The document outlines Mozilla's vision to build a generation of webmakers by promoting web literacy. It discusses how the open and accessible nature of the web allows anyone to be a "webmaker" by building things using the basic building blocks of the web. Mozilla wants to make learning relevant by teaching skills like coding in a fun, interest-based way. They propose a definition of web literacy as a combination of both hard and soft skills involving concepts of the web, ethics, and practices for exploring, authoring and connecting online. The document calls for getting involved to help build this vision of web literacy at a large, web-scale level through community participation, software, curriculum and badge programs.

1. Building a generation of
webmakers
Erin Knight + Michelle Levesque
Mozilla Foundation

2. webmaker
anyone who makes things using
the open ethos and building
blocks of the web

3. this is ethan

4. he likes to make
things with legos

5. mozilla wants ethan
to know the web
is like legos

6. you can build
anything with
the web

7. anyone can be a
webmaker

8. being a webmaker
can make learning
fun and relevant
again...

9. ...and the skills
involved are
important life skills,
a literacy

10. Why the web?

13. transparency
community
openness
access
opportunity

14. The web as the medium

15. The web as the model
transparency
community
openness
access
opportunity

16. The web as the thing

17. The web as the thing

18. The web as the thing

19. The web as the thing

20. The web as the thing

21. Why webmaking?

22. interest-based learning.

23. embracing tinkering, trial
and error, even failing.

24. jobs.

25. empowerment.

26. an approach to life.

27. webmaking =
web literacy

28. it’s not about
programming

29. it’s about
passion

30. what can
passion teach?

31. anything.

32. How are we going to
create a generation of
webmakers?

33. hint: not alone, but more
on that later

34. software curriculum badges

35. skills
software curriculum badges

36. Mozilla is proposing a
definition of
web literacy

37. (web literacy)
hard skills + soft skills

38. web literacy skills

39. RFC

40. web ethos, values
web practices, ways to
think about the web
web technical
concepts

41. exploring
authoring
connecting
building
protecting

42. deeper dive:
https://teachwebmaking.mozillalabs.com

43. interviews
experience
focus groups
presentations/
feedback

44. evolution
in/out of scope?
subset that is
required for basic
RFC
level?
higher levels?

45. How to get
involved...

46. RFC
feedback!

47. Building a generation of
webmakers...
...at web scale

48. we want build something
BIG on this theory

49. but mozilla is quite small.

50. this is where people like heather come in

51. community
etc.
join us!

52. participate!
June 23-24 + continued learning all summer +
after parties in late summer!

53. Coming Soon: make.mozilla!!
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Learning
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summer_Campaign_2012
http://teachwebmaking.mozillalabs.com
More from Erin: http://erinknight.com, @eknight
More from Michelle:
http://rwxweb.wordpress.com/