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* [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-xul dev-tech-xul] | * [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-xul dev-tech-xul] | ||
See the complete list [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo here] for others. | See the complete list [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo here] for others. There are also various [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs#Discussions Labs Google Groups], many of which will make for good student projects. | ||
===Weekly Calls=== | |||
In addition to online communication, a number of weekly status and planning calls are held. These are open to anyone wishing to join. Just as idling on IRC can be a great way to learn about the technologies and tools used my Mozilla developers, the weekly calls provide good insight into the workings of the project. | |||
* [[Education/StatusMeetings]] | |||
* [[WeeklyUpdates|Project wide weekly update]] | |||
* [[Firefox3.5/StatusMeetings|Firefox status meeting]] | |||
* [[Platform#Meetings|Platform meeting]] | |||
* [[Thunderbird/StatusMeetings|Thunderbird status meeting]] | |||
* [[Labs/Weave/WeeklyMeetings|Labs - Weave Weekly Meeting]] | |||
* [[Labs/Bespin/StatusMeetings Labs - Bespin Weekly Meeting]] | |||
===Blogging=== | |||
A good portion of the Mozilla community blogs. People use these blogs to demo experiments they have tried, share something they have learned, discuss their reaction to something, bring attention to things that are happening in the community, etc. Following these blogs is greatly simplified by the use of various aggregate blog planets: | |||
* [http://planet.mozilla.org Planet Mozilla] - the main blog planet for the Mozilla project. | |||
* [http://education.mozilla.org/planet Mozilla Education Planet] - students, professors, and Mozilla community bloggers who are connected to the education work. | |||
* [http://planet.mozillamessaging.com/ Mozilla Messaging Planet] - blogs about Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Calendar, etc. | |||
You should start a blog and write about your work to start teaching and working on Mozilla. You should make your students do the same. You should both get these blogs added to the [http://education.mozilla.org/planet Mozilla Education Planet] (email [mailto:david.humphrey@senecac.on.ca]. It is [http://vocamus.net/dave/?p=375 hard to overstate the value of doing your work in the open, and on the web]. When people can see the work that is going on, it is easier to comment, provide help, and connect with you. | |||
==Collaboration== | |||
Mozilla is focused on web technologies, and as a result, the way the project works is also heavily influenced by web based tools. Deciding to use these same tools vs. standard educational tools (e.g., Blackboard) will mean the difference between having Mozilla work with you, and being isolated in an academic silo. One nice side effect of choosing to use Mozilla's own tools is that you don't have to get anyone's permission at your institution to set up what you need: Mozilla already hosts it all, and allows anyone to create accounts. | |||
===Wikis=== | |||
Mozilla uses a number of wikis, each with a different purpose. Over the past few years, a lot of work has been put into consolidating various sites and other resources into a smaller number. Here we look at the two most important. | |||
====Mozilla Developer Center (MDC)==== | |||
The Mozilla Developer Center (sometimes called 'MDC' or 'devmo') is Mozilla's main documentation site. It is aimed both at developers using Mozilla technologies (extensions, XUL, JavaScript, web) and also at people developing Mozilla itself. | |||
MDC is meant to be a polished set of documentation vs. a scratch pad for random information. You can (and should) create your own account so that you can edit mistakes, or contribute new information. If you are unsure about a change you think needs to be made, you can ask in the [irc://irc.mozilla.org/devmo #devmo] irc channel. | |||
====Mozilla Wiki (wiki.mozilla.org, wikimo)==== | |||
=Resources= | =Resources= | ||