December 2012
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“The idea that we don’t have to *force* education, that people like to...”
– http://chronicle.com/article/Size-Isnt-Everything/136153/
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November 2012
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Hacktivity Kits for Webmaking
Now available: Hacktivity Kits for Webmaking! Use the Hacktivity Kits as a guide to running your own learning events. Take a look, try out some of the hacktivities at your next learning event, and give us some feedback! There are kits for each of the Mozilla Webmaker tools, and they cover a mess of skills - both cognitive and affective. All content is open and free, and you’re invited to...
Nov 19th
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Nov 14th
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Thimble project: What does writing look like... →
Project draft created by folks from The National Writing Project!
Nov 14th
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Global Action Project Digitizes the Media History... →
In an amazing feat of webmaker collaborations, educators and youth from Global Action Project partnered with Emma Irwin @sunnydeveloper and others to bring their analog media history timeline into the digital age using Thimble AND Popcorn!  This prototype highlights significant events in history as they pertain to personal experiences and media. It’s part of a bigger effort to engage youth...
Nov 14th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Hack a T-shirt with Thimble! →
Nov 11th
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Remixing the Web with Middle School Students →
This curriculum (a remix of the Hackasaurus Hacktivity Kit with a focus on STEM) offers a free, engaging, web-based model to teach kids how to remix the web in out-of-school time. 
Nov 11th
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“I learned Thimble, Popcorn and X-Ray Goggles in 10 minutes!”
– DJ from Internews
Nov 11th
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Open Schools for Open Societies Handbook for... →
Developed during MozFest with the help of minds from around the world, led by @ChadSansing, this working draft of the Open Schools for Open Societies Handbook for Teachers is for everyone interested in helping school become part of an open and writable society. 
Nov 11th
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Teaching SEO to youth
Meredith Summs from MOUSE (Hive NYC member) collaborated with other educators, designers and programmers in an effort to start creating artifacts that help teach youth web basics. “They just posted something online. But what actually just happened?” They’re looking to collect and build resources that provide more context around teaching how to use webmaker tools.  Here’s...
Nov 11th
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Meemoo GIF Animations FTW! →
Nov 10th
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So, you want to make the perfect donut bun? →
This Thimble/Popcorn project was made during “Building Projects for Webmaker” session at #MozFest! 
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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#Hacktivate Highlights - Saturday AM
Chock full o awesome in the Hacktivate Learning space at #MozFest this morning!  There was a rich discussion about open schools and broken societies. What do we remember as powerful learning experiences and how can we get that back into schools? Chad’s group outlined user experiences, core beliefs, and is planning to continue the conversation. They’re especially interested in input...
Nov 10th
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WatchWatch
WNYC #RadioRookies just worked with Damian Payton to create his first #Popcorn story! #PopYourStory #Hacktivate
Nov 10th
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What is the Internet?
Meredith from @MOUSEsquad is building curriculum to teach youth about the web— everything from what it’s used for, systems, sharing, why it’s important… 6th Floor at #mozfest!
Nov 10th
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Nov 10th
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Connecting Educators - Projects Galore
First meeting of the minds! Here’s a quick taste of some of the projects that’ll be hacked upon, prototyped, discussed and built on the 6th Floor at #MozFest Marisa from REV- is producing a “Superheros of MozFest” documentary! Help look for and document extreme feats of web making, feeding and leisure habits of web makers, and YOUR personal MozFest Superhero! Share on...
Nov 10th
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Hacktivator profiles - build your own using... →
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Meeting of the minds
Hacktivate Learning facilitators met today in preparation for #mozfest. Folks from MOUSE, WNYC Radio Rookies, REV-, Global Action Project, Creative Commons, National Writing Project, Ladies Learning Code and others getting ready to help build new resources for educators to teach web literacy skills.
Nov 9th
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Calling all teachers, educators, instructors,... →
Nov 2nd