"Garbology: a Waste-Watcher Guide" is a 4-H school enrichment program for 2nd graders. Included in the Lincoln Public Schools science curriculum, approximately 4,000 children learn about recycling each year. The city recycling office in Lincoln, Nebraska funds UNL Extension in Lancaster County to deliver the program.
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The technologies and technology-enable channels that we use to provide education, train, and market Extension Programs are changing at a rapid pace. Learn how these innovations enable new ways of attracting new and existing Extension clienteles. The tools and methods available to us today are quite different than those we used years ago, however, few adaption have been made to integrate tools such as social media, web 2.0. tools and applications and virtual environments. This session will present several adaptable virtual tools for any Extension program. Focus will be placed on usability, capability, and instructional design methods. Attendees will learn basic creative educational uses and caveats.
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Many youth work supervisors and managers enter their positions without much support or professional development. This joint workshop provides leadership skill building within the youth work context and as well as strategies for engaging, training and managing urban volunteers through this interactive session.
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This interactive workshop will discuss practitioner responses to a survey conducted to evaluate the use of Minnesota Extension's Simply Good Eating curriculum for English Language Learners by people around the U.S. who downloaded a free version from the Extension website. The curriculum's usefulness in different contexts will be highlighted.
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- Housing Needs Assessment Model
Mickey Carlson (Iowa State University)
Join others interested in community and economic development in an exploration of housing and economic activity in eight Iowa communities impacted by the floods of 2008. Learn how you can use the Housing Needs Assessment Model developed by a multi-disciplinary team of ISU researchers to determine housing needs in your own community.
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In this session, learn how the Michigan State University Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, working with an Innovation Counselor model using Extension Educators, is creating economic impact through the development of new businesses in the urban food system of southeastern Michigan.
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This presentation will demonstrate the power of the Urban Youth Entrepreneurship Initiatives that the Minnesota 4-H Urban Youth Development Office and the University of Minnesota departments and community-based partners design and deliver with middle school and high school youth in urban informal learning settings.
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Extending your reach without over extending yourself will concentrate on exploring ways to magnify your time and efforts through exploring ways to work differently as a Cooperative Extension educator. This session will look at ways to integrate technologies, work methods, tools, and new opportunities into urban programs.
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This session will help attendees understand the necessary components for a successful edible urban landscape program in their communities. Lessons will be shared from a successfully implemented edible urban landscape project in the city of Jackson in Michigan.
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Participants will be mailed a leading through change self-assessment, which must be completed prior to the session. A theoretical framework to be read ahead of time will be e-mailed. These items will help participants identify their highest and lowest dimensions of change leadership, and also give an overall change-leadership score. During the session, participants will discuss change leadership through quotes from well-known change leaders [Kotter, Cohen, Heath etc.] and make specific suggestions regarding the application of this theory to their current situation. Participants will complete a “Contract for Improvement” as a reminder of the personal commitment necessary to contribute to leading change.
*$15 session fee covers the cost of materials and processing of self assessment. Pre-registration is encouraged to ensure sufficient time for assessment material.
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The importance and potential value of local and regional food systems to local economies and the health of local residents are rapidly become more apparent. Learn about the significant opportunity for extension educators to play a crucial role in the development of local food systems in urban and rural areas.