{"id":2776,"date":"2014-03-21T13:55:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T20:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nwp.org\/educatorinnovator\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2014-05-12T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T15:29:25","slug":"mozilla-webmakers-thimble-receives-on-for-learning-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/mozilla-webmakers-thimble-receives-on-for-learning-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Webmaker&#8217;s Thimble Receives &#8220;ON for Learning&#8221; Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Mozilla&#8217;s Webmaker Team<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to share that <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/tools\">Thimble<\/a>, our code editor for beginners, has been recognized by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commonsensemedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Common Sense Media<\/a>\u00a0as one of the best educational tools online with the 2014 ON for Learning Award. The awards celebrate the year\u2019s best in digital media products designed to educate and engage young people, and have become the most comprehensive tool that parents and teachers rely on for understanding the true educational value of digital media resources.<\/p>\n<p>The award was announced at a ceremony in San Francisco yesterday featuring 50 other educational apps, games, and websites singled out as game changers.<\/p>\n<p>Thimble also received\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonsensemedia.org\/website-reviews\/mozilla-thimble\" target=\"_blank\">a 5-star rating<\/a>\u00a0from Common Sense Media for its educational value \u2014 the highest possible rating available from the organization. A few highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Engagement<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Kids experience the delight of learning to write their own webpages with side-by-side windows that instantly show the effects of their coding tweaks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning Approach<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Authentic coding practice comes alive through fun, community-generated projects. Whether they learn through guided remixing or start a project from scratch, kids can find the right entry point into web design.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Immediate feedback, baked-in help, and a supportive community all help kids persevere and publish their webpages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s Webmaker\u2019s goal to help people understand the mechanics, culture, and citizenship of the\u00a0web. We created Thimble, along with X-Ray Goggles and Popcorn Maker, to provide free, open source tools that help educators, technologists, makers, and anyone move from consuming to creating the web, in a way that enables creativity and encourages empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re honored to receive this award from Common Sense Media, and really want to thank our Webmaker community for making Thimble what it is today, and continuously working to help make it better. Whether you playtested the earliest version created by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/iamjessklein\" target=\"_blank\">Jess Klein<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/toolness\" target=\"_blank\">Atul Varma<\/a>\u00a0(remember the Love Bomb?); provided feedback about later iterations on an open community call; filed or closed bugs; created or remixed content for others to use and learn and share\u2026 we\u2019re celebrating this award with and for you!<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Courtesy of The Mozilla Blog<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Join Chris Lawrence, Senior Director of the Webmaker Community Team; Jeffrey Knutson, Senior Editor at Common Sense Media; and educators who are using Thimble with youth and adults for teaching and learning as they discuss the affordances of this web-authoring experience during an <em>Educator Innovator<\/em> webinar on April 10, 2014, at 4 p.m. PDT\/7 p.m. EDT.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mozilla&#8217;s Webmaker Team We are thrilled to share that Thimble, our code editor for beginners, has been recognized by\u00a0Common Sense Media\u00a0as one of the best educational tools online with the 2014 ON for Learning Award. 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