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Developing a conference poster
The January Next Generation Extension Webinar focused on tips for preparing a conference poster. Participants learned how to set-up and create a poster in Powerpoint. I discussed backgrounds, photos,...
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Eureka! was fantastic!
Hopefully everyone participated at Eureka! the last couple of days…if not, you really missed out. The door was definitely opened to forming new partnerships between campus faculty and Extension...
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What Does Net Neutrality Have to do with Extension?
Every morning I have a habit of reading the Chronicle of Higher Education. Occasionally I will come across an article that provokes introspection. Today was the day for that article. This morning’s...
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eXtension to Offer Peaks and Pitfalls of Extension Scholarship in an Online...
This morning I received an email from eXtension with their upcoming Learn seminars, and thought this one was particularly fitting for the Next Generation Extension participants. Enjoy!!! Peaks and...
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Making Collages with Picasa
Beginning with the old adage of “A picture is worth a thousand words,” I remade our Educational Resources page on the UNL FOOD website with a collage of some of our resources (PowerPoints saved as...
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Next Generation Extension Webinar: Translating the Value of Extension...
Welcome to Next Generation Extension (NGE)! NGE is a professional learning network (PLN) that serves as a great way to share with each other to improve skills and competences. NGE webinars are just...
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Help us Grow Happy Orchard!
askdrconnie:We are having a blast at Kimmel creating the Happy Orchard App, which will use gaming and social media to educate users about pollination and food production. Happy Orchard will also help...
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Evaluating Social Media Activity in Extension Educational Programming
Here’s another great opportunity for professional development online…timely topic, convenient location, and a fabulous clinician as well. The workshop is free, and participants do not need to...
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Google Slides: Non-Linear Powerpoint Follow Up
On August 12 Deb Weitzenkamp gave an excellent webinar on non-linear PowerPoint. You can watch the recording here. I wanted to create something to share research information in a unique and...
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Data Visualization to Communicate Impact
Here’s another great opportunity for professional development online…timely topic. The workshop is free, and participants do not need to pre-register. Simply login as a guest (include your full name...
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Words of Wisdom from Albert Einstein
Nebraska Extension has a great team….go be creative today!
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Boost your creative thinking
I recently read this article, and think it is a great idea. Often as adults we do not take the time to creative think and play! Just think what we would be capable of if we took time to think and play...
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Evaluating social media activity in Extension educational programming
Recently, eXtension’s Learn (webinar series) provided a webinar on Evaluating social media activity in Extension educational programming. The presenters provided a nice qualitative approach to data...
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Solar energy gets a “tree”mendous new look
A new “tree” of solar energy may be the future. The articles says that one tree can power up to 35 laptops! Perhaps the days of sitting in Starbucks and looking for internet cafes are over? Where would...
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If you think a solid research base isn’t important, read this!
In Extension we pride ourselves in having a solid research base to the information that we share with the public. But how does the public know that what we publish or present has a research base?...
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Next Generation Extension Webinar: CrowdsourcingU
The Southeast Research and Extension Center will be hosting yet another fabulous Next Generation Extension opportunity for professional development….save the date and join us!!! CrowdsourcingU Dr. Deb...
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Milton Chen’s lecture on “Creativity, Curiosity, and Learning” and Multiple...
Last week’s E.N. Thompson lecture on “Creativity, Curiosity, and Learning” by Milton Chen was interesting….you can watch the recording here. His talk discussed a variety of topics including project...
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Crowdsource
After reading the article this morning in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the law student who crowdsourced the writing of her graduation speech at Stanford (full article here), I thought...
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Mechanical Turk
This morning the Chronicle of Higher Education had an article that indicated that the fees that Amazon would be collecting for the use of Mechanical Turk would be going up. Many (some) of you might be...
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Word of the Day: Altmetrics
Everyday we are striving to wrap our minds around recording impact of the work that we do in Extension. So, today, I wanted to throw a word at you that you may not have heard before, altmetrics....
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