA had the opportunity to re-image 'Club Tech', its longstanding technology education programming. The aim was to identify technology competencies a member could learn, develop and refine over their years as a member of the Club. The Web Literacy Map provided BGCA with enough detail to identify target competencies.
- Launching August, 2014; initial information online at http://myfuture.net
- Contact Dave @ dcrusoe@bgca.org //\\ bio/info @ http://bitculture.org
Notes:
- How BCGA is reimagining how they use technology in their clubs
- Project-based teaching experiences and training for staff, plus providing members with rich opportunities to gain digital skills
- BGCA provides safe space for young people to go afterschool (ages 6-18). Increased education programming - serves 500K-4 million every day!
- Previous tech programs taught youth how to use Microsoft Suite, but not necessarily relevant to how people are using tech tools today
- Dave joined and wanted to help answer the q's: what's worth learning, how can we teach it?
- Found inspiration in the web literacy map, and wanted to make it concrete through experiential learning - created internal standards that are approx 80% web literacy skills (other things include typing...)
- Engage youth how to conduct web searches, within the context of a goal
- Address spam - they have members write spam emails :) to better understand what to look for, how to recognize it <-- love this, I think "subversive" humor and activities are great for learning.
- Currently have about 30-40 of these types of activities across three levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced). Then they can be combined to create a portfolio, which may then be badged. They'll present portfolio, learnings, presentations (evidence) - staff will assign badges.
Questions:
- Fuzzy asking all: What are the kinds of things young people should know of media + technology today? (whats the most important thing to you? for time saving)
- Understanding how to use tools to find information/people to be self-learners, drivers, creators (did I get that right?) Think so. Sounds like this to me :D https://webmaker.org/literacy#Search
- How are you training staff?
- Not all staff has deep understanding of the digital tools. They want to teach processes for self learning.
- The second thing that they try and get across is how to engage with people, so that information is easier to share.
- How are you rolling it out to different centers? There are 4,000!
- National launch/announcement last week in SF
- Training will start in August, online and in-person (regional conferences)
- Is this the same system across other Boys and Girls Club's around the world? Do you work in unison with others Club groups in other countries?
- Other orgs learning from BGCA - federated model
- How are you integrating open source ethos into your programming? :)
- teaching people to be flexible with the media they use
- explicitly integrating CC licensed media and remixing
- Tell it like it is Tuesdays (in North Carolina) - write a rap song about how the day is going, brought Creative Commons into the project to teach remix- ccmixster tracks, imagery
- I meant Open Ethos, but wrote open source cause some folks just don't know where to start with "open ethos" :)
- How do you navigate teaching kids who come into the program with extremely different levels of web literacy?
Other q's for Dave to be answered via etherpad:
- Will the 30-40 activities you're creating be available to share with Webmaker community, via remixable teaching kits, etc?+100, I really hope so! We have to work through some questions around licensing, e.g., licensing BGCA programming via Creative Commons is definitely new to the organization -- but I don't foresee issues with that.
How to get involved:
- E-mail me! dcrusoe@bgca.org! (edited)
- Check out the activities when we launch in August / really hope to make them available as CC-Noncommercial-Attrib
AGENDA ITEM (Stefan (@fourtonfish), 5 minutes)
Context / Links:
Notes:
- Originally a set of tutorials:
- Some of Stefan's makes:
- Converted to a teaching kit with activities -- with help from Kat Braybrooke :) and Laura Hilliger, but mostly Kat!
- web as creative platform - yes! +1
- He learned many skills by accessing free educational materials - now he's giving back!
Questions:
- This is cool -- I'd love to make something simpler as a entry-point for BGCA members... is there a good "intro" that young/inexperienced people could use to learn API as a start? (Will definitely try remixing this!)
- Check out http://programmableweb.com Thanks!!
How to get involved:
- I'm always open to constructive criticism, so suggestions for improvements are welcome.
Webmaker Training Begins! (Laura, 5 - 10mins)
Context / Links:
- http://training.webmakerprototypes.org
- Participants will:
- Get hands-on training with Mozilla Webmaker tools including X-Ray Goggles, Thimble and Popcorn Maker
- Connect with and learn alongside other mentors and educators around the world
- Create open educational resources, curriculum and teaching activities for others to use and remix
- Learn more about the open, participatory teaching philosophy behind Webmaker
- Get ready for Maker Party, Mozilla's global web literacy campaign kicking off July 15
- How does it work?: https://laura.makes.org/thimble/LTE5MzI3ODc3MTI=/how-to-participate-in-webmaker-training
- 1. Pick a course. Review the descriptions and sign up for one or more.
- 2. Get started. Read the course materials, then click "Make" for hands-on and web-based activities that help you gain new technical and creative skills.
- 3. Connect with others. Log into Discourse–the online forum where you can connect with the Mozilla Webmaker team and other participants to co-design and find support.
- 4. Share. Share what you make with the community using the #teachtheweb tag and offer feedback to others. It's peer-to-peer learning!
- 5. Join each week. Go at your own pace, but you can also take part in real-time video hangouts (Mondays) and the #teachtheweb community call (Thursdays).
- http://discourse.webmakerprototypes.org Let's go play for a few minutes! Click here and introduce yourself to the community http://discourse.webmakerprototypes.org/t/about-the-meet-category/111/4
- At the top of the page, right under Laura's post, there is a blue "reply" button, click that and post a quick intro, also check out some of the other folks who have signed up
Notes:
How the existing Webmaker community can help out
- Moderation - dive into Discourse, respond/engage
- Mentorship - share your expertise
- Connecting - help people find each other, find resources
- Improving - file bugs, help us make it better, share feedback
Questions:
- What's the best way to share feedback about training?
- What do people do after the training?
- Earn your mentor badge
- Throw an event to participate in Maker Party and use your new training skills
- Is it an improved type of MOOC?
- Its a form of MOOC known as a Connectivist MOOC. No single person drives the learning. Everyone has something to teach, and everyone has something to learn.
- Fuzzy calls this kinda of a MOOC a "Mozilla-style Open Online Course" :P
- How to make a study group in your native language?
- Discourse allows you to start a thread. Use this to collect people to learn in your own language. Once there is a critical mass we'll start a whole category for you in your language!
- Discourse allows you to start a thread. Use this to collect people to learn in your own language. Once there is a critical mass we'll start a whole category for you in your language!
How to get involved:
- Sign up to participate: http://mzl.la/training
- Help people out in Discourse http://discourse.webmakerprototypes.org
- File a buglink! http://mzl.la/webmaker-training-bug
- Bookmark that link maybe?
- It will automagically select the correct "product" and "component" fields... then all you need to worry about it "summary" and "description". We can work out the rest from there ;)
- Friday ask me anything about training: https://beta.homago.com/webmaking/geekout/190/webmaker-training-ama-with-mozilla-p2pu/307
Non-Verbal Updates
- Mozilla's presence at Almedalsveckan, later this summer (a major event at Gotland that some call the Swedish equivalent to the Davos Meeting) have been confirmed. I will have a presentation about how open tools (Webmaker) can be used to introduce school children to IT, more details available here: https://reps.mozilla.org/e/almedalsveckan-presention-about-mozilla/ & here http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&tl=en&sl%20=%20sv&u=http%3A//www.almedalsveckan.info/17813
- Åke Nygren (librarian behind Mozillarian.org) , is organizing a workshop for librarians about Web Literacy Map, 28th of May in Stockholm. The rest of the Swedish Mozilla community will provide support.
- Amazing progress have been made on the HIVE-Cook book, https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmaker/HiveCookbook
- Had the pleasure meeting the Japanese ambassador two weekends ago and speak about Mozilla and Open Source as a way to enable international collaboration opportunities. http://500px.com/photo/68475887/untitled-by-oliver-propst?from=set&set_id=1307619
More places to connect with the Webmaker community
- Webmaker list: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/mozilla.webmaker
- Twitter: @webmaker / #teachtheweb
- Google+ community: https://plus.google.com/104682913709460611261/about