Mozilla and web literacies

Building a generation of webmakers

Erin Knight + Michelle LevesqueMozilla Foundation

webmakeranyone who makes things

using the open ethos and building blocks of the

web

this is ethan

he likes to make things with legos

mozilla wants ethan to know the web is like legos

you can build anything with the web

anyone can be a webmaker

being a webmaker can make learning fun and relevant again...

...and the skills involved are important life skills, a literacy

Why the web?

transparency

community

openness

access

opportunity

The web as the medium

The web as the model

transparency

community

openness

access

opportunity

The web as the thing

The web as the thing

The web as the thing

The web as the thing

The web as the thing

Why webmaking?

interest-based learning.

embracing tinkering, trial and error, even

failing.

jobs.

empowerment.

an approach to life.

webmaking = web literacy

it’s not about programming

it’s aboutpassion

what can passion teach?

anything.

How are we going to create a generation of

webmakers?

hint: not alone, but more on that later

software curriculum badges

software curriculum badgesskillsskills

Mozilla is proposing a definition of web literacy

(web literacy)

hard skills + soft skills

web literacy skills

RFCRFC

web ethos, values

web practices, ways to think about the web

web technical concepts

exploring

authoring

connecting

building

protecting

deeper dive:

https://teachwebmaking.mozillalabs.com

interviews

experience

focus groups

presentations/feedback

evolution

in/out of scope?

subset that is required for basic level?

higher levels?

RFCRFC

How to getinvolved...

RFCRFC

feedback!

Building a generation of webmakers...

...at web scale

we want build something

BIG on this theory

but mozilla is quite small.

this is where people like heather come in

etc.

community

join us!

June 23-24 + all summer + after parties

participate!

Coming Soon: make.mozilla!!

http://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summer_Campaign_2012

http://teachwebmaking.mozillalabs.com

More from Erin: http://erinknight.com, @eknight

More from Michelle: http://rwxweb.wordpress.com/