Last weekend was the **[kickoff of Mozilla’s Summer Code Party](https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/about/) [(#mozparty)](https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23mozparty).** In a summer-long campaign, there’s **over 400 scheduled events in nearly as many cities,** hosted by passionate people who want to **share their knowledge of the web and learn together with friends.** I’d like…
How to Host a Kitchen Table View more presentations from Michelle Thorne Just grab a few friends, a laptop, and something to hack on together! Prepared for [Mozilla’s Summer Code Party](https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/).
>**How would you teach something about the web using a game?** This was the [design brief](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Events/London_Learning_Jam/Design_Brief) we gave a talented group of educators, designers, and developers last week at the [Mozilla London Learning Jam](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Events/London_Learning_Jam). Our thesis is: * **Use game-like mechanics** to encourage learning and…
There’s a **long road ahead to bring Europe’s “start-up darling” Berlin up to par with learning & and the web.** Digital literacy and simple computational competencies are often lacking; and there’s no indication yet that Berlin schools will step to fill the gap.* There’s an…
We had a lot of fun doing some betatesting for the **[Mozilla Summer Code Party](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summer_Campaign_2012).** The idea is to **gather a few friends around your [kitchen table](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/events/kitchen_table),** have some drinks and snacks, and play around on the web together. It’s through the informal, friendly setting…