The document discusses Mozilla Webmaker, an initiative by Mozilla to move people from passive web consumption to active web creation. It aims to help millions of people learn how to make the web through tools, projects, and a global community of creators from diverse backgrounds. The goal is to increase understanding of and control over the web to build a more literate planet. Webmaker offers authoring tools, practical starter projects, and opportunities to connect with others at events and online.

1. Mozilla Transposing Ideas
Bengal Engineering and Science University
6th January 2013
- Sayak Sarkar -

2. The Mozilla Mission
Our mission is to promote
Openness, Innovation, and Opportunity
on the Web.
We believe in the power and potential of the Internet
and want to see it thrive for everyone, everywhere.

3. “Mozillians are people who make things.
Moving people from consumption to creation is
Mozilla’s goal.”
– Mitchell Baker
Mozilla Chair / Chief Lizard Wrangler

4. This is where Mozilla
Webmaker comes in!

5. Mozilla Webmaker is an initiative
towards moving people from
consumption to creation.

6. It is a new program to help people
everywhere make, learn and play using
the open building blocks of the web.

7. Mozilla Webmaker wants to help you
make something amazing with the web.

8. We’ve got new tools for you to use, projects to
help you get started, and a global community
of creators — educators, filmmakers,
journalists, developers, youth — all making
and learning together.

9. The goal of the program is to help
millions of people move from using the
web to making the web.

10. As part of Mozilla’s non-profit mission, we
want to help the world increase their
understanding of the web, take greater control
of their online lives, and create a more web
literate planet.

11. OK, so lets get into a bit more details
about these offerings!

12. Tools
• Authoring tools and software, designed and built
with our community.
• From supercharging web video with
Popcorn Maker,
• To exploring and remixing with the
X-Ray Goggles,
• To making your own web pages with
Thimble.
Like a Swiss Army knife or “superhero utility belt” for
webmaking.

13. Projects
• Practical starter projects,
• How-to’s and recipes,
• Designed to help people at all levels make
something amazing.
• From tweaking your blog template to building apps
that change the world.

14. Community
• Bringing people with diverse skills and
backgrounds together.
• Teachers, filmmakers, journalists, youth.
• From web ninjas to newbies.
• Connecting at events, meet-ups and hack
jams everywhere.

15. Interested?
Join us for the hands-on session on the
Webmaker Tools today!
or
You may check out https://webmaker.org in the
meantime for further details!

16. Questions?

17. Get in touch with me!
Sayak Sarkar
Mozilla Representative
@sayak_sarkar
sayak.bugsmith@gmail.com
http://sayaksarkar.wordpress.com