Ok remember a while back when I was all MOOC this and MOOC that? Well it wasn’t for naught. It’s happening, the Webmaker MOOC will launch on May 2 and conclude June 30 (or actually the 27th because Starting May 2nd, Thursdays will be MOOC days. For those of you who don’t know, MOOC stands for
web literacy Archive
Making, Curating and Sharing Resources
Last year I started the /Teach wiki and filled it with a bunch of links out to resources, curriculum, descriptions and other useful tidbits of content designed to support the teaching of digital literacies and spread all over the web. The wiki became my own personal dumping ground to save resources authored by the budding
Webmaker Mentors in 2013
Cross-posted on Michelle Thorne’s blog. AN INFLECTION POINT We’re at an inflection point with learning and making. What was once simmering quietly in makerspaces and classrooms is now boiling. Makers and mentors, and all sorts of hackers and radical educators in between, are the key players. The maker movement, iconized by MAKE: Magazine but is
A Hivesque Network of Educators
This past week Doug and I attended the European Children’s Universities Network‘s conference (co-hosted with SIS Catalyst) #Technucation. Children’s universities, museums, YMCAs and other youth focused groups and organizations make up the very Hivesque EUCU network. This is a network of over a hundred different organizations all over the world. It’s called the European Children’s
The Road to [Term TBD]: Semantics are fun.
Everybody knows that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. There’s proof. But sometimes point A and point B are so obscured from each other that you have to use a series of straight lines that navigate through all the crazy between the two points. In this blog post, point A is
Mountains of Enrichment
When I was in the fifth grade, I was pulled out of my classes and put into a series of classes called “Enrichment”. It was for “gifted” students, and I remember not really understanding what made me different. On my first day in Enrichment, I recognized the difference between my old classes and Enrichment classes
Mozilla wants YOU at Learning at MozFest 12
Calling all teachers, educators, instructors, mentors, youth and anyone teaching digital skills: Mozilla wants YOU at Learning at MozFest 12 Photo Credit: Angela Jimenez The Big Idea: Build a big tent for everyone teaching the web We’re in the early stages of building a Mozilla Webmaker program for educators called Hacktivate Learning. In 2013, Mozilla
3 Conclusion 3.1 Conclusion
Although the target group “formal and informal educators” as referenced in this thesis is fairly specific, I propose that considering the different theoretical frameworks outlined in this concept when planning a blended learning program would be beneficial to any target audience. Presumably, adding gamification to curriculum will engage any audience, as human beings are naturally
1.3 Interest Groups
Figure 3: Webmaker programs for specific interest groups The educational concept outlined aims to engage the target audience in four distinct interest groups. Each interest group is provided with educational content through four Webmaker programs (see Figure 3). The first interest group is comprised of educators working in filmmaking or media production. This subsection of