So, in summary (or if you aren't the musical slideshare type) the first 6 weeks have been great. We did a bunch of listening and research, including attending events and hackjams run by and for Hive members. Here's a neat worksheet from a Mouse run Webmaker training in New York.
We did some research and design on tools and resources to support prototyping:
Sherpa is a codename for a tool that helps prototypers define a design opportunity and openly work through the process for designing a solution. We designed some mockups to see if this is a direction that we should pursue. Sherpa could be a back-end for the "Cupcake dashboard" or be a stand alone tool. We spun up an instance of the "Cupcakes" dashboard designed by the Firefox UX team to help figure out if it is a useful tool to surface prototypes.
We also prototyped a snippet for Firefox to promote Maker Party, worked on an idea for self guided Webmaking and began work on a Net Neutrality Teaching Kit.
Finally, we've shipped some things:
The No-Fi Lo-Fi Teaching Kit asks participants the question how can we empower educators to teach the web in settings where connectivity isn't guaranteed?
With the Mobile Design Teaching Kit, participants play with, break apart and modify mobile apps in order to
understand how they work as systems. This teaching kit is designed to
explore a few activities that can be mixed and mashed into workshops for
teens or adults who want to design mobile apps. Participants will
tinker with paper prototyping, design mindmaps and program apps while
learning basic design and webmaking concepts.
A local and a global Hive Learning Network directory
... and a section on Webmaker.org to help guide mentors through making Teaching Kits and Activities:
The first 6 weeks have been great, and we are going to continue to listen, create and deliver based on needs from the community. We have lots more to build. We want to do this incrementally, partly to release sooner, and partly to build momentum through repeated releases.
