Webmaker/TeachTheWeb/Calls/2014-06-12

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Audio Recording https://archive.org/details/TTW20140612
Video Demo https://archive.org/details/TTW-DiscoverDemo
Etherpad https://teach.etherpad.mozilla.org/ttw-2014-06-12

WELCOME! Introductions & on-boarding

Roll Call MadLib

Hi, my name is ______ and my favorite app on my phone is _________. You can contact me  like this: ________

  • Michelle Wilson / Allrecipes / michellewilson@ku.edu 
  • Brendan Muprhy / Maps / @dendari
  • Hi, my name is Doug and my favorite app on my phone is Path You can contact me  like this: @dajbelshaw
  • Hi, my name is FuzzyFox and my favorite app on my phone is the phone.--cheating! You can contact me  like this: @FuzzyFox0
  • Hi my name is Sarah and my favourite app is City Mapper on my phone. You can say hi at @sarahtallen
  • Hi, my name is Laura and my favorite app on my phone is ÖFFI. You can contact me  like this: @epilepticrabbit downloading that now!
  • Hi my name is Lucy and my favorite app on my phone is BlogTo Patio Finder. You can contact me @lucyeharris
  • Hi, my name is Cassie and my favorite app on my phone is Any.Do. You can contact me  like this: cassie@mozillafoundation.org or @cassiemc on twitter
  • Hi, my name is Mike and my favorite app on my phone is probably Words with Friends, though the app itself is awful :( You can contact me like this: @stenington
  • My name is Oliver and favorite app on my phone is the twitter app, You can contact me ike this:@opropst or oliver.propst@gmail.com
  • Hi, my name is Amira and my favorite app on my phone is a tie between Whatsapp and Instagram. You can contact me  like this: @amirad I love whatsapp, it's changed my life! :) +1
  • Hi, my name is Kat and my fave phone app is Instagram and my friends' photos! You can contact me via @codekat on Twitter. +1 so addictive ;)
  • Hi, my name is Chloe and my favorite app on my phone is Monument Valley. You can contact me  like this: @varelidi on twitter
  • Hi, my name is Åke and my favourite app is Foursquare. You can contact me on @akenyg, cool that you join this meeting (that makes two of us from Sweden)! YAY :) Y
  • Hi my name is Oliver Quinlan and my favourite app is tweetbot. You can contact me on @oliverquinlan.  two Olivers as well, ha. =)
  • Hi my name is Christos and my favorite app is instagram. You can contact me on @bacharakis.christos! hi!!
  • Hi, my name is Tanzeel Khan and my favorite app on my phone is Foursquare You can contact me  like this: tanzeelkhan94@gmail.com or @khantanzeel on twitter


What's the coolest thing you saw on the web this week? 

AGENDA

Discover Launch (Chloe, Mike 10 mins)

Context / Links:

Notes:

  • The illustration/design is so fun!+1+1 love it so much.
  • Can't wait to start using this to scaffold contribution in Webmaker (and Web Literacy pathways!)
  • The idea is that pathways are not only badges but they are apart of your personal story
  • The cross-career badges are amazeballs
  • Looks awesome! There is a big gap in the UK in terms of young people exploring different jobs I think. The number of people I interviewed for University level teacher training who did it cos a parent did... Love this idea for exploring possibilities & showing the pathways.
  • This looks so great and comprehensive!! 
  • Audience = pre-college youth

Questions:

  • Emma - not on the call but will read after ;) LinkedIn is often used (rightly or not) as a measure of one's professional accomplishments. I've felt LinkedIn reflected less than half of my achievements(I'm sure I'm not alone). +1 to that! Are there visions of a Discover API plugin to such social networks?  I seem to remember a Mark Surman post on this topic.  
    • v1 doesn't connect out very much, not even to the Backpack (yet)
    • curious what you'd imagine such a plugin doing? I think there's lots of room, and the related badges directory work takes a big step towards connecting badges across issuers: https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-directory
  • Doug: Is the official announcement blog post live yet? [I wrote one here: http://literaci.es/mozilla-discover]
  • Took me awhile to figure out how to make my own pathway. Could that be more prominent? 
    • most likely! we'd like to add a tutorial that walks users through it, user testing showed that teens were reluctant to pledge pathways, drag badges, etc. ++ the idea of a tutorial or led experience is a good one, for people who are just getting started. Yes definitely, we had this quiz designed up but didn't get to implement it. 
      • we've also kicked around the idea of connecting ACTUAL HUMANS who are pursuing similar pathways, either at a similar point in them or someone who has finished with someone getting started as a mentor, etc.Such a cool idea!
  • Is there a GitHub repo? How can people fork/improve this?
  • Can there be an elephant badge? :P
    • good memory? +1 afraid of mice?
  • I can't add badges to my new pathway - what am i doing wrong ;)?
    • Need to favourite the badges first OH! not clear, sorry, I know it's a prototype :D also, it's awesome
  • IS there something for career changers, I have this job, and these skills and what does this match up with for other people?
    • recommendations were part of the original design but haven't made it into the implementation yet, but it seems like a data-rich area for doing those sorts of analytics agreed, this would be quite interesting (and another thing other sites like linked in don't offer...) +1
  • You should talk to the people at https://choirup.com (deconstructing expertise through video  interviews)
  • I am from India, I called to the number but it says enter the access code followed by the pond sign. What i have to enter there? and Is this a toll free number?and if you have given that number to join the call then why are you chatting in the pad?Please answer these questions, so that I will able to join the next call.

How to get involved:

Webmaker refresh - sneak peak! (Matt, 10 mins)

Context / Links:

Notes:

Questions:

  • Do people know where to start on https://webmaker.mofostaging.net/en-US/resources?
    • It's very obvious that the WebLitMap is clickable on laptop/desktop (because of hover) - how about on tablets/mobile?
  • I'm doing a presentation on webmaking at a small conference for teachers tomorrow, what are your suggestions for ways to get them excited about using this in classroom?
    • show them the pages. get excited about it yourself :) +1 [also talk about the difference between teaching 'coding' and a more holistic learning experience around web literacy - e.g. http://dmlcentral.net/blog/doug-belshaw/going-beyond-learning-code-why-2014-year-web-literacy] +1, I think through exploring it together on a screen, you'll find things that excite you, or content that pops out. Like Chloe's "Discover" pages, this can really be a "choose your own adventure" kind of experience.
    • apply for a badge?
    • Ask them for feedback too, we would LOVE to know what people think of the content!
    • I have loads of slides here that can help frame the brainy stuff around web literacy, the webmaker tools, etc. Cut, paste, copy remix!!: http://zythepsary.com/mozilla/presentations

How to get involved:

  • Join this thread on the Webmaker newsgroup. Let us know what you think of these new pages and features. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla.webmaker
  • File bugs. All the work is on staging, so we can get your help with testing and fixing.
  • See what’s coming in the next “Honeybadger” release on June13. <--I smell a meme-based release cycle ;-)
  • Join the conversation with Kat on June 16 to explore Webmaker's new Literacies pages https://plus.google.com/events/ct1fda3ncs13m61kuu4pgledin0

ROBORAMPAGE hackable game (Mike)

Context/Links:

  • http://stenington.github.io/roborampage/   Slighted addicted already- not slightly. I am! Ha me too...it's hard until I realized it's all about the teleportation i know, changes everything!!!! :) you can also hack the player/robot speeds >_> HACKING ISN'T CHEATING!
    • follow links on that page to Thimble tutorials
  • based on a nice micro framework for canvas games: https://github.com/maryrosecook/coquette

Notes:

  • I'm  working on a simple game with what I hope is a highly hackable game  mechanic, and a set of tutorials to walk through the basics of changing  visuals, adding AI or game mechanics, etc.
  • Feedback welcome!
    • Nice!

Questions:

  • Is this related to http://minica.de/ ?
    • Not right now, however it may do in the future.
    • Would be easy to make it a minicade minigame, but I was worried the time limit would be too stressful

How to get involved:


Non-Verbal Updates

Webmaker/Open Education in Tawian (oliver)

Context / Links:

Notes:

  • Tawian have amazing Mozilla community
  • The community are interested in Webmaker
  • The  Taiwanese government are making very serious efforts with  investigations on how open source can be used within the public schools
  • They have an employee  who's job it to promote open source within public  schools, he is very interested in WebMaker. Have encouraged him join the  Webmaker community, and tell more about his work.+1

Questions:


Last Weeks Call

Etherpad: https://teach.etherpad.mozilla.org/ttw-2014-06-05

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