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Teaching the Web with Games #522

Open mozfest-bot opened 7 years ago

mozfest-bot commented 7 years ago

[ UUID ] a540bffc-c121-420f-8f34-e0e5bbddfc23

[ Session Name ] Teaching the Web with Games [ Primary Space ] Web Literacy

[ Submitter's Name ] Gideon Thomas [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Mozilla Foundation [ Submitter's Github ] @gideonthomas

What will happen in your session?

This session brings together teachers, students, and anyone who likes or is interested in teaching and/or learning about the web and coding to figure out what works well when you try to teach web technologies in a fun and interactive way. We explore the pros and cons about integrating a game into a tutorial about HTML/CSS/JavaScript (the three basic web languages). We will explore some examples along with personal experiences about teaching using games (for e.g. I created a "get you feet wet with JavaScript" tutorial with Pacman for a group of students entering their first year for a degree in computer studies) and what appeals to different age groups.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

Attendees learn from each other's experiences and perspectives about teaching web technologies using games and will hopefully incorporate that when creating curriculum.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

For the presenter:

For the attendees:

Time needed

60 mins

edovio commented 7 years ago

Hello @gideonthomas - We are very happy to announce you that we have decided to accept your session at the festival this year! Congratulations! 🎉 You'll receive soon news about how move forward with your proposal

gideonthomas commented 7 years ago

I am confirming my presence

edovio commented 7 years ago

Thanks for your confirmation @gideonthomas !!! :)

jonathanprozzi commented 7 years ago

Hello @gideonthomas!

As MozFest is approaching we’re asking that you reply to this issue with an outline of the topics and activities for your session. A rough, bullet-point outline with time estimates would be ideal. Thank you and let us know if you have any questions.

edovio commented 7 years ago

Dear Facilitators, we are happy to share with you the MozFest facilitators 2017 Guide at the Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fezzIH8u0Li6pIHMNYDCuUjA_gHpB4Px9eXQo4Ol7es/edit It is also important to sign in here: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/festival.fabriders.facilitatorcoaching2017 for the coaching session, that helps you in your facilitation role! :)

flukeout commented 7 years ago

Hey @gideonthomas - when you have some time, please post a rough outline of your session including the activities you'll be doing and how long they will take. Thanks and let us know if you have any questions!

flukeout commented 7 years ago

Hey @gideonthomas - - we've created the first version of the Web Literacy Space schedule for the weekend and wanted you to have a look...

Please take a few minutes to locate your session (I've had to abbreviate the session names) and let us know if you have any questions or if there are any reasons that you cannot host your session during the chosen time (like a travel conflict or another session you are hosting at the same time). Please comment in this issue and and include @flukeout to get my attention.

We'll be finalizing the schedule next week and updating the Guidebook app that attendees will use during the festival.

Thanks!

PS - Keep us posted on your ability to travel to the fest!!

flukeout commented 7 years ago

Hey @gideonthomas - I'm writing to see if you'd be interested in helping out with the Thimble Zone. I'm trying to organize a few folks with HTML, CSS & JS skills who would like to demo mozilla's Thimble Editor. We'll have a few laptops set up with a sign and it would be great if we had a few volunteers to introduce people to it as well as get them started on some kind of beginner-friendly projects (or any ideas you may have).

If you're interested, let me know, and please also jump into the Etherpad and add your name and interest. I've also started a #thimble-zone channel in the Mozfest slack. Let me know if you have any questions!

PS - are you able to attend??