Yeah, you heard it right. Maker Parties can be hosted anywhere to teach the awesomeness of the web. Me and Hitesh started a campaign called MozRide where we host Maker Parties all over Warangal City to teach the web.
As part of MozRide campaign, we have hosted a Maker Party @
Navodaya Medical Store for which we are regular customers. They have opened a
new branch for their medical store, so Me and Hitesh thought why not we host a
Maker Party and teach them how to make a web page for their store?
For this, Me and Hitesh first planned how to start and from where
to start. We first made a basic plan to initiate the event by telling them
about the uses of an Internet and the web page for their store, also we jotted
down some points how their online presence will grow their business. Finally we
arrived to the Medical store to host a Maker Party.
First, I spoke to the owner of the store, I Introduced
myself as a Mozilla Rep, I told them what I do as part of Web Maker project and
also I explained the purpose of visit to their store. Then I have explained her
uses of Internet and a Web Page for their store and I told her the Mission of
Web Maker Project that our mission is not just people consume the web but also
create the web. She was so excited to learn and make a web page for their
store.
Hitesh was taking the pictures mean while. I gave the
teaching part to Hitesh as I was happy to see one old grandfather coming in to
their store to purchase medicines. I grabbed that opportunity. I introduced myself
to him; I told him I want to teach you about Computer, Internet and the Web. He
was so happy; he spent around 30 minutes with me.
When I
started telling him about computer, he listened carefully and he was enjoying learning.
He told me that there was not this much
of technology when he was studying. He used Punched Cards and learn about
computer in his days and now he is happy to see the technology.
I also taught him about the Internet and the web, also how
Mozilla is striving to make the web open for all. After I completed my teaching, he was giving
me examples for which I taught him. I felt so happy with the way he understood
my teaching. He also told me that he had no knowledge of internet till date. He
was very happy to learn about the web at an age of 61 years. This sentence made me proud of being a Mozillian.
As he was very new
to the world of Internet, I do not want him to get confused. I just opened
Firefox and shown him how the information is rendered in browser in the form of
html. I taught him basic tags of html in a notepad and ended the discussion with him.
I then joined Hitesh in teaching the owner of the store
about the creation of a webpage for their store. She too felt so happy and thanked
us by saying we being their customers helped them to grow their business by teaching
and making their online presence. I replied ‘’DOING GOOD IS PART OF OUR CODE”. She also told his son is also there, you can also make him get involved in Mozilla. This is how we also got a chance to recruit new contributor.
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