Open Source Day - WikiClubTech GCU
About the event
Open Source Day is an interactive awareness and learning event that introduces students to Wikimedia, Wikipedia, open-source collaboration, and open knowledge. It follows a learn → engage → explore → contribute approach — starting with a guest speaker session, moving through interactive quizzes and challenges, and ending with a hands-on build session using real Wikimedia data.
Organized by WikiTech Club GCU
Agenda for the day:
• 9:30 – 10:00 AM — Registration & seating • 10:00 – 10:10 AM — Welcome & introduction • 10:10 – 10:55 AM — Guest speaker session • 10:55 – 11:05 AM — Core team certification • 11:05 – 11:20 AM — Wikimedia & General Knowledge Quiz • 11:20 – 11:40 AM — Myth or Fact • 11:40 – 11:50 AM — Energizing activity: Clap/Stomp Challenge • 11:50 AM – 12:10 PM — Wikipedia Clue & Navigation Challenge • 12:10 – 12:55 PM — Hands-on build session: teams explore the Wikimedia Structured Wikipedia Dataset and build a small project using Google Colab, Git, and GitHub • 12:55 – 1:05 PM — Winners & goodies • 1:05 – 1:15 PM — Feedback session • 1:15 – 1:20 PM — Vote of thanks • 1:20 – 1:25 PM — Conclusion
Google Developer Tools you'll work with:
• Gemma — get hands-on with Google's open, lightweight AI models and see how they can be used to build real applications • Kaggle— a data science and machine learning community platform where you can explore datasets, run notebooks, and take part in competitions. For Open Source Day, participants will use the [Wikimedia Structured Wikipedia Dataset](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/wikimedia-foundation/wikipedia-structured-contents/) on Kaggle, working hands-on with real Wikipedia data to build and explore open-source project ideas. • Guided, hands-on walkthroughs — work through real examples step by step, so you leave the day having actually built and explored something yourself, not just watched a demo.
By the end of the day, you'll have your accounts set up, your tools installed, and your first open-source task identified.
Also [RSVP here](#) — link to be added once your Dashboard program is created
Speaker:
• Mr. Nivas Ramisetty
