<div dir="ltr"><div><i>Hi Club Leads!<br><br></i></div><i>A forwarded message about what's going on with Popcorn Maker and Appmaker.</i><br><br><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Hey FSA's!<br><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">As</span><a href="http://webmaker.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Webmaker for Android</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">

 nears the end of its time in beta and prepares for official launch, we 

wanted to share an update on Mozilla’s other tools for teaching the Web:

 Appmaker, Popcorn Maker, Thimble and X-Ray Goggles. We discussed the 

future of these tools in a</span><a href="https://blog.webmaker.org/whats-next-for-webmaker-tools" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">May blog post</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> (<a href="http://mzl.la/1KKduFH" target="_blank">http://mzl.la/1KKduFH</a>), but after continued discussions we have updated our plans.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">As

 previously mentioned, Thimble and X-Ray Goggles are powerful and 

popular tools among educators for teaching web literacy skills, and can 

now be found at</span><a href="https://teach.mozilla.org/tools/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> https://teach.mozilla.org/tools/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">. Later this summer, we’ll be releasing an updated version of Thimble with improved capabilities, so stay tuned!</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">As our tools evolve,</span><a href="https://blog.webmaker.org/whats-next-for-webmaker-tools" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"> we will no longer support Appmaker and Popcorn Maker</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">

 (<a href="http://mzl.la/1KKduFH" target="_blank">http://mzl.la/1KKduFH</a>). Instead, we’re focusing our efforts on 

Webmaker for Android, which empowers smartphone users to create local 

content and read, write and participate online.<font size="2"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Both Appmaker and Popcorn Maker will remain available until Wednesday, Sept. 30, after which they will be inaccessible.

 We are no longer able to provide bug fixes and user support for these 

tools. However, users will still be able to access makes created with 

these tools in a read-only capacity, even after Sept. 30. To do so, 

visit</span><a href="http://webmaker.org/me" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">webmaker.org/me</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> and sign in. And as open source projects, the code for these tools will continue to be available for reuse at</span><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/popcorn_maker" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://github.com/mozilla/popcorn_maker</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> and</span><a href="https://github.com/mozilla-appmaker/appmaker" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://github.com/mozilla-appmaker/appmaker</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">If you have any questions, email <a href="mailto:help@webmaker.org" target="_blank">help@webmaker.org</a> or on Twitter</span><a href="http://twitter.com/Webmaker" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">@Webmaker</span></a></font><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Amira Dhalla<br><br>Twitter/IRC: <span style="color:#0000ee"><a href="https://twitter.com/amirad" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000ee">@amirad</span></a></span>  |  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,238)"><a href="https://teach.mozilla.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,238)">Help us #teachtheweb</span></a></span>!<br></div></div></div></div>

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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Ting Jung (TJ) Lee<br>Community Manager, FSA<br>Mozilla<br>IRC: TJ<br>Twitter: @CupofTJ<br></div></div>

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