Welcome to Drumbeat San Diego, a 6 hour hands-on, participatory event that is part of Mozilla's worldwide Drumbeat initiative. Come connect with the tech, arts, journalist, and nonprofit communities to create positive change in our community and have a global impact.
Date: Saturday, February 5th, 2011
Time: 12:30-6:30pm
Location: Queen Bee's Art and Cultural Center located at 3925 Ohio Street, San Diego, CA
Register for the event today for free at: www.newmediarights.org/drumbeat/register
You must register to attend!
Please take a look our working schedule and the agenda below to get familiar with the event.
Outline of Agenda:
12:30- 1:15 Lunch, Science Fair, and Networking
Lunch with MIHO Gastrotruck. The first 60 people who have registered who show up will get a free meal, so come early.
Everyone will come together in the main room to engage in the intro session and human spectogram
1:15
Introduction to Drumbeat
Lightning Round-Session facilitators will give quick pitches of the spaces around Drumbeat. Session facilitators will present various sessions for the day in a Science Fair format. This will offer participants a quick, informal opportunity to get a taste of the wide variety of spaces that will be available to them at the event. Of course, there will be a chance to get to know your fellow participants, which is an important part of what this event is all about.
1:45 pm
Human Spectrogram: This will be an icebreaker intended on opening up dialogue and share your views on the open Web, the present and future of the Internet, and on related topics.
It will engage the group in dialogue about what we're here to do, which is to come together with diverse groups in our communities, and then identify ways that we can build together using the open web to better our local San Diego community and the broader world. For more info click here.
Starting at 2:30 - These will be in breakout spaces and begin at 2:30:
Drumbeat Projects: This is where the rubber meets the road, with many unique ways to get involved and learn from others in your community. Try something new, lend your skills, and build with your community in a variety of exciting spaces detailed below.
Here are our featured sessions and you can see a detailed schedule here:
The Open Data Project combines the efforts of the open data community and journalism community in San Diego. This project will 
allow you to see raw data sets can be transformed into a story that grips people's attention and provides new insight about our local community. The space will provide a forum for discussion of how to gain access to important data and the methods used to translate raw data into data-driven journalism and effective advocacy. For more info click here.
The EAT Good Food project offers readily available information about the new options of organic foods in our local farmers markets. The EAT Good Food Project aims to create a website or phone app about the location of our local food organic food markets as well as the new organic food options available. For more info click here.
Citizen 2.0- Citizens' Oversight Projects is trying to encourage open government by fostering active citizens to attend and monitor local government meetings. The wiki is a place for the public to discuss local issues, share information, and take action on the often overlooked actions of local governments. Learn about your rights to access public meetings, ask questions about a successful online open government project, and help Citizen Oversight Projects expand and grow its work beyond San Diego. For more info click here.
Open Source i& Music Experimentation space will provide a space to learn how to use open source music software such as Audacity, Ardour, Pd, and Hydrogen. Understand why musicians are talking so much about copyright, copyleft, and Creative Commons. Experiment working with samples to create a short sketch of a musical composition, and learn about the different ways you can share with others the music you create. For more info click here.
The Future of HTML5 : Workshop on how HTML5 will change media with Chance Roth of CloudCanvas HTML 5 based graphics editor For more info click here.
P2P University - Come learn about P2PU, which provides Learning for everyone, by everyone, about almost anything For more info click here.
Open Source & Worldwide Drumbeat projects showcase - This space will offer participants a chance to freely experiment with a variety of Open Source Software, and showcase a number of Drumbeat projects that are part of Mozilla's worldwide Drumbeat initiative. For more info click here.
The FabLab San Diego - Fablab is a place where you can make just about anything, and they'll be offering a space where participants will be able to get their hands dirty. For more info click here.
Build Your Own DIY Video Aggregator in Under and Hour Using Miro - In this hands-on session, participants will be walked through creating their own video aggregation site using YouTube, Vimeo and Blip. We'll even cover a little bit of info architecture, RSS and content management based on input form this 'live' session. This is the same software used to build MEDIA ARTS Center San Diego's People's Post.
Shaping the future of Mozilla, with Marcia Knous of Mozilla Foundation
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