This presentation shares some ideas and insights on Guerrilla education that may help in improving learning experiences related to the Web and web development/design. It also gives thoughts on Mozilla's new education tools and where things are going in the near future.

1. Guerrilla
Education
Chris Mills presents...
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2. note stress?
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Don’t — slides available on
slideshare.net/
chrisdavidmills

3. I’m chris mills
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MDN
JS, CSS, HTML
Accessibility
passionate about edu
ex-Opera, w3c

4. web edu sucks?
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Improving all the time
Scratch, Serif, Python,
HTML, CSS seen @
schools

5. problems persist
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Outdated/bad courses
Reaching the problem
educators
Hard to change curriculum

6. but let’s stop
bloody moaning
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7. ideas going fwd
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Curriculum “add-ons”
Extra-curricular activities

8. mozilla
curriculum
add-ons

9. add-ons
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Can’t change curriculum?
Teach it, but add in correct
content afterwards

10. add-ons
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Many teachers lack
knowledge
So industry needs to
supplement

11. passive content
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Web Standards Curriculum
MDN Learn, and Content kits
Codecademy
Khan Academy

12. active content
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Guest speakers
Conferences/workshops
Student blogs

13. guest speakers
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Discuss real world
practices
Provide inspiration
Set tasks based on their
teachings

14. work experience
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Real world projects
Real clients?

15. extra-
curricular
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16. getting out there
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Meeting people
Making friends
Learning stuff!

17. code clubs
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codeclub.org.uk
Nice way to get started
Now with HTML/CSS and
Python projects, as well as
Scratch

18. coder dojo
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coderdojo.com
Geek youth club
Wide range of learning
Code, to Arduino, rPi (mainly
Minecraft)

19. mozilla
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Maker parties
Hive Network events
Focus on community,
collaboration and grassroots

20. Create
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21. I did this
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At my kid’s school/Madlab
Created my own courses
Beginners coding
It’s my Web
Basic practical skills

22. The good stuff
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Inspiring kids
Good for the school
You learn too
Good for your CV

23. The difficulties
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Complex: hard to keep
enthusiasm
Short attention spans
Very wide ability range
Timing

24. enthuse!!
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Short simple steps
Avoid setup like the plague
Not too much theory
Interesting projects
Avoid distractions

25. Setup--
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Something like JSBin or
Thimble helps
Although extra to learn
Logins are a pain

26. attention sp...
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Problem lessens with age
Can be challenging
Is 10 too young?

27. ability levels
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Anyone can code?
Yes, but only some are
naturals
25% of my classes?

28. advanced sections
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At end of each lesson
e.g. Adv. layout, Media
queries
Transitions, Web animations
Vendor prefixes

29. timing
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An hour a week ;-(
Smaller classes ;-)
Get students to mentor
Discuss problems as group
“Gifted” classes?

30. mozilla stuff

31. webmaker clubs
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An idea in progress
Bring more power and
organization to Webmaker
Own curriculum

32. web literacy map
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Read the map
Foundation for Web literacy
Good basis for teaching

33. appmaker
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It’s really fun
Drag and drop apps
Great for learning concepts
Share and remix
Being replaced by new tools

34. pithy quote
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Our understanding of learning is colored by our cultural upbringing.
Unfortunately, we’re were taught certain dynamics - the teacher knows
more than we do, they are the authority, I’m stupid, screwing around is
bad, failing is worse, don’t pass notes, don’t talk to strangers and don’t
cheat - all of these things (and more) are stored in our lizard brains, but
none of them make a lot of sense when looked at through modern,
(Mozillian) eyes:
We’re all learning together, sometimes I’m the authority sometimes you
are, we’re all smart/stupid together, hanging out, messing around, geeking
out leads to innovation, I learn from failing, where are the post its?, talk
to as many people as possible, perspectives shape your work, remix and
attribute.
Laura Hilliger, Mozilla Foundation

35. thanks!mozilla
cmills@mozilla.com
@chrisdavidmills

36. photo credits
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Gorilla stencil, by Charles Williams
Gray concrete wall, by Iwan Gabovitch
Paper texture by MapleRose-stock
Cement with shoeprints, by Sherrie Thai
Firefox Add-ons, by Foomandoonian

37. photo credits
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Stormtroopers, by Adrian Pratt
Star Wars At At dog costume by GadgetSin
Dark side of the moon Nyancat by
megahdwallpapers.net