Wikimania 2007 Site Events warming up for main conference
{{date|August 2, 2007}}
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[[Image:WM2007 HackingDays-2.jpg|thumb|left|Hacking Days]]
Counting down to Wikimania 2007, the Site Events such as "Hacking Days & Extra", "One Laptop Per Child Curriculum Jam", and the "Citizen Journalism Unconference" preluded the main conference.

On August 1, [[User:bastique|Cary Bass]] and many other programmers participated in the Hacking Days. [[w:User:b6s|Mike "b6s" Jiang]] hosted this two-day long event where programmers can  exchange experiences.

That same day, the [[w:One Laptop Per Child|One Laptop Per Child]] Curriculum Jam kicked off. Project Director [[User:Sj|Samuel "SJ" Klein]] invited many teams with an interest in [[w:Free content|freely licensed content]] to produce learning materials, which youngsters from 6 to 16 years of age could judge.

[[Image:WM2007 CJU-15.jpg|thumb|left|Citizen Journalism Unconference]]
The ''[[w:Citizen journalism|Citizen Journalism]] Unconference'' was held August 2. It hosted by the [[w:Wikimedia|Wikimedia Foundation]] and [[w:Public Television Service|Public Television Services Taiwan (PTS)]]. The organization invited Frontier Foundation Researcher Shu-fang Tsai and Facilitator of Institute of Culture Affairs Taiwan Gail West to host this unconference. The Unconference was held in an [[w:Open Space Technology|open space style]]. Topics for discussion were created by participants at the unconference. 

In this unconference, participants talked about lots of free content portals comparisons, such as PeoPo by PTS Taiwan, the characteristics and role of citizen journalists, the comparisons between citizen journalism and professional journalism, and the future of citizen journalism.
 
After these events, the main conference will start at August 3, 2007 9:00 [[w:Taipei|Taipei]] local time.

==External links==
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*{{source|url=http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Journalism_Unconference
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Hacking Days
Counting down to Wikimania 2007, the Site Events such as "Hacking Days & Extra", "One Laptop Per Child Curriculum Jam", and the "Citizen Journalism Unconference" preluded the main conference.

On August 1, Cary Bass and many other programmers participated in the Hacking Days. Mike "b6s" Jiang hosted this two-day long event where programmers can  exchange experiences.

That same day, the One Laptop Per Child Curriculum Jam kicked off. Project Director Samuel "SJ" Klein invited many teams with an interest in freely licensed content to produce learning materials, which youngsters from 6 to 16 years of age could judge.

Citizen Journalism Unconference
The Citizen Journalism Unconference was held August 2. It hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation and Public Television Services Taiwan (PTS). The organization invited Frontier Foundation Researcher Shu-fang Tsai and Facilitator of Institute of Culture Affairs Taiwan Gail West to host this unconference. The Unconference was held in an open space style. Topics for discussion were created by participants at the unconference. 

In this unconference, participants talked about lots of free content portals comparisons, such as PeoPo by PTS Taiwan, the characteristics and role of citizen journalists, the comparisons between citizen journalism and professional journalism, and the future of citizen journalism.
 
After these events, the main conference will start at August 3, 2007 9:00 Taipei local time.
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