Education/StatusMeetings/2009-12-07

Mozilla Education Status Meeting - December 7, 2009

Teleconference System Info

• Monday, December 7, 2009 12:00 am EST, 9:00 PST, 1700 UTC (other time zones here).

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Agenda

• Frank transition
• Update on Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge
• Mozilla Education 2010 planning

Participants

• Frank Hecker
• Dave Humphrey
• Richard Milewski
• Srirang Doddihal (brahmana)

Notes

Jetpack for Learning Design Challenge is now underway:

• 26 (?) submissions selected for the challenge.
• First online class is this week (Wednesday 12/9).
• Planning now beginning for design camp.
• More information on challenge wiki page.

Revisions to be done to the 2010 plan:

• include mention of history of initiative
• mention 2010 activities in India, Egypt, Europe
• emphasize diversity of activities, both core and peripheral
• make mention of Drumbeat synergy re K12

Other comments:

• Dave: Make Mozilla available as a source of projects to Greg Wilson. Need to promote more visibility around Mozilla student projects (e.g., work with Mozilla marketing).
• Richard: Mozilla Education should do marketing function for education in Mozilla (using www.mozilla.org/education or whatever).