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Using Twitter To Deliver 4-H Show Announcements, Ann Nordby
Using Twitter To Deliver 4-H Show Announcements, Ann Nordby
The Journal of Extension
Twitter, a free social media tool, can be used to help run a large Extension event. In Minnesota, beef and dairy show committees and 4-H participants are using real-time tweets delivered to participants' cell phones to keep state fair livestock shows running smoothly.
Google Search Mastery Basics, Paul Hill, Stacey Macarthur, Nick Read
Google Search Mastery Basics, Paul Hill, Stacey Macarthur, Nick Read
The Journal of Extension
Effective Internet search skills are essential with the continually increasing amount of information available on the Web. Extension personnel are required to find information to answer client questions and to conduct research on programs. Unfortunately, many lack the skills necessary to effectively navigate the Internet and locate needed information. Basic search skills are outlined as well as application to Extension.
Family & Consumer Sciences And Cooperative Extension In A Diverse World, Jorge H. Atiles, Gina E. Eubanks
Family & Consumer Sciences And Cooperative Extension In A Diverse World, Jorge H. Atiles, Gina E. Eubanks
The Journal of Extension
The role of Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) as a program area in Extension dates back before the Smith Lever Act of 1914. As we celebrate 100 years, reaching a new set of audiences poses a challenge to Extension. These audiences include new Americans, new family structures, urban populations, new occupations, and virtual clients from around the world. This commentary examines the role that FCS will play in the next 100 years to face these challenges.
Fitting The Framework: The Stem Institute And The 4-H Essential Elements, Jeff Sallee, Gina G. Peek
Fitting The Framework: The Stem Institute And The 4-H Essential Elements, Jeff Sallee, Gina G. Peek
The Journal of Extension
Extension and 4-H youth development programs are addressing a shortage of scientists, engineers, and other related professionals by promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This case study illustrates how the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program trained youth-adult teams to design and implement STEM projects. The STEM Institute incorporated the 4-H Eight Essential Elements to structure programming. Using the Essential Elements framework helped ensure quality STEM programming, participant retention, and successful community projects lead by youth leaders. The most successful projects were youth driven and adult facilitated, used local partners, and took time to develop.
Targeted Food Marketing To Youth: Engaging Professionals In An Online Environment, Mary Jo Katras, Kelly Kunkel, Sara R. Croymans, Brianna Routh, Mary Schroeder, Carrie Ann Olson
Targeted Food Marketing To Youth: Engaging Professionals In An Online Environment, Mary Jo Katras, Kelly Kunkel, Sara R. Croymans, Brianna Routh, Mary Schroeder, Carrie Ann Olson
The Journal of Extension
The use of technology provides unique ways to create an engaged online community of learning for professionals that can be integrated into existing and future Extension programming. The Targeted Food Marketing to Youth online professional development course uses strategies and tools to create and support an engaged online community.
The Virtual Extension Annual Conference: Addressing Contemporary Professional Development Needs, Nancy K. Franz, Robin Brekke, Deb Coates, Cathann Kress, Julie M. Hlas
The Virtual Extension Annual Conference: Addressing Contemporary Professional Development Needs, Nancy K. Franz, Robin Brekke, Deb Coates, Cathann Kress, Julie M. Hlas
The Journal of Extension
Extension systems are experimenting with new models for conducting professional development to enhance staff competence and other returns on professional development investments. The ISUEO virtual annual conference provides a successful flipped classroom model of asynchronous and synchronous learning events for conducting an Extension annual conference. The lessons learned and emerging promising practices from our experiment will help Extension systems better meet the professional development needs of today's Extension workers by providing new learning models and technology they can incorporate into their practice.
Parent Internet Use During A Child's Emerging Adulthood: Implications For Extension, Chelsea A. Petree, Jodi Dworkin
Parent Internet Use During A Child's Emerging Adulthood: Implications For Extension, Chelsea A. Petree, Jodi Dworkin
The Journal of Extension
Parents frequently use the Internet to connect with professionals and other parents for information and support, but parents of emerging adults have fewer resources to rely on than parents of younger children. This article explores how parents of 18 to 25 year olds used the Internet to connect with others, including differences by parent age, education, and income. Findings reveal that parents of emerging adults used a variety of activities for parenting and used specific activities for different purposes. Findings directly benefit Extension professionals who aim to address the needs of parents of emerging adults via the Internet.
Teaching For Effective Learning In Interpreter Education, Mark Taylor
Teaching For Effective Learning In Interpreter Education, Mark Taylor
International Journal of Interpreter Education
This article is based on the keynote presentation given at the convention of the Conference of Interpreter Trainers in Charlotte, North Carolina, in October 2012. It draws upon key principles for consideration in educating the next generation of interpreting students in further and higher education.
Improving Generation Y Volunteerism In Extension Programs, Kevin B. Andrews, Landry L. Lockett
Improving Generation Y Volunteerism In Extension Programs, Kevin B. Andrews, Landry L. Lockett
The Journal of Extension
Members of Generation Y have many positive attributes that make them attractive to Extension volunteer administrators as a potential source of labor. However, they think differently, have unique needs, require new management styles, and have less tolerance for unpleasant working conditions than previous generations. Additionally, they are engaged primarily through the use of technology. This article gives strategies for recruiting and managing this group of hard-working, self-assured, team-oriented, capable, and creative group of volunteers through technology and other means.
Mobile Learning And The Visual Web, Oh My! Nutrition Education In The 21st Century, Ellen Schuster
Mobile Learning And The Visual Web, Oh My! Nutrition Education In The 21st Century, Ellen Schuster
The Journal of Extension
Technology is rapidly changing how our program participants learn in school and for their personal improvement. Extension educators who deliver nutrition program will want to be aware of the technology trends that are driving these changes. Blended learning, mobile learning, the visual Web, and the gamification of health are approaches to consider using in programming in the near future to meet learners' expectations.
"Apps"—An Innovative Way To Share Extension Knowledge, Joseph S. Dvorak, Tanya C. Franke-Dvorak, Randy R. Price
"Apps"—An Innovative Way To Share Extension Knowledge, Joseph S. Dvorak, Tanya C. Franke-Dvorak, Randy R. Price
The Journal of Extension
Extension professionals across the country are continuously seeking innovative ways to reach clientele and to disseminate timely, educational information. A new avenue to reach clientele includes the use of smartphone "apps." The "Machinery Sizing" app, which was developed to ease the estimation of tractor horsepower to implement sizing for Extension clientele anytime, anywhere, is explained as a key example for Extension professionals to utilize apps in disseminating information to clientele. There are many benefits to using apps, including information availability wherever Internet service is available on the smartphone, ease of computations of equations, and automatic updates being sent to users.
Extension Online: Utilizing Technology To Enhance Educational Outreach, Stephen Green
Extension Online: Utilizing Technology To Enhance Educational Outreach, Stephen Green
The Journal of Extension
Extension Online is an Internet-based online course platform that enables the Texas AgriLife Extension Service's Family Development and Resource Management (FDRM) unit to reach tens of thousands of users across the U.S. annually with research-based information. This article introduces readers to Extension Online by describing the history of its development, outcomes achieved over a 5-year period, system features, and the strategies that have led to the growth of the online system. In 2011, over 77,000 online courses were completed through Extension Online, demonstrating that technology can be successfully used to dramatically enhance Extension's outreach capabilities.
The Minnesota Maple Series: Community-Generated Knowledge Delivered Through An Extension Website, David S. Wilsey, Julie A. Miedtke, Eli Sagor
The Minnesota Maple Series: Community-Generated Knowledge Delivered Through An Extension Website, David S. Wilsey, Julie A. Miedtke, Eli Sagor
The Journal of Extension
Extension continuously seeks novel and effective approaches to outreach and education. The recent retirement of a longtime content specialist catalyzed members of University of Minnesota Extension's Forestry team to reflect on our instructional capacity (internal and external) and educational design in the realm of maple syrup production. We responded by developing an educational maple blog series that incorporated faculty and community expertise through a participatory, peer-to-peer approach. The blog series expanded and strengthened the state's maple knowledge network, met contributors' and users' content needs and expectations, influenced maple practices, and retained program flexibility for adaptation.
Broadcast Yourself: Youtube As A Tool For Interpreter Education, Tom R. Cox
Broadcast Yourself: Youtube As A Tool For Interpreter Education, Tom R. Cox
International Journal of Interpreter Education
YouTube is a website designed for the purpose of easily sharing videos and is extremely popular with today’s generation of “digital native” students. The technology is easily accessible, free, and relatively simple to use. However, its merits as an educational tool for interpreting seem to be widely underutilized even though it is ideally suited for working with a visual language. In the fall of 2009, I began experimenting with YouTube in my American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting classes. I have slowly incorporated many of YouTube’s useful features in my curriculum, enhancing my ability to provide pre-assignment information, interpreting models, and …
Moving Interpreter Education Online: A Conversation With Sherry Shaw, Douglas Bowen Bailey, Sherry Shaw
Moving Interpreter Education Online: A Conversation With Sherry Shaw, Douglas Bowen Bailey, Sherry Shaw
International Journal of Interpreter Education
In this Open Forum conversation between Doug Bowen-Bailey, a signed language interpreter educator and resource developer, and Sherry Shaw, a signed-language-interpreter educator, Sherry shares her experience of establishing and teaching an online master’s program in interpreting at the University of North Florida. The conversation shares insights into the structure of the online program, as well as the benefits and challenges of teaching in an online environment. These include issues of time management for both students and faculty, faculty recruitment and retention, choices in technology, and establishing a program within an institutional environment.
Is Extension Ready To Adopt Technology For Delivering Programs And Reaching New Audiences?, Keith G. Diem, Jeff Hino, Dana Martin, Terry Meisenbach
Is Extension Ready To Adopt Technology For Delivering Programs And Reaching New Audiences?, Keith G. Diem, Jeff Hino, Dana Martin, Terry Meisenbach
The Journal of Extension
The Cooperative Extension System is at a crossroads regarding educational program delivery and clientele relationships in a digital age. To "help prepare counties for a future that demands increased use of technology for improving work efficiencies and expanding audience outreach," an assessment team was appointed to conduct a case study to investigate the potential for adoption of technology in county Extension programs in the Oregon State University Extension Service. This article contains key findings and recommendations in response to questions the team was charged to answer and assumptions it was asked to explore, many of which have national relevance.
Strengthening 4-H Program Communication Through Technology, Karl Robideau, Karyn Santl
Strengthening 4-H Program Communication Through Technology, Karl Robideau, Karyn Santl
The Journal of Extension
Advances in technology are transforming how youth and parents interact with programs. The Strengthening 4-H Communication through Technology project was implemented in eight county 4-H programs in Northwest Minnesota. This article outlines the intentional process used to effectively implement technology in program planning. The project includes: assessing current communication tools used; evaluating participants' preferences for receiving information; educating staff on current research trends; and training teams of youth and adults with the Forrester Research Model (2011) to implement social media as a program communication tool. The process helps staff identify audience and purpose of using technology for their specific needs.
Interactive Whiteboards: A New Tool For Extension Education, Mary M. Schroeder, Connie S. Burns, Marla M. Reicks
Interactive Whiteboards: A New Tool For Extension Education, Mary M. Schroeder, Connie S. Burns, Marla M. Reicks
The Journal of Extension
Use of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) in school classrooms and conference rooms is increasing. To evaluate the effectiveness of IWBs as a tool for Extension education, two groups of 3rd and 4th grade Minnesota students (n=325) were taught nutrition using traditional methods or IWBs. Significant increases in knowledge and behavior were observed in both groups after the lessons, with no differences observed between groups. Teachers and Extension staff were generally positive about using IWBs to teach nutrition. The results indicate IWBs can be effective when used for Extension nutrition education in schools.
Extension Learners' Use Of Electronic Technology, Joseph F. Guenthner, Benjamin G. Swan
Extension Learners' Use Of Electronic Technology, Joseph F. Guenthner, Benjamin G. Swan
The Journal of Extension
Extension clientele use electronic technology for entertainment, communication, and business. Educational programs that use electronic technology can enhance learning. To learn more about use of electronic technology among Extension clientele, we surveyed 80 university students and 135 potato farmers. We found that the farmers were likely to use more technology than the students were. We also found that younger people used more technology and that awareness of technology and source of news were other significant variables. One implication for Extension practitioners is that use of electronic technology by farmers should not be underestimated.
Extension's Progress In The Paperless Revolution: Balancing Digital And Paper, Lacie Ashby
Extension's Progress In The Paperless Revolution: Balancing Digital And Paper, Lacie Ashby
The Journal of Extension
This article examines the theory of a paperless workplace and its possible implementation in Extension, based on the advantages and disadvantages involved. Despite decades of discussion, many organizations, including Extension, have still failed to fully implement a paperless system. Paper is an integral part of our work; however, with budgetary cutbacks and the "going green" move, we need to reevaluate our dependency on hard copy documents. Consider the benefits of a paperless workplace and impacts of implementation for Extension and the community we serve.
Electronic Integrated Pest Management Program: An Educational Resource For Extension And Agricultural Producers, Erik Resel, Shannon Arnold
Electronic Integrated Pest Management Program: An Educational Resource For Extension And Agricultural Producers, Erik Resel, Shannon Arnold
The Journal of Extension
As agricultural operations expand and diversify, there is increasing demand for education on pest management tools that can expedite decision-making and improve production practices. The Electronic Integrated Pest Management Program (EIPMP) provides an innovative idea for an up-to-date pest management information database contained on a compact disc (CD) useful for Extension practitioners and agricultural producers in any location. The EIPMP CD innovation is a key beginning to consolidating the vast amount of IPM information that currently exists into a user-friendly format and can be used as a foundation for further expansion.
Five Social Media Tools For The Extension Toolbox, Joanne Kinsey
Five Social Media Tools For The Extension Toolbox, Joanne Kinsey
The Journal of Extension
Social media tools can be used to assist in the dissemination of research-based information. Five social media tools, wikis, blogs, podcasts, Facebook, and YouTube, may extend Extension's educational reach into the community. Extension educators will find social media tools easy to use, readily available on the Internet, free of charge, and an interesting addition to the toolbox of dissemination strategies.
De-Stress Your County Fair—Let Technology Do The Work!, Carole A. Smith
De-Stress Your County Fair—Let Technology Do The Work!, Carole A. Smith
The Journal of Extension
4-H agents face increasing demands to support traditional 4-H programs while adding new programming for new audiences. Without increased funding to hire additional staff, it becomes essential to streamline the facilitation of activities. To address this situation, the Union County 4-H program implemented fair management software to create efficiencies in the facilitation of the 4-H county fair and regional livestock show. The new software has reduced staff labor by over 60%, reduced pre-show preparation by 34%, and improved problem solving and increased accuracy.