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
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
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
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
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
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)
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}
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)
Yesterday I headed to Berlin to hang out with Michelle Thorne, Mozilla Event Coordinator Extraordinaire, and meet with Erin Knight and Jess Klein via Skype.… Read More »In Person Jamming
First, a contextual clarification: Facilitation is herein used in the context of learning. For me, facilitation is teaching, but there’s a difference in connontation for… Read More »Every laboratory needs a mad scientist