Background

Many of you may know that I’ve been working on a project for Mozilla since the beginning of the year. My job is to build a community of people in Toronto who care about raising a generation of web makers, and to run events to a) continue to build that community, b) show that there’s demand from kids and parents for web maker experiences (if, in fact, there is), and c) bring together the people and organizations that can make youth-focused events that promote digital literacy something that is regularly available and accessible to kids in Toronto. Having already run an event in January to kick start the effort to build the community, on Saturday, February 18th, I (along with more than two dozen volunteers) decided to tackle b) show that there’s demand from kids and parents for web maker experiences. Turns out, there is. Lots of it.

The Photos

I’ll write a summary blog post later this week with some thoughts on the event (what worked well, what didn’t, etc.), but for now, check out the gorgeous photos that Jon Lim took of the event. Jon did a really amazing job capturing the essence of what went down on Saturday. Thank you, Jon! (Check out Jon’s website or follow him on Twitter here.)

The Bingo Card

The Bingo card we used on Saturday was a hit and it is totally opensource. It’s my own creation, so I get to say things like that. Click here to download the Bingo card as a Word document – happy remixing!

Thanks to the 50+ kids, 40 parents, 30 volunteers (31, if you include my mom) and 10 teachers who made Saturday possible. We couldn’t have done it without you!

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