Institutional Team Web Institutional Team Web ConferenceConference

January 8, 2013

AgendaAgenda

• Happy New Year

• 15-Minute Strategy

• Ask an Expert 2.0

• State & Institutional Reports

• Immersive Learning

• Around the Country

• LEARN Highlights

• 15-Minute Strategy

• Action Steps

• Next Meeting: February 5, 2013

For 2013For 2013• The redesign of

eXtension.org

• eXtension evaluation

• How eXtension enhances the Cooperative Extension brand

• Virtual worlds and mobile applications

• Learning networks

• New educational models and delivery systems

• State and local value enhancement

• Partnerships and funding

• Accountability and transparency

• Military families programming

• Professional development programs

• Adoption and use of new and innovative technologies

15-Minute Strategy15-Minute Strategy

Jerry Thomasjthomas@extension.org

419.306.9400

15-Minute Purpose15-Minute Purpose

• Introduce a specific tool or topic that your Institutional Team can teach or use.

• Provide materials to help you teach it in 20-30 minutes.

Today: EvernoteToday: Evernote

• Notes and slides will be at: http://create.extension.org/node/94522

Evernote IntroductionEvernote Introduction

Name and contact information

• Cloud tool that allows the capture of notes, pictures, documents, etc.

• Can be viewed on any internet device (laptop, tablet, smartphone).

• Free and premium service

What is Evernote?What is Evernote?

Key parts of EvernoteKey parts of Evernote

• Notes - individual notes for any topic

• Tags - descriptors for any note. Can be multiple tags for each note. Good for future searches.

• Notebooks - individual folder that can hold multiple notes. Similar to a folder in email, etc.

Evernote accessibility Evernote accessibility

• Can view as a website

• Can download apps for iOS, Windows, Android, and tablets

Evernote demonstrationEvernote demonstration

• Going live to demo

Uses of Evernote Uses of Evernote

• Any list

• Project planning

• Trip planning

• Document scanning

• Note taking at meetings, especially on mobile devices

• Scanning receipts or other items

More information?More information?

• Stan Skrabut has several upcoming Learn sessions: https://learn.extension.org/events/865

• Stan's past recording: https://learn.extension.org/events/137

• Stan's learning guide: http://www.wyomingextension.org/wiki/index.php5?title=Learning_Guide:Evernote

More information?More information?

• Slideshare slides: http://www.slideshare.net/m3mo/evernote-13021295

• 12-minute video: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/an-introduction-to-evernote-video.html

• 7-minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iUl95SR2NY

Ask an ExpertAsk an Expert

http://ask.extension.org

Launched – December 3Launched – December 3

• ask.extension.org

• “Public” questions coming in

• Need more Question Wranglersand Experts

Importance of Public AnswersImportance of Public Answers

• Quality of answer

• Search – discoverable answers

• KOD – duplicate content

• The currency of links

• Ask an Expert and Search: What you need to know” on Jan. 29

Complete Your Public ProfileComplete Your Public Profile

• About me

• Photo/Avatar

• Locations

• Tags

https://ask.extension.org/expert/settings/profile

Try It!Try It!

• https://ask.extension.org/

• Post in About eXtension blog

• Get Help!– http://about.extension.org/ask/

State & Institutional ReportsState & Institutional Reports

• Updated Annually usually by the end of January

• Semi-annual reports can be completed on request

• Find them here: http://create.extension.org/eXtension_State_and_Institutional_Reports

• Also lots of useful data at data.extension.org and http://www.extension.org/people/numbers/browsecommunities

Around the CountryAround the Country

SLVE & Network Lit Immersive SLVE & Network Lit Immersive Learning Online ProgramLearning Online Program

A great opportunity to learn about eXtension and develop online networking skills.

Facilitators:

•Steve Judd: stephen.judd@unh.edu

•Jerry Thomas: jthomas@extension.org

http://go.osu.edu/immersive

When? When?

• January - February 2013

– Friday, 1/11/13 – Google+ Intro webinar—Open to anyone

– Monday, 1/14/13 – Immersive Learning Launch webinar

– Wrap up first full week of February

• Four weeks of directed training with flexibility for scheduling group work

LEARN HighlightsLEARN Highlights

http://learn.extension.org

Upcoming: Most ‘Followed’Upcoming: Most ‘Followed’

• Essential Graphics/Design Concepts for Non-Designers – January 15 by ACE

• Top 10 Trends and Cool Tools in Social Media– February 14 by Entrepreneurs & Their

Communities CoP

Dec. 2012: Most ‘Connections’Dec. 2012: Most ‘Connections’• Social Networking: Navigating the Privacy

Setting Maze, December11, Network Literacy CoP

• Financial Frauds & Scams, December 18, Military Families Personal Finance

Recordings are available to watch.

• Click “Watched” and also “Add your thoughts…” as appropriate

Upcoming: JanuaryUpcoming: January

• Conflict and the Culture of Avoidance in the Workplace

• Get Action from Website Landing Pages• Google+ Quickstart• Potential & Pitfalls for Genomic Selection• eXtension Overview - Immersive Learning

Launch• Essential Graphics/Design Concepts for

Non-Designers

Upcoming: JanuaryUpcoming: January

• Winter care of small and backyard flocks• Mobile Usage and Payment Technology• Question Wranglers’ Meetup • Coping or Vice? Review of Cribbing,

Weaving & Other Stereotypic Behaviors in Horses

• Factoring Sustainable Agriculture into the Food vs. Fuel Debate

• Handling Difficult Conversations

Upcoming: JanuaryUpcoming: January

• Building Trust with Latino Audiences• Introduction to Linkedin & Pinterest• Manure Application Risk Management

Tools and Advisory Systems• Ask an Expert and Search: What you need

to know• Maps & Apps, Mobile and Location-based

Marketing

Next Institutional Team Next Institutional Team Web ConferenceWeb Conference

February 5, 2013

2:30 EASTERN

Action StepsAction Steps• Check out Ask an Expert 2.0

– Update your profile

– Recruit Question Wranglers

• Volunteer for a 15-Minute Strategy!

• Let us know about Information Broker interest

• Share: LEARN Professional Development email with all staff

• Pick an UPDATE article to share with your Director/Administrator

• Scout out success stories!

2013 Institutional Team Web 2013 Institutional Team Web Conference DatesConference Dates

• July 2

• August 6

• September 3

• October 1

• November 5

• December 3