BCLA 2014: Webmaker Party Notes & Resources

I was super excited to finally get a Webmaker party with librarians involved, at a library conference no less! I was thankful to get some mentors from Mozilla to help us out too.

Webmaker Party: Building & Engaging a Community of Learners and Mentors

  • Dethe Elza
  • Cynthia Ng

Mozilla does a lot more than Firefox.

Open Badges

  • comes with accreditation, and other criteria information
  • backpack to show off badges you’ve earned

Hive Learning Network

  • connected learning
  • city by city program, started in NY and Chicago
  • bringing together non-school learning, accessible to students who can map their own pathways for their own learning with the options available
  • bringing together the organizers to know what each other are doing
  • coming to Vancouver

Web Literacy Map

  • community built tool for determining what web literacy means
  • bringing agreement to this
  • weekly open dialogue (you can participate!)
  • provide feedback
  • map to badges

Firefox OS

  • next place where people are being locked in
  • much like it was for the browser
  • all the apps are open technologies

Science Lab

  • open data and programs
  • software carpentry – version data and programming for scientists, but also run workshops for others

Knight Mozilla Open News

  • fellowships for embedded programmers to the newsroom
  • “the source” – open repository for the code

Webmaker

  • set of tools to help everyone be a maker of the web
  • basic building blocks of the web
  • what’s affected all of us
  • a lot of libraries are interested in bringing in maker spaces
  • easy and low barrier for libraries
  • suite of tools: X-Ray Goggles (bookmarklet to explore and making their own version of a webpage), Thimble (editor for webpages using HTML, CSS, JavaScript with lots of starter makes), Popcorn (online multimedia/video editor)
  • all of the published projects are remixable (people can then make a version off of another version)

Why Libraries?

  • fits within mission & vision
  • professional development
  • have the facilities
  • have the people

Why a Webmaker Party?

  • easy to do
  • low cost
  • don’t require instructor, simply some knowledgeable volunteers
  • takes little time if using existing resources, especially teaching kits and starter makes – including assessment
  • flexible, allowing users to choose their learning path
  • more interaction between people

Web Literacy Standard & Open Badges

  • use weblit standard as assessment tool
  • using standard = greater buy-in?
  • can create badges that connect competencies with workshops/projects

Easy to Contribute

  • create projects, teaching activities, teaching kits
  • improve documentation
  • discuss and send feedback
  • help review material (localization on transifex, via SUMO)

Resources

  • Google group, twitter: #teachtheweb
  • starter makes/projects (see session etherpad)

Let’s have a Webmaker Party!

Here’s a copy of what’s on the etherpad:

Webmaker: http://webmaker.org/
Mailing list: https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker-canada-bc

Resources

How-To Tutorials

  • Popcorn Tutorial: https://mozteach.makes.org/popcorn/1boj
  • Goggle Activity: https://mozteach.makes.org/thimble/hack-the-web-with-the-goggles
  • Thimble: start with an easy starter make, such as
    • Keep Calm Poster: https://artychan.makes.org/thimble/keep-calm-and/remix
    • Movie Poster: https://artychan.makes.org/thimble/movie-poster/remix

Starter Makes

Projects complete with instructions on how to personalize it. For Thimble & Popcorn https://webmaker.org/en-US/starter-makes

Thimble JavaScript

  • Rainy Day: https://artychan.makes.org/thimble/a-rainy-day
  • Make an Animated Poem: https://chadsansing.makes.org/thimble/LTE0NDgyODAwNjQ=/make-a-beautiful-animated-poem
  • Hack a Holiday Card: https://techkim.makes.org/thimble/let-it-snow
  • Make a ToDo App: https://mopaxian.makes.org/thimble/my-handy-todo-app

Teaching Kits

Tutorial: https://webmaker.org/teach-templates

Examples

  • Cultural RemixJam (Tate Britain): https://keyboardkat.makes.org/thimble/cultural-remixjam
  • 23 Webmaking Ideas for Libraries: https://mozillarian.makes.org/thimble/23-webmaking-things-for-libraries
  • Web Literacy Standard for Libraries (incomplete): https://jennierose.makes.org/thimble/web-literacy-standard-for-libraries

What Did You Do Today?

Whether complete or not, please share the projects that you have created today with us!

Thimble

  • https://hihi.makes.org/thimble/LTkxMTE0NzAwOA==/keep-calm-and
  • https://jsamson.makes.org/thimble/LTEwMTE4MTAzMDQ=/keep-calm-and
  • https://sarahstang.makes.org/thimble/LTg3NzU5MjU3Ng==/postcard-for-cynthia
  • https://transparentdreaming.makes.org/thimble/LTc5MzcwNjQ5Ng==/keep-calm-and
  • https://jju.makes.org/thimble/LTgyNzI2MDkyOA==/goodbye-world
  • https://jju.makes.org/thimble/LTkyNzkyNDIyNA==/get-excited-and-make-things
  • https://sunnin.makes.org/thimble/LTcyNjU5NzYzMg==/keep-calm-and-ask-a-librarian
  • https://mrs_schafer.makes.org/thimble/LTY3NjI2NTk4NA==/meme-maker
  • https://yawa.makes.org/thimble/LTg5NDM2OTc5Mg==/keep-calm-and
  • https://jsamson.makes.org/thimble/LTY1OTQ4ODc2OA==/postcard-for-emily
  • https://transparentdreaming.makes.org/thimble/LTYyNTkzNDMzNg==/movie-poster

Popcorn

  • https://sfeddespublic.makes.org/popcorn/1wiz

Goggles

  • http://wingdj.makes.org/goggles/wingdjs-remix-of-homepage-west-vancouver-memorial-library
  • http://thirstylibrarian.makes.org/goggles/thirstylibrarians-remix-of-gt-hello-world-2014-bcla-conference-
  • http://ukestler.makes.org/goggles/ukestlers-remix-of-david-suzuki-foundation-solutions-are-in-our-nature