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Made Possible through Global events - some supported by Mozilla (any collaborative making event big or small), GenOpen is the first Open Source project run completely by youth. Mentors help guide youth and teach them about open source contribution, but it's the youth that define the how and what will be created.
Contribution pieces range in focus, complexity and size (as with all Open Source projects). Coders, photographers, designers, writers, filmmakers – youth interested in digital technology in any way are invited to participate in GenOpen. The initiative will have equal focus on problem solving/inventing, online communication, digital storytelling, digital citizenship, collaboration, and many other important skills. Check out the Web Literacies grid for other skills Open Source projects help people learn!
Using GitHub, everything produced will be forkable and remixable. Mentors AND youth can badge learning that happens both in physical hackjams as well as online. The Open Ethos, a philosophical idea that working in a decentralized, innovative, remixable and transparent way leads to more innovation, will lead youth to understanding community, responsibility, decision making, etiquette, standards and other nuances of digital life.
Currently shepherded by MozReps, organizations around the world interested in spreading digital and web literacies are invited to get their youth participating. Although this page is in English, GenOpen hopes to be a multilingual, multicultural project, and we invite anyone to help us localize!
Contribution pieces range in focus, complexity and size (as with all Open Source projects). Coders, photographers, designers, writers, filmmakers – youth interested in digital technology in any way are invited to participate in GenOpen. The initiative will have equal focus on problem solving/inventing, online communication, digital storytelling, digital citizenship, collaboration, and many other important skills. Check out the Web Literacies grid for other skills Open Source projects help people learn!
Using GitHub, everything produced will be forkable and remixable. Mentors AND youth can badge learning that happens both in physical hackjams as well as online. The Open Ethos, a philosophical idea that working in a decentralized, innovative, remixable and transparent way leads to more innovation, will lead youth to understanding community, responsibility, decision making, etiquette, standards and other nuances of digital life.
Currently shepherded by MozReps, organizations around the world interested in spreading digital and web literacies are invited to get their youth participating. Although this page is in English, GenOpen hopes to be a multilingual, multicultural project, and we invite anyone to help us localize!
Overview
Location
Belgium, Namur
Phone
0780331825