InfoMoz --- Homerun :)

Playing at homeground – thrilled…
Falling short of words to explain how we (Trishul n Me) felt standing on the other side of table addressing 40 students, where we used to sit and learn. Feeling nervous-cum-excited we commenced the workshop with a formal introduction (with our official juniors :) ).





Then followed the App-Dev session – the attendees were simply surprised by the ease of app building with Firefox. HTML, CSS and JS were very familiar names, technologies which they already excelled and with a drop of manifest.webapp (added by Me) they were already transformed from web developer to an app developer and this overjoyed them.


Trishul then explained them the awesome HTML5 and CSS3 elements like, various input types, CSS3 transitions, CSS3 transforms, also briefed them about in-browser databases. I must say the crowd we got was too enthusiastic and readily adapting the technology. The firebug tool just thrilled them and enhanced their strength.

Now after an hour of session now the time was for hands-on-Firefox. Now this was the time for us to get bowled over. Each and every one created a web-app on the idea provided (which was finally converted to a Firefox app) and earned the SWAGS from Mozilla.

Surbhi Bhargava

Ashish Khandelwal

Finally I explained them various support verticals in which they can contribute to Mozilla, like AoA, SuMo, Bugzilla etc. Hoping to see new contributors for Mozilla :) .
Just to add-in, we also introduced Cordova and explained them that how can they port their webapps to app for android, firefox, Windows, etc. The idea of white labeling (code once, replicate to many) just mesmerized them.
 Ready FOr a some rocking apps from Rajasthan University ...  :P

MozExplore At Arya College Kukas

After covering school, now its time to spread “Mozilla” word in “Arya College of Engineering & I.T.”, this time again Mozilla Community Rajasthan organize another workshop on mozilla in ACEIT. Over 300+ students participated in workshop. Speakers of this workshop were:

• Osho Parth
• Varun Kaushik
• Lavish Aggarwal

Workshop was started sharp at 10:00AM, all speakers were welcomed and workshop was initiated by Mr. Osho Parth. He told student about Open Source, FOSS, how they can get code of any open source softwares and can work on it, he also told them how mozilla is part of open source and what students can do for mozilla.

Next session was taken by Mr. Lavish Aggarwal (Me), introducing mozilla, its mission and other products of mozilla which were new to students as they were only aware about Firefox Browser continuing with this they were also told them about Open Web and philosophies of Open Web.

Putting the next step forward, next session was taken up by Mr. Varun Kaushik. He told students about SUMO covering AOA, ln10, QA, Support Forums and writing an article. Students were keen to know about such convenient way of contributions.

Keeping the continuity of workshop, me and Osho introduced students about one of the sexiest tool of mozilla i.e; Mozilla Webmaker. Students were amazed by seeing online editing of websites using X-Ray Goggle, live rendering of html pages using thimble and video mixing tool i.e; Popcorn.

Next session was taken by Mr. Osho, in which he introduced students about Firefox OS,  its different layers and why it is useful and many advantages of OS.

Students were eager to see this new OS in there hands ASAP :)

Here comes the time to develop apps for Firefox OS, In this session I told students about how to develop app in simple 4 steps that were:

• Install Simulator
• Create a Launching Page
• Create manifest.webapp file
• Execute it on simulator

Students were amazed to see that how easy it is to build app in Firefox OS by simple HTML5.

Bringing the workshop to the end an interesting session about cracking was taken by Mr. Osho, where he told students about system hacking, grub hacking and many more cool stuffs.
SWAGS were also distributed to all interactive participants.

At last how can we forget to have a group pic :)

 MozMaker @ Mandawa

 This time Mozilla Community Rajasthan got the opportunity to spread the word of Mozilla in the Rural areas of Mandawa ,Jhunjhunu . A place where there is not much information sources available to know the updates about the current trends in IT. This was an adorable effort of Ethics Institute and Technobyte Computers to bring the knowledge of open source at the door steps of Madawa students. 

 

The Workshop at Techno Byte Jhunjunu was a great Success as it was First of its kind at that place. There was Multiple Session in the workshop covering topics like:

• Open Source Introduction
• Mozilla Products
• WebMaker Tools
• Firefox OS Architecture
• Firefox OS App Dev.

Workshop was started by a introductry lecture on opensource by the Center Manager of Ethics and the Center Manager of Technobyte Jhunjhunu. which included the basics of open Source.He also announced for free courses in the all the centers of technobyte and ethics for the five most interactive students during the workshop.

 

Then the next session was on Open Source Movement and the role of Mozilla community in it.  About the various products of Mozilla community including (Firefox , ThunderBird ,Persona and Bugzilla etc). They were also informed about the various ways of contributing to the Mozilla movement .

 The session was of introduction to the webmaker tools. During this session the students were acknowledged about the various tools (like Thimble, X-ray Goggles and persona ). 

Then the students were also informed about the Operating system introduced by Mozilla. The architecture of Firefox OS was also explained along with a app development session for the Firefox OS. Students were amazed to know that the They could develop apps with just the knowledge of HTML,CSS and JavaScript..

 During the next session the students were informed about the Firefox Students Ambassadors program. TechnoMoz club was inaugurated and around 50 new FSA's were recruited and were acknowledged about the role and responsibilities of FSA. Most of them are SuMo contributors and others are App Developers. Expecting at least 5 apps in near future from the App Developers.

 At the end of the workshop the students were awarded with scholarships as promised by the organizers . The remarkable success of the workshop could be easily seen in the form of the joy and happiness on the faces of the attendees.

The following pic shows the faces of our new app developers and enthusiastic contributors for the Mozilla community and open source. Expecting contribution from the club members on Webmaker, Firefox OS marketplace and SuMo.

 Doing good is a part of our code. :)

Mozilla At Nosegay :)

Now after covering most of the sections of Rajasthan now we reach Nosegay Public School, Sri Ganganagar. Audience of this workshop was 12th Class and Speakers was:

• Dron Rathore
• Lavish Aggarwal
• Osho Parth
• Adit Bharadwaj
• J. Raj Rohit
• Ashish Seervi

Workshop started sharply at 10:00AM, and was started by School Director Mrs Rachna Ma’am introducing all speakers and telling student about agenda and main purpose of this workshop.

First session was taken by Mr. Dron Rathore informing student about what are the benefits of this workshop and how they can be a part of this community by doing awesome work and contribution. He told them about mozilla credits page and how they can add their name in that credit page. He also told them about mozilla, its mission and products of mozilla.


Students were eager to see their names in credits page ASAP :)

Next session was taken by Me introducing students about Open Source, realizing them to feel true freedom than their actual freedom in this tech world. I also told them about Linux OS and its power rather than other OS.Also told them about FOSS and mozilla as a part of it.

Next session was taken by Mr. Raj Rohit, telling students about BugZilla and how to make products better through simple steps of bugzilla. He also tell them about Data Science and other Open Source project in which interested students can contribute.

Next session of Webmaker was taken by Mr. Lavish and Mr. Adit, they told students how easy it is to edit any website or create new website through live rendering of the code and video mixing by the awesome tools of mozilla i.e. X-Ray Googles, Thimble, Popcorn. Students were amazed by live editing of website through these tools.

Last session was taken by Mr. Ashish Seervi, he told them about how to get involved in mozilla community through SUMO contribution and also told them about FSA program.
Had a great time with these school students and also had great response from them.
Group pic with team :)

AppDay At JNU (Jaipur National University) :)

Firefox OS App Day @ JNU

On March 14,2014 we had another workshop at Jaipur National University,Jaipur  named “JNU_FIREFOX OS APP DAY IN A BOX” organised by Mozilla Community Rajasthan . The Technical lovers Irrespective of all Branches and Years have come to the workshop to know how to contribute to the World of Open Source and to know about the new Firefox Os  and how they can contribute  to world of Mozilla.

At the workshop the  Respected Speakers were:

• Ram Dayal Vaishnav (Mozilla Representative)
• Osho Parth (FSA)
• Lavish Aggarwal(FSA)
• Tushar Arora(FSA)
• Meghraj Suthar(FSA)
• Asharam seervi(FSA)
• Adit bharadwaj(me)(FSA)

The Awesome Volunteers were:

• Pratish Mahajan
• Ayush Gupta
• Netra Padegaonkar
• Aekta Bhakar
• Varsha Ranjan
• Vaibhav Nath
• Jigyasa gupta
• Utkarsh Singh

The workshop was attended by almost 200 students. The students were so eager for the workshop , even when the registration’s were closed on Spot registrations were high in numbers.

The workshop agenda was as follows:

The workshop contained two Sessions:

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First Session:( 10:00 am to 12:00 pm)

09:00 – 9:30 on Spot Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Anchors – Welcome
10:00 – 10:30 Osho – Open Source
10:30 – 11:30 Tushar, Ram & Meghraj – Mozilla
(Products, Community & Contribution)
11:30 – 12:00 Ram – Audience Interaction
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12:00 – 01:00 LUNCH
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Second Session:( 13:00 pm to 17:00 pm)

01:00 – 02:00 Ram & Osho – Teach App Dev
02:00 – 02:30 Ram & Osho – Try your idea
02:30 – 03:00 Adit & Lavish- Webmaker
03:00 – 03:30 MeghRaj&Asharam(As_Crv) – Contribution hands-on (SuMo)
03:30 – 04:00 Ram, Osho – Hacking Gaia,Bugzilla, Github, Hacking linux
04:00 – 05:00 Ram, Adit – closing session
=================================================================

First Session:( 10:00 am to 12:00 pm):

In the First session Mr. Osho Parth  explained open source software and their use in current scenario. He also explained how we can customize open source software for our use and why they are beneficial for the society.He gave a brief introduction about FOSS and open source.

 Mr. Ram Dayal Vaishnav explained about the Communities Who is in the Mozilla community? How many contributors, supporters and users are there? How Do You Fit In The Community?

Mr. Tushar Arora  explained about the different products of Mozilla and told them the use of HTML5, CSS, Java Script in the latest Web technology.

 Mr. Meghraj Suthar explained about the different contributions one can do for the open source world and Mozilla  like localisation and various Contribution u can give in Open Source.In the lunch session after all the speakers already had their lunch, some students shared their doubts personally with the speakers about open source and  FOSS.

Second Session:( 13:00 pm to 17:00 pm):

App Dev:

 

This Session was totally based on App development. Mr. Ram Dayal Vaishnav & Mr. Osho Parth told the students about the new Firefox Os. The benefits of the new Firefox Os and its advantages over current smart phone market.

After the introduction about the Firefox OS Mr. Ram Dayal Vaishnav & Mr. Osho Parth also taught the students on how easy it is to make the apps for Firefox OS with the help of HTML, CSS ,JS.

The Students also tried some hands-on and made some wonderful apps.

Webmaker:

 

This Session was  based on Webmaker tools. Mr. Adit Bharadwaj & Mr. Lavish Aggarwal told the students about the  awesomeness of the WebMaker tools.

• X-Ray Goggles
• Thimble
• Popcorn 

 The Students were completely amazed with the tools and were very eager to use them.

We had a brief session on hands-on contribution like SUMO,AoA,etc… by Mr. Asharam Seervi.
He also told about the Firefox Student Ambassador program and whatcanidoformozilla.org. 
We also recruited many applicants for FSA and registered them for the program.

The Volunteers were very helpful. They helped the students during the whole session, while making apps and  during webmaker session.

There were total 5 apps  were made among those we ranked them according to the best and accordingly Mozilla goodies were given to them.

Last but not the least i would like to thank MCR, Mozilla , My HOD sir Mr. Vijay Dhaka and Sir Mr. Navneet Verma  and my college for guiding and helping through out the event.
All the event pictures can be seen at the flicker account here
Some group pictures after the event:

Overall Workshop was awesome and when we returned we had many awesome contributors looking ahead to make some great contributions to the Mozilla Mission .