Innovation

2015.07.11

Now's the time for collaborative video on Wikipedia

This post outlines one step toward bringing collaborative video editing to Wikipedia. For years, the idea of a video-rich Wikipedia has animated free knowledge advocates, public media, and educators. But the technical complexity involved in enabling collaborative video editing has always put this...

Creative Commons· Innovation· Learning· Maker· Peer production· Popcorn· Software· Strategy· WebMadeMovies· Wikipedia
2015.06.03

Investing in web literacy — tools for thinking

Mozilla Foundation is currently in strategic reflection — how will we invest in web literacy over the next few years? In the last five years, we’ve grown the Mozilla Foundation to 80 people and a $20m operating budget. We have lots of experience in learning and leadership development, and an evol...

Economic development· Equity· Innovation· Learning· Mozilla· Strategy· Web Makers
2014.03.17

A Civics Education for Privacy

The Mozilla advocacy and campaign teams are meeting this week to plan a multi-year “privacy, security, surveillance” campaign. We’re searching for an issue where we can make a real impact. I am pushing for “security” to be tip of our campaign’s spear. Something like “we want to know that our devi...

Drumbeat· Filmmaking· Innovation· Learning· Mozilla· Strategy· Talks· Web Makers
2013.11.04

I Drove the Mars Rover Curiosity, and You Can Too

Over the past year, Mozilla and the U.S. Department of Energy have been quietly collaborating on a project to demonstrate connected learning and workforce training opportunities on the modern web. As part of US Ignite and Mozilla Webmaker, members of the Mozilla community have produced a shared v...

Design· Drumbeat· Friends· Fun· Innovation· Learning· Maker· Mozilla· Software