Kitchen Table Beta with Adults
On Thursday, I did my first kitchen table beta test with friends (all of them over 30 with limited web skills). I started with a… Read More »Kitchen Table Beta with Adults
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the Webmaker and the Meat of my Job Description
At Mozilla we’re working on something we’re calling the Webmaker. It’s a couple of things, but at the base level it’s an underlying, consistent toolset… Read More »the Webmaker and the Meat of my Job Description
Embedding Webmaking
Background: There’s a beautiful piece of land across the street from my house, 13 hectares, undeveloped, unspoiled, natural biotope in the middle of Dresden North.… Read More »Embedding Webmaking
Embrace the BORING then get CREATIVE
You know what? Writing curriculum is freaking BORING. You know why? Because educators are taught that learning requires specific activations in the brain. Long-term memory… Read More »Embrace the BORING then get CREATIVE
Rockin out at DML
This week has been a whirlwind of activity. Monday we launched the P2PU and Youpd.org challenges, which you should check out. Then it was a… Read More »Rockin out at DML
Web Literacy Micro-Models
On Friday I posted the macro-model here, the thing that encases all the Webmaker Skills. This will give you a general overview of how Mozilla… Read More »Web Literacy Micro-Models
Web Literacy Models (Theory)
I’ll admit it, it probably seems like an exercise in futility what I’m doing here, but I assure you – it’s not. It is a… Read More »Web Literacy Models (Theory)
Street {Code}
I think about learning all day long. That’s what I do, I write learning materials, I study learning theories, I make learning games, modules, whatever.… Read More »Street {Code}
More System Thinking (at a Micro-Level)
We’re still working on the Mozilla/P2PU Challenges for running an event. We’ve been through a number of iterations and are, at the moment, settling on… Read More »More System Thinking (at a Micro-Level)
System Thinking
We have a rather large task in front of us. We want to create a generation of webmakers. An entire generation. To do so, we… Read More »System Thinking