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The following is just a list of past topics and when they were offered.

Contents 1 2010 1.1 January 2010 1.2 February 2010 1.3 March 2010 1.4 April 2010 1.5 May 2010 1.6 June 2010 1.7 July 2010 1.8 August 2010 1.9 September 2010 1.10 October 2010 1.11 November 2010 1.12 December 2010 2 2009 2.1 January 2009 2.2 February 2009 2.3 March 2009 2.4 April 2009 2.5 May 2009 2.6 June 2009 2.7 July 2009 2.8 August 2009 2.9 September 2009 2.10 October 2009 2.11 November 2009 2.12 December 2009 3 2008 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 March 3.4 April 3.5 May 3.6 June 3.7 July 3.8 August 3.9 September 3.10 October 3.11 November 3.12 December 4 2007 5 2006 6 Links to Older Recordings

2010

January 2010

• January 12, a "40 Minute Session" on Web Accessibility Techniques by Luis Perez, Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE), Project Manager, Tech Ease for All, Florida Center for Instructional Technology, University of South Florida. The presenter will demonstrate several free tools that will allow participants to set up an accessibility testing environment with minimal expense. These tools include browser accessibility toolbars and plugins, validation services, and screen reader simulators for testing web page access for people with visual disabilities. The accessbiility of PDF documents, video, and Flash will also be addressed. (for all Extension)
• January 14, a "30 Minute Session" on Second Life Skills: Communication In SL - Chat, Instant Message, Voice. LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordinator.
• January 21, a "30 Minute Session" on the Ask an Expert Widget, Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• January 21. Special Topic: Social Media and Agriculture,. Presenters include: 1) Arlan Suderman, Market Analyst. 2) Will Gilmer, Alabama dairy farmer. 3) Carrie Oliver, Oliver Ranch Company. 4) Dan Toland, Ohio Farm Bureau. 5) Andy Kleinschmidt, Ohio State Ag Extension educator.
• January 26, a "30 Minute Session" on Discussion of Ask an Expert, Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer, Beth Raney, Professional Development Leader.
• January 27, a "30 Minute Session" on More on Google Wave by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. * * January 28, a "30 Minute Session" on Second Life Skills: Meetings and Conferences in Immersive 3D: Industry trends, eXtension opportunities. LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordinator.

February 2010

• Special Topic: Cooperative Extension Brand Value: The Results of the National Survey on February 16, 2010. Description: In 2006, former ECOP Chair Larry Cote charged a task force composed of Extension directors, administrators, and communicators to "develop and implement more effective, higher impact, and likely more integrated marketing and communications for the national Cooperative Extension System" and to help "the state extension systems learn about, adapt, and adopt best marketing and communications practices." All good marketing efforts are built on foundation of sound research, yet a consistent, nationwide research base for Extension was lacking. In 2008, the task force commissioned a national study of Extension’s brand value and market potential, carried out by Copernicus, a Boston-based marketing and research firm. The study findings are both inspiring and daunting, demonstrating the strong brand value Extension has among those who know us, but also how far we have to go in building recognition and understanding. Sohel Karim, who led the research initiative for Copernicus, will present the results of the study and discuss the implications for Extension's future. The study results have been presented to the Extension directors and administrators and to the members of the Association for Communications Excellence. Now, the ECOP task force is making these important findings available to the broader audience of Extension employees. The ECOP task force has also created the eXtension Professional Development CoP on Extension brand value. The CoP is open to all Extension employees with an interest in building Extension's brand. Presented by Sohel Karim and Elizabeth Gregory North. Sohel Karim is currently Senior Consultant with Copernicus Marketing, Consulting, and Research. He provides Copernicus and its clients with expertise in not-for-profit marketing and branding. Elizabeth Gregory North is a member of the ECOP task force, co-leader of the Professional Development COP, and Associate Professor and Extension Program Leader, Texas AgriLife Extension Service. This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the eXtension Professional Development CoP on Extension brand value. Work of the the Professional Development Community of Practice on Brand Value can be found on the Extension Collaborate wiki, and at their Drop.io site.
• Special Topic: Focusing and Designing Evaluations, Sponsored by the Professional Development Community of Practice--Evaluation on February 17, 2010. We will review TWO steps in the process(focusing and design), then hear from Dr. Joseph Donaldson, University of Tennessee Evaluation Specialist, who will describe how his program planning and data collection system helps Extension staff design evaluations for individual programs that contribute to a larger state Extension data bank. If you want to "tune up," copies of the PowerPoints and related topics are posted at our web site: http://nc4-heval.wikispaces.com. Follow the links from Evaluation Community of Practice to Webinars to Webinars 2010. Work of the Professional Development Community of Practice on Evaluation can be found on the Extension Collaborate wiki.
• February 9 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on the Ask an Expert Widget, Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer. How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related blog. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. Check out the widget tracking feature that allows you to name the widget and monitor questions coming from your site. Also learn about the widget routing capability that will allow you to have questions routed to you from your widgets. Also check out a demonstration of how the new Ask an Expert follow-up feature works. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. (for all Extension)
• February 9 at 2:30 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Ask an Expert Question Wrangling with Aaron and Beth -- Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney, eXtension. If you are currently a member of the Ask an Expert Question Wranglers Community or are thinking of joining, please join us for a discussion on how AaE Question Wranglers can use the new features developed in the Ask an Expert application including re-opening questions and viewing completion percentages of AaE experts to better serve our audience and get a faster turnaround for getting questions answered. There will also be time planned for any other AaE Wrangler related discussion items that may arise. (For all Extension)
• February15 at 2:00 ET, a "30-Minute Session" on Corporate Development by Dr. Randy Raub, Director of Research and New Product Development for Purina Mills and Director of the Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LongView Equine Research Facility. Raub, a former research and teaching specialist at Kansas State and now working for Purina, will share his comments on Corporate Funding. Raub spoke at the eXtension National Meeting and will talk about how to work with Corporations, their expectations, why they invest in organizations, and what we need to do to secure corporate funding. His experiences on the academic side of fund raising and now being on the corporate side will provide a great view of corporate fund raising in today's world. (for all Extension)
• February 18 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Making Your Waves Sizzle by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. Google Wave is primarily a system for collaborative document creation. This session will focus on the specifics of making your waves look their best. We'll show you how to use color, fonts, and other formatting techniques. We'll cover adding links, images, and videos. We'll demonstrate adding attachments. Then we'll dive into the robots that can assist you in maintaining your waves. This session is targeted for beginners-- with a focus on this one particular aspect of using Google Wave. Attendees should have a Wave account. If you need an account, send your Gmail address to kevin.gamble@extension.org for an invitation. (for all Extension)
• February 22 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Moodle Quizzes by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension eLearning. This session will discuss why you might use Moodle quizzes, and how. (for all Extension)

March 2010

• March 8, 2010. Twitter Orientation for AgChat.
• March 10, 2010 Diversity Issues in the Digital Age, presented by Dr. Kayt Sunwood, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Inclusion matters in the rapidly diversifying digital world in which we live and work. Explore the challenges and opportunities that gender, age, cultural, ethnic, and a veritable rainbow of diversities present in our Web 2.0 world. You'll come away with resources and strategies for leaders, managers, and communicators to transform the rhetoric of inclusion into the practice of equity. Dr. Kayt Sunwood, manager of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Women's Center and coordinator of eLive sessions for the Math in a Cultural Context: Lessons Learned from Yup’ik Elders project will lead this exploration. Kayt holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instructional Technology from Iowa State University. There will be discussion so all participants will connect with their phone. (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG.
• March 11, 2010. "30 Minute Session" on Navigating Second Life: If there's so much to see, how do I find it and how do I get there? by LuAnn Phillips, eXtension.
• March 18, 2010. IT Budgets in Crisis by Floyd Davenport, Information Technology Officer, Iowa State University Extension. Allocated funds supporting IT services have slowly diminished for a number of years with the culmination of the recent financial crisis requiring additional and significant reductions in State funds. How do you plan to sustain your services during this difficult economy? While there is no magic solution to this crisis, it is more important than ever to fully understand your IT budget in the context of the services you provide. Discussion topics will include budget components, alignment, budget health, revenue, sustainability and possible budget strategies. The presentation will target 30 minutes, but I would like an open discussion to follow and the opportunity to share information and ideas. (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG.
• March 22, 2010 Extension 2.0: Harnessing the Power of Blogs to Expand Programming Potential & Impact, by presenters: Jamie Seger, Kara Newby, Mark Light, Jerry Thomas and Andy Kleinschmidt all of OSU Extension. This session will answer the why/how/when/where of blogging. Also learn how to utilize online statistical tools to capture feedback and impact your blog is having. (for all Extension)
• March 23, 2010 "30 Minute Session" on Beginning with the AaE Widget by Aaron Hundley, eXtension. How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related blog. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. Check out the widget tracking feature that allows you to name the widget and monitor questions coming from your site. Also learn about the widget routing capability that will allow you to have questions routed to you from your widgets. Also check out a demonstration of how the new Ask an Expert follow-up feature works. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips.
• March 23, 2010 "30 Minute Session" on Discussion of the Ask an Expert System and Widget by Beth Raney, eXtension Professional Development Leader and Aaron Hundley eXtension Software Engineer. This is a session aimed at experts who have been answering questions in the Ask an Expert system who would like to have a discussion around Ask an Expert. This will be an open format allowing and encouraging everyone to participate. Topics for the discussion can range from AaE strategies for answering questions to discussion about the AaE tools.
• March 24, 2010. Special Topic: Understanding Social Comfort to Improve Social Tool Adoption by Thomas Vander Wal. There are three elements around social comfort to keep in mind when selecting and using social computing tools to interact with others: Social comfort with people; Social comfort with tools; and Social comfort with subject matter. These components of social comfort are factors that cause unease with most people outside the early adopters and those with technical ease with these tools and services. Thomas Vander Wal will discuss each of these three components of social comfort to help move social tools more toward mainstream adoption.
• March 25, 2010 "30 Minute Session" Introducing Second Life Viewer 2.0 with interactive web on a prim and flash integration. The long awaited "easier to learn" Second Life browser has been released in beta test version, including provocative new mutimedia capabilites that can greatly enhance the educational experience. Take a look at what it can do and let's talk about how eXtension can repurpose content to leverage this new capability.
• March 30, 2010 "30 Minute Session" on Moodle showcase by Jennifer Jahedkar and Susanna Coppernoll, Texas AgriLife Extension. Tour a real live Moodle course from the eXtension site, and hear how it came together and how it’s being used. Learn how real people are using Moodle and why.
• March 31, 2010 "30 Minute Session" on Staying Organized in Google Wave by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. This is another in our series on using Google Wave in your workgroups. We will take you through all of the steps to staying better organized: folders, navigation, tagging, and constructing and saving searches. Get this part down-- and you've mastered Wave. Attendees should have a Wave account.

April 2010

• April 13, "30 Minute Session" on Google Wave Tips and Tricks. This session will cover miscellaneous little goodies that are in Wave that you might not realize even exist. We'll explore some tips for working with your contacts. Show you where your personal profile is hidden (HINT: It's a wave). We'll show you how to protect your public waves. Talk about private message within waves, and finish off with some nifty bots for making your Wave experiences more pleasant. This session is for everyone, but it will probably have more meaning if you have attended some of the previous Wave sessions or are actively working in Wave.

• April 13, New Question Wrangler Orientation, presented by Beth Raney and Kevin Gamble, eXtension. As each state identifies Question Wranglers to help with questions submitted via Ask an Expert by the public at www.extension.org, we'll hold this Orientation to help you get familiar with your role, and tools available to make it easier. (for new eXtension Question Wranglers)

• April 14, "Evaluation Methods in Action." Dr. Nancy Grudens-Schuck and colleagues from Iowa State will introduce principles and examples for good survey writing and Ms. Sacheen Tavares-Leighton from NOAA will introduce and share examples of concept mapping, a promising qualitiative methodology. For the intro to Methods, check the PPT or recording for March at the E-CoP website: http://nc4-heval.wikispaces.com (follow the links from Eval CoP to Webinars to Webinars 2010).

• April 15, a "30 Minute Session" How Can Our CoP Get Started In Second Life? With LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordnator. The Morrill Islands in Second Life are available to any CoP for project development. This can start as small as an information kiosk, and grow over time to become an immersive experience linked to a Moodle course. We'll go over the steps needed to begin, and then brainstorm some ideas for each other's content area. (for CoP Leaders and Members)

April 16, Second Life Meetup. Topic - New Viewer 2.0 Workshop Please install Viewer 2 and come to the workshop using it. We will experiment with interactive web on a prim, and have Q and A about its many new features.

• April 16, Extension 2:0: Beyond Blogging & into the World of Social Media, presented by Kara Kewby, Andy Kleinschmidt, Mark Light, Jamie Seger, and Jerry Thomas - The Ohio State University Extension. Online tools do not stop with blogging. Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools have transformed how the public receives information…. In other words—it is no longer laying dormant on a web page waiting for someone to find it… it is finding them. This session will go beyond simply introducing you to the major social media tools out there, you will learn how to best utilize these tools as an Extension professional. (for all Extension)

• April 20, a "30 Minute Session" on Beginning with the AaE Widget by Aaron Hundley, eXtension (For all Extension) How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related blog. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. Check out the widget tracking feature that allows you to name the widget and monitor questions coming from your site. Also learn about the widget routing capability that will allow you to have questions routed to you from your widgets. Check out a demonstration of how the new Ask an Expert follow-up feature works. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. (for all Extension)

• April 21, a "30 Minute Session" on Keeping your eXtension Community Home Current by Ashley Griffin, eXtension Content Design Leader. Join us to learn how to keep your eXtension CoP home page current and up to date. We will cover home page attributes relevant to launching new and sustaining existing communities of practice. (For current or potential CoP leaders and members.)

• April 23, "Public Talk, Public Action." Helping communities examine public issues -- such as land use, water quality, education, food access, health care, and economic development -- can be challenging to Extension professionals. Without question, many of these issues can be complex and can cut across a range of academic disciplines and public values. They can result in contentious discourse that causes rancor and fragments communities. Reaching consensus on how best to address these public issues is tough work. If you or other Extension professionals are faced with working with communities struggling with contentious issues but haven't got a real grasp on how to work side by side with citizens, organizations and leaders to help them deliberate and act on matters of importance then this is the webinar for you! We're developing an eXtension professional development community of practice (PDCoP) so that Extension professionals can gain the set of skills, competencies, and experiences needed to effectively employ citizen-centered approaches as a core part of their Extension activities.

• April 27, a "30 Minute Session" on Instructional Design for Online Education by Jennifer Jahedkar and Susanna Coppernoll, Texas AgriLife Extension. In the session we'll share instructional Design best practices for Building an Online Course. (for all Extension)

• April 28, a "30 Minute Session" on Engineering Project Management in eXtension - How eXtension develops systems and software by Jason Young, eXtension Engineering Manager. In this session, Jason will be highlighting the ways that the eXtension Engineering/Information Technology team does their "stuff" - the values, methods and tools we've found work for us for developing our systems and software. If you've ever wondered what is going on behind the scenes with eXtension IT - this session is for you! (for all Extension)

• April 29, a "30 Minute Session" on New Features in Second Life with LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual worlds Coordinator. Many changes in Second Life: Viewer 2.0, improved first hour/new user experience, new features like shared media on a prim. And, a new support area for educators.

• April 29. "Public Talk, Public Action." See description above for April 23 session. (for all Extension)

• April 30, Second Life Meetup -- at the Virtual County Extension http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/181/172/24.

May 2010

• May 4th, Beginning with the Ask an Expert Widget by Aaron Hundley and Ask an Expert Discussion Double Header by Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney (For all Extension) Learn the basics of the Ask an Expert System with Widgets and stick around for the AaE Discussion for current participants of the AaE system. How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related blog. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. Then we will have a conversation to discuss current implementations and ideas for the AaE system with those who have been working in the AaE system. (for all Extension)

• May 6, a "30 Minute Session" on How Can Our CoP Get Started In Second Life? With LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordnator. The Morrill Islands in Second Life are available to any CoP for project development. This can start as small as an information kiosk, and grow over time to become an immersive experience linked to a Moodle course. We'll go over the steps needed to begin, and then brainstorm some ideas for each other's content area. (for CoP Leaders and Members)

• May 12, A Leader's Framework for Decision Making: A strategy for dealing with complexity, by Anne Adrian, Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney, and Jerry Thomas. This session will be an online version of the recent complexity workshop conducted at The Ohio State University Leadership for Tomorrow Conference. The presenters will start with an exercise where attendees will define a problem or issue the Extension system is facing, discuss a framework to help to classify the issue, examine strategies for addressing different problems, and see some examples of some recent sensemaking exercises conducted by the presenters with implications for the future of Cooperative Extension. Ample time will be allotted for discussion of problems identified in the opening exercise, and for participant questions and group discussion. This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG. (for all Extension)

• May 13, Taming Twitter - How to find and share value 140 characters at time, by Dan Toland, communications specialist for the Ohio Farm Bureau. Characterized as a cross between texting, emailing and blogging, Twitter is a social media tool often discussed, but no as often understood. Learn in more detail just what Twitter is about and how to share and receive value from the quick, short messages that blaze through the Twittersphere in real time. This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Media Relations SIG. (for all Extension)

• May 17, Second Life New User Help Session. Meet at the Virtual County Extension http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/181/172/24. This meetup will focus on helping new users with developing skills. Free items, avatar styling help, and your questions answered! (For new SL users, mentors welcome to assist!)

• May 18, Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup with Beth Raney and Kevin Gamble, eXtension. As each state identifies Question Wranglers to help with questions submitted via Ask an Expert by the public at www.extension.org, we'll hold this session to help you get familiar with your role, the tools available to make it easier, and share experiences & tips. (for eXtension Question Wranglers)

• May 19, a "30 Minute Session" on How US Government Agencies are using virtual worlds for training, outreach, and collaboration. Government agencies such as the Dept. of Energy, NASA, NOAA, USDA, and all branches of the military are actively involved in a variety of virtual worlds platforms. The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds (FCVW) consists of members from government (federal, state & local, & international), academia, and corporate sectors. It provides a venue to share best practices and lessons learned for the collaborative use of virtual worlds, address common challenges, and create structures to share resources. In this session learn about the consortium and some of the government projects.

• May 20, a "30 Minute Session" on What's All the Buzz About? by Kevin Gamble. This session will introduce you to the new social conversation starter, Buzz, introduced by Google this past Spring. It's a place for you to share thoughts, interesting links, photos, your activity streams from other applications, and to jumpstart conversations around those items. What makes Buzz interesting is that it is integrated into your Gmail so that your contacts are already in the tool and easy to find. It eliminates from the get-go the problem of convincing your friends to join you in this new social space. They're already there. This session will show you how the tool works, and get you over the initial learning hump so that you can be off and running. We'll also talk about how this tool can be used in your Extension programs to connect with our public. (For all Extension.)

June 2010

• June 10th, a "30 Minute Session" on Second Life for Newbies, by LuAnn Phillips. Highlights and sharing of resources from the recent CoP sessions "Second Life for Newbies." If you could not be there in Austin for the hands-on sessions, come for this quick rundown of what you need to know, some ways to approach self-orientation, and resources to get you started. (for all Extension)
• June 11, Second Life Meetup: In-world practice for new users, mentors are welcome to assist. Meet at the Virtual County Extension http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill2/181/172/24
• June 17th, a "30 Minute Session" on eXtension's Data APIs, by Jason Young, eXtension. One of the goals for the eXtension Engineering Team is to make as much of our data and information programmatically available to our peers as we can. Come and learn what Data APIs are available from eXtension and how you can use them in your own applications to get data from www.extension.org
• June 23rd, a "30 Minute Session" on HTML5 vs XHTML 2, by Ben MacNeill, eXtension. HTML5 has recently become the dominent spec for future web development. Come learn about the history of HTML5 and XHTML 2, and the new features in HTML5 that you can start using now. (for developers and designers). Suggested reference: http://html5rocks.com Presentation slides at http://www.slideshare.net/chillnc Lots of references links at http://delicious.com/chillnc/html5
• June 24th, a "30 Minute Session", "Jazz up your next professional development meeting with a live presentation from Second Life!" by LuAnn Phillips, eXtension's Virtual Worlds Coordinator. Are you a lone SL user in a sea of skeptics? Fear not! Schedule a live tour of the Morrill sims for your next PD or association meeting and turn skeptics into believers. All you need is your laptop, a projector, powered speakers, and an Internet connection that will run SL. Sessions can be whatever length of time you need. In this session you will learn how to promote, set up, and facilitate a presentation. (for all Extension)
• June 30, a "30 Minute Session" on Understanding Creative Commons Licensing by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. Almost everyone has heard of the Creative Commons, and their unique approach to copyright. What people don't realize is that there are actually six different Creative Commons licenses that content creators can choose from, each having their own unique permissions. This session will discuss what content licensed with Creative Commons you would be free to use in your Extension and eXtension content. HINT: It's far less than you might realize. We will also discuss your Creative Commons choices for licensing your own content. HINT: You probably aren't allowed to use any of the Creative Commons licenses with your Extension content under your current terms of employment. (for all Extension)
• June 16th, Colleages--The Evaluation PDCoP June Web conference is right around the corner on Wednesday, June 16! Karen Franck, with the University of Tennessee SNAP-Ed program will describe and illustrate the important elements of Data Collection and Management. For many project managers, this is the most mundane and least interesting part of the evaluation process...but for anyone who has missed or messed up some detail of recording numbers, names, or stories, data gathering becomes a huge issue. On a more positive note, facts about an audience can become treasures for better understanding and serving a targeted audience. Explore the possibilities and add your questions on this intriguing Web conference!
  For regular participants, note that Web conferences are now just 1 hr long. East Coast participants may need a cup of mid-afternoon java and West Coast participants can chime in over lunch, but we are glad to have you all as part of this nationwide dialogue. Grab your headset, click the link below, and join us on Wednesday. Related resources from this and prior Web conferences can be found at http://nc4-heval.wikispaces.com (follow the links from Evaluation Community of Practice). Final note: Evaluation PDCoP leaders will meet for about a half hour after the Web conference for an update on the eXtension CoP Conference.
  Session Details: PDCoP Evaluation Web conference: Data Collection and Management
  Session Time: JUNE 16, 2010, 3 PM - 4 PM EDST. Join Session Link: http://elluminate.wolfware.ncsu.edu:80/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1261498502881
• June 22nd, Beginning with the Ask an Expert Widget by Aaron Hundley and Ask an Expert Discussion Double Header by Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney (For all Extension) Learn the basics of the Ask an Expert System with Widgets and stick around for the AaE Discussion for current participants of the AaE system. How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related blog. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. Then we will have a conversation to discuss current implementations and ideas for the AaE system with those who have been working in the AaE system. (for all Extension)
• June 24, in Adobe Connect, Jazz up your next professional development meeting with a live presentation from Second Life!
• June 29th, Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup with Beth Raney and Kevin Gamble, eXtension. As each state identifies Question Wranglers to help with questions submitted via Ask an Expert by the public at www.extension.org, we'll hold this session to help you get familiar with your role, the tools available to make it easier, and share experiences & tips. (for eXtension Question Wranglers)

July 2010

• July 8, a "30 Minute Session"on How to Use Second Life for Small Group Meetings by LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordinator. If you have a committee or workgroup that needs to meet regularly from a distance, Second Life can provide the sense of "presence in place" that is missing on a phone conference. eXtension can provide you with the meeting space, a facilitator, pre-meeting orientation, and collaboration tools and best of all, it is FREE. (for all Extension)
• July 12, Personal Learning Environments with NetVibes by Stan Skrabut, Univ of Wyoming Extension. Do you find yourself going from one Web site to another just to find information you are interested in? Don't you wish there was a better way? Well there is. You can have the information come to you in your own personal learning environment. In this workshop we will learn how to turn NetVibes into your own personal learning environment Specifically, we will learn how to incorporate a variety of social media resources like del.icio.us, Twitter, blogs, and RSS/Atom feeds into one site. (for all Extension).
• July 15, Beginning with the Ask an Expert Widget by Aaron Hundley and Ask an Expert Discussion Double Header by Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney (For all Extension) Learn the basics of the Ask an Expert System with Widgets and stick around for the AaE Discussion for current participants of the AaE system. How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related website. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. Then we will have a conversation to discuss current implementations and ideas for the AaE system with those who have been working in the AaE system. (for all Extension).
• July 20, a "30 Minute Session" on Google Voice by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. This session will demonstrate the very cool functionality that is built-in to Google Voice. You will leave this session understanding why so many people are proclaiming this as a killer phone application. (Indeed, some of us wonder how we ever survived without it.) We'll show you how to get started, and all of the basic things needed to fine-tune it for your own personal and professional use. (for all Extension)
• Tuesday, July 27, Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup with Beth Raney and Aaron Hundley, eXtension. An opportunity for state Question Wranglers who help with questions submitted via Ask an Expert by the public at www.extension.org, to get familiar with your role, the tools available to make it easier, and share experiences & tips. (for eXtension Question Wranglers)
• Wednesday, July 28, a "30 Minute Session" on Making Moodle Meaningful & Memorable by Jennifer Jahadkar, Texas AgriLife Extension. Bring cohesiveness and meaning to your online course with graphics and purposeful design elements. (for all Extension)

August 2010

• August 3, Second planning meeting for Virtual State Fair week to be held live in Second Life October 6th - 10th. Meet in http://connect.ksre.ksu.edu/extension3d/ Adobe Connect] or in Second Life at the Virtual County Extension.
• August 11, a "30 Minute Session" on Writing for Online Audiences by Jennifer Jahedkar Texas AgriLife Extension. Whether in a Moodle course or on a webpage, an online audience needs materials to be organized, and presented differently. Join us to learn what that means and see before and after examples. (for all Extension)
• CANCELED: August 18, Getting Started With Google App Engine - 1 hour session (first in a series) - by Jason Young, eXtension. Google App Engine is a service from Google for quickly and easily deploying web applications in the same scalable environment that powers Google's own webapps. This session is the first in a series of sessions that will guide participants in creating their own web apps on App Engine. We'll start by getting everyone up and running and deploying their first "hello world" application. (for all Extension)
• August 19th, Beginning with the Ask an Expert Widget by Aaron Hundley and Ask an Expert Discussion Double Header by Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney Learn the basics of the Ask an Expert System with Widgets and stick around for the AaE Discussion for current participants of the AaE system. How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related website. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. This session will introduce you to the Ask an Expert system, the Ask an Expert widget, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. Then we will have a conversation to discuss current implementations and ideas for the AaE system with those who have been working in the AaE system. (for all Extension).
• August 24, Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup with Beth Raney and Kevin Gamble, eXtension. An opportunity for state Question Wranglers who help with questions submitted via Ask an Expert by the public at www.extension.org, to get familiar with your role, the tools available to make it easier, and share experiences & tips. (for eXtension Question Wranglers)
• August 24, Third planning meeting for Virtual State Fair week to be held live in Second Life October 6th - 10th. Meet in Adobe Connect or in Second Life at the Virtual County Extension.
• August 26, a "30 Minute Session" on Using eXtension's Custom Search to Locate Extension Educational Materials. One of the most widely used tools developed and supported by eXtension is the Google Custom Search engine that looks through all the known Cooperative Extension Web sites and return relevant materials. Recently, eXtension has added some enhancements to make it easier for Extension professionals to add additional Web sites. This session will show you how the tool works, demonstrate adding additional sites, and provide examples of how it can be used to support Extension educational efforts. (for all Extension. but especially useful to agents and educators)
• August 27, Second Life Meetup. Meet at the Virtual County Extension. Scavenger Hunt! Trophy for the winning team. This is a great practice session for new SL users.
• August 31, a "30 Minute Session" on Getting started in Second Life. Registration, avatar creation, orientation, and ways to use this virtual environment to enhance your programming.(for all Extension)

September 2010

• Designing for Online Audiences
• Free Phone Calls Through GMail and Google Voice
• Beginning with the Ask an Expert Widget and Ask an Expert Discussion Double Header
• Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup
• Introduction to Google Docs for Workflow Management
• Fourth planning meeting for Virtual State Fair week in Second Life
• SL Meetup
• Getting Started in Second Life

October 2010

• National eXtension Virtual Conference. eXtension's first National eXtension Virtual Conference, entitled A Symposium on Working Differently, on October 18, 19, & 20, 2010. In addition to three outstanding keynote speakers, 20 Critical Conversations, concurrent sessions that will create opportunities for interaction and dialog between participants, have been scheduled. See the complete NeVC schedule in the About.eXtension.org post, or at Learn.extension.org
• October 5, 2010 2:30 PM EDT Institutional Team Web Conference - October 2010 Meeting of all members of state eXtension Institutional Teams. Please join us!
• October 5, 2010 6:00 PM EDT (first of a multi-session course) Live Online Course: HTML5 Mobile Web Development Instructor: Jake Carter Presented by creativeLIVE in partnership with O'Reilly What you'll learn: - Discover what's new in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaSc...
• October 21, 2010 2:00 PM EDT Beginning with the Ask an Expert Widget and Ask an Expert Discussion Double Header Learn the basics of the Ask an Expert System with Widgets and stick around for the AaE Discussion for current participants of the AaE system. How to us...
• October 26, 2010 2:00 PM EDT Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup - October 2010 An opportunity for state Question Wranglers who help with questions submitted via Ask an Expert by the public at www.extension.org, to get familiar wit...
• October 28, 2010 2:00 PM EDT Getting Started on Making Maps in Google MyMaps Mapping can be a great way to communicate information to a client. In the past, making a digital map took complex and expensive software, but the adven...

November 2010

• Institutional Team Web Conference – November 2010 on November 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM EST. [1]
• What’s New in Moodle on November 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST (repeated on November 11, 2010 [2]
• TERSSA Conference – “Don’t Let Lack Hold You Back” by Debra Jones on November 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM EST [3]
• TERSSA Conference – “The Key to Success: Be the Best YOU Can Be” by Donna Byrd on November 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM EST [4]
• TERSSA Conference – “Take-Charge Leadership” by Allisen Penn on Friday, November 12, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST [5]
• NCRCRD: Competencies for Extension professionals 2010 North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Speakers Series on November 16, 2010 at 1:00 PM EST [6]
• Getting Started with Ask an Expert on November 18, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST [7]
• Question Wrangler Monthly Meetup – November 2010 on November 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST [8]
• Facebook Privacy on November 30, 2010 at 2:00 PM EST [9]

December 2010

2009

January 2009

• January 13 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on the new Ask eXtension Widget, by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• January 22 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on SlideShare for Collaboration and Online Learning, by Kevin Gamble.
• January 27 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" Wikipedia, by Kevin Gamble.
• January 28 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Part 2 by Terry Meisenbach, eXtension Communications & Marketing Leader.
• January 14 at 2:00-3:00 ET, Discussion of the book, "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" by Patrick Lencioni, led by Terry Meisenbach, eXtension. Offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG.
• January 26 at 2:00-3:00 ET, "Understanding and Using Creative Commons" by Anne Adrian, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and Deb Coates, Iowa State University Extension. Offered in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG.
• January 8, Second Life Roundtable 2:30-3:30 ET--web conference. Topic: Wanted: Family and Consumer Science Educators to facilitate discussion groups with residents of Second Life this winter, especially Personal Finance.
• January 9, Second Life Meetup -- 11:00-12:30 SL time (Pacific), 2:00-3:30 ET. Meet at the Virtual State Fair, Morrill Island, in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/165/136/29 Topic: Learning with games in Second Life--we will visit Madpea Productions on Orange Island and try one of their games.
• January 12, Avatar Express 9:00-10:00am Second Life Time, 12:00-1:00 ET. Basic orientation for new newbies.
• January 23, Second Life Meetup -- 11:00-12:30 SL time (Pacific), 2:00-3:30 ET. Meet at the Virtual State Fair, Morrill Island, in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/Morrill/165/136/29 What potential does this iconic building have as a two way conduit for information? Also see the new Maya Realities metrics gathering system.

February 2009

• February 9, Avatar Express. Q and A session for new newbies.
• February 10, The Ask eXtension Widget - by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer. Watch the [xx Recording].
• February 12, Second Life Roundtable -- This month: How can we build and sustain a robust eXtension community in SL?
• February 12, eXtension Mentoring Series: Experiences in Using and Managing your Content in the FAQ/AaE System by Barbara O'Neill, Financial Security for All CoP and Rick Durham, Consumer Horticulture CoP. Watch the [xx Recording]. See the Reference page: eXtension Mentoring Series: Experiences in Using and Managing your Content in the FAQ/AaE System
• February 13, Second Life Meetup -- Activity Around the world in 60 minutes.
• February 17, Subversion - How eXtension Developers use SVN by James Robinson. Subversion is used daily by eXtension developers. Watch the [xx Recording].
• February 19, Drop.io, by Larry Lippke.
• February 24, Google Analytics by Ben MacNeill.
• February 25, eXtension People application, by Kevin Gamble.
• February 26, Getting Started In Second Life by LuAnn Phillips.

March 2009

• March 9, Avatar Express, Basic orientation for new newbies.
• March 10, The Ask eXtension Widget - Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• March 10, Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget
• March 11, It’s all about ME! An introduction to personal accountability. Presented by Debra Davis, a professor with the LSU AgCenter.
• March 12, Second Life Roundtable
• March 13, Second Life Meetup
• March 18, Using Podcasts for Instruction by Pete Flores, Texas AgriLife Extension
• March 18, eXtension Virtual Campus presents: "LIVING IN HARD TIMES -- Affordable Lawn Care", with Jeff Fowler, Senior Extension Educator, PSU Cooperative Extension.
• March 19, MediaWiki Bare Essentials by Beth Raney, eXtension.
• March 23, Avatar Express, Intermediate class: Basic building.
• March 25, eXtension Virtual Campus presents: "LIVING IN HARD TIMES -- Bare Bones Budgeting", with Dr. Peg Shear, Associate Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University.
• March 23, eXtension Mentor Series: Managing Virtual Teams by Amy Hays and Jill Heemstra).
• March 25, Special Session: Instructional Videos and Screencasting 101 by Emily Rhoades of Ohio State, Janyne Kizer of NC State, Stephen Judd from the University of New Hampshire, and Kevin Gamble from eXtension.
• March 27, Second Life Meetup, Demo of the herbicide pollution project, by the University of Nebraska.
• March 31, Advanced Google Analytics - by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer.

April 2009

• April 1, Using Facebook for Professional Networking by Mark Light, Ohio State Cooperative Extension.
• April 2, Texas County Programs Training Strategy by James Segers, Texas AgriLife Extension.
• April 7, The Ask eXtension Widget
• April 7, demonstrates Testing of Closed Captioning Service for Web Conferencing
• April 7, Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget
• April 16, Categories in the Wiki.
• April 23, Social Bookmarking
• April 21, Becoming a Community of Practice: The Application Process
• May 6, SPECIAL SESSION: How to Drink From a Fire Hose
• April 6, Avatar Express - No such thing as a foolish question!
• April 8, Living in Hard Times: Caring For Your Wardrobe
• April 9, Second Life Roundtable - Developing your Second Life project: planning, process, evaluation.
• April 10, Second Life Meetup - Mentoring session--Lose the Newbie Look!
• April 24, Second Life Meetup

May 2009

• May 5 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on eXtension Mentor Series: Creating Learning Lessons
• May 6, Special Session: How to Drink from a Fire Hose
• May 7 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on The Ask eXtension Widget
• May 11, Avatar Express Q&A for eXtension SL newbies
• May 12 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Evaluate Your Content with Google Analytics (by Category!) with Google Analytics
• May 13 at 2:00-3:00 ET, Clash of Cultures: Linking Across a Seamless Spectrum of Access
• May 14, Second Life Roundtable Virtual conferences, are we ready to offer one?
• May 15, Second Life Meetup - Making your own giver objects: offer web urls, objects, notecards.* May 20 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Tables in Mediawiki
• May 20, Live demo of SL at CYFAR 2009
• May 21, a "30 Minute Session" on Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget
• May 27, a "30 Minute Session" on Making FriendFeed your Friend: Part 1
• May 28, Ask an Expert Question Wranglers
• May 29, Second Life Meetup - Help decorate/plan/set up for the eXtension Mixed Reality Mixer event planned for Monday June 8th in Des Moines and Second Life.

June 2009

• June 8, Special Session: Mixed Reality Mixer, Kaklick Martin and Tone Uriza with special guest Speelo Snook. Live from the Monkey Shines Pub on K-State's Wildcat2 in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/Wildcat%20Two/128/128/2
• June 11, a "30 Minute Session" on How to Answer Ask an Expert Questions, by Beth Raney, eXtension.
• June 16, a "30 Minute Session" on The Ask eXtension Widget - Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• June 18, a "30 Minute Session" on Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget, by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• June 18, Second Life Roundtable -- web conference, meet at http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/learn Making the Case for a Second Life project, what makes sense to your boss and funders?
• June 23, a "30 Minute Session" on Making FriendFeed your Friend: Part 2 by Kevin Gamble, eXtension.
• June 24, meet-up of Ask an Expert Question Wranglers.
• June 25, Special Session: Ask an Expert Task Force Report. eXtension Ask an Expert Task Force Findings and Decisions. Presented by: Kevin Gamble, eXtension

July 2009

• July 7, a "30 Minute Session" on Why Can't Google Find My Stuff?, by Kevin Gamble, eXtension.
• July 9, Second Life Roundtable. Topic: Visioning session. A functional "virtual county extension" in Second Life: what? when? how? .... and why?
• July 14, a "30 Minute Session" on The Ask eXtension Widget - Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• July 15, Meet-Up of Ask an Expert Question Wranglers.
• July 22, a "30 Minute Session" on Moodle Courses, by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension, Extension eLearning.
• July 23, a "30 Minute Session" on Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget, by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• July 28, a "30 Minute Session" on Your Profile in People, by Beth Raney.
• July 29, a "30 Minute Session" on Using Ning Groups to Improve Learning in Extension Programs, by John Dorner, NCSU.

August 2009

• August 6, Second Life Roundtable. Topic: Reports on current projects and Open Discussion/ Bring your topic!
• August 11, a "30 Minute Session" on The Ask eXtension Widget - Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• August 11, Meet-up of Technology Trainers and anyone else interested in discussing the best way of teaching social media to extension staff in your state.
• August 25, a "30 Minute Session" on Repurposing content for Moodle - Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension, Extension eLearning.
• August 26, a "30 Minute Session" on Getting Started Answering AaE Questions - Kevin Gamble, eXtension.
• August 27, Meet-up of Ask an Expert Question Wranglers.

September 2009

• September 10, Second Life Roundtable
• September 11, Second Life Meetup -- Group tour-- Museums in Second Life
• September 14, Avatar Express
• September 23 at 2:00 p.m. ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Moodle: Scenario-based learning by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension, Extension eLearning.
• September 25, Second Life Meetup
• September 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget, by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• September 30 at 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET. Meet-up of Ask an Expert Question Wranglers

October 2009

• October 20-23, 2009, Special Sessions: eXtension National Conference
• October 6, a 30 Minute Session" on Lunch and Learn Sessions as a Professional Development Tool by Jerry Thomas, eXtension Fellow, Ohio State University Extension Leadership Center.
• October 8, Second Life Roundtable
• October 9, Second Life Meetup
• October 12, Avatar Express
• October 13, a "30 Minute Session" on Nine Different Ways to Use Google by Jerry Thomas, eXtension Fellow, Ohio State University Extension Leadership Center
• October 15 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on the book, "The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind "by James Boyle, led by Kevin Gamble, eXtension.
• October 27, a "30 Minute Session" on The Ask eXtension Widget - Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• October 29, a "30 Minute Session" on Leading - Not Driving - the Moodle Learner, by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension, Extension eLearning

November 2009

• Search Engine Optimization, November 6, 2009 by Wright Frazier, Webmaster for Purdue’s Agriculture Communications Service, offered in partnership with the ACE Media Relations SIG.
• The New Ask an Expert "Follow-up" Feature, Demo with Discussion, November 9, 2009
• Successes and Challenges of a Statewide Ask an Expert Widget Implementation. Presented by Rhonda Conlon, Kyleen Burgess and Adrian Gaskins, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, November 10 2009
• Intro To Pachyderm: Interactive Multimedia on the Web. Presented by: Jeff Hino, Lifelong Learning Leader, Oregon State University, November 18, 2009
• The Liveability House: Exploring an Immersive Environment, November 19, 2009
• Connecting with Online Communities: The Seaman Knapp Model of Engagement, November 24, 2009

December 2009

• December 8, a "30 Minute Session" on Using Video in Moodle, by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension, Extension eLearning.
• December 9, ACE Seal of Approval, presented by: Faith Peppers, University of Georgia. Offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG.
• December 10, a "30 Minute Session" on Second Life - Customizing Your Avatar Part 1, presented by LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Virtual Worlds Coordinator.
• December 14, a "30 Minute Session" on the Ask an Expert Widget, Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• December 15, a "30 Minute Session" on Google Wave by Kevin Gamble, eXtension.
• December 16, a "30 Minute Session" on New Features for Ask an Expert Question Wranglers by Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney, eXtension.
• December 17 , a "40 Minute Session" on Introduction to Web Accessibility, by Luis Perez, Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Project Manager, Tech Ease for All, Florida Center for Instructional Technology, University of South Florida.

2008

January

JANUARY 2008 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Presenter	Recording
eXtension's Collaborate Wiki: Your place to work!	1/8/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tips and Techniques.	1/15/08	Brian Webster, Iowa State Extension	See Recordings
Collaborative Search Engine.	1/17/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Tagging.	1/24/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings

February

FEBRUARY 2008 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Presenter	Recording
SPECIAL TOPIC: eXtension Launch.	Feb 21 and 22	eXtension Staff	See Recordings
Second Life Avatar Orientation.	Feb. 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25 and 27	Thynka Little	In Second Life
"30 Minute Session" on MediaWiki Bare Essentials	2/6/08	by Beth Raney	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on OpenID	2/12/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Using Google Webmaster Tools, in conjunction by ACE IT SIG.	2/19/08	Brian Webster, Iowa State Extension	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Google Presentation.	2/26/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings

March

MARCH 2008 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Presenter	Recording
"30 Minute Session" on Events calendar application.	3/6/08	Beth Raney	See Recordings
Second Life Round Table.	3/13/08		See discussion at the Collaborate wiki.
Second Life Meet-Up: eXtension Caledon Steam Hover Bus Tour. A tour of the Caledon group of SIMs in Second Life. Caledon is a SteamPunk Victorian English community of 55 SIMs.	3/14/08	Thadicus Caligari (Larry Haverstein, Kansas State)	In Second Life
In-MoodleMeet: Repurposing Content	3/17/08	Jennifer J	See the chat of the Moodle 101 course.
"30 Minute Session" on Why Google Doesn't Find Your Stuff	3/18/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on the new Google Sites	3/25/08	Stephen Judd, UNH Cooperative Extension, Manager - Information Technology and Distance Education	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Using Google Spreadsheets to Conduct Surveys	3/27/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings

April

APRIL 2008 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Presenter	Recording
In-MoodleMeet: Playing Games	4/7/08	Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas A&M	see the chat of the Moodle 101 course.
"30 Minute Session" on Cooperative Extension Collaborative Search Engine	4/9/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.
Second Life Round Table	4/10/08	Discussion	Notes on Collaborate wiki.
Second Life Meet-up	4/11/08	Kevin Gamble	join the Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators group in Facebook.
In-MoodleMeet: Questionnaires & Surveys	4/21/08	Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas A&M	the chat of the Moodle 101 course.
"30 Minute Session" on Using OpenID	4/23/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.
Ask application widget (for early adopters).	4/24/08	Beth Raney & Aaron Hundley	See the Recording.
Second Life Meet-Up: Make a Comfy Chair	4/25/08	LuAnn Phillips	join the Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators group in Facebook.

May

MAY 2008 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Presenter	Recording
In-MoodleMeet: Blended learning with Moodle	5/5/08	Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas A&M	To join go to the chat of the Moodle 101 course.
Second Life Round Table	5/8/08	Discussion	Notes on Collaborate wiki.
Second Life Meet-Up	5/9/08	LuAnn Phillips	Jjoin the Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators group in Facebook.
In-MoodleMeet: Moodle Gradebook	5/19/08	Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas A&M	the chat of the Moodle 101 course.
"30 Minute Session" on Get Started Blogging.	5/20	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.
"30 Minute Session" Hands-on training for early adopter Ask Extension! widget counties.	5/21/08	Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney	No Recording.
"30 Minute Session" on Using Feeds	5/22/08	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.
Second Life Meet-Up: How to host your event at eXtension's EduIsland facility	5/23/08	LuAnn Phillips	Meet on Morrill Island in Second Life
"30 Minute Session" on the new Ask Extension! Widget.	5/28/08	Hundley/Raney	No Recording
"30 Minute Session" Hands-on training for early adopter Ask Extension! widget counties.	5/30/08	Raney/Hundley	See Recordings.

June

See the Recordings.

• Best Practices for Structuring Your Web Content, July 8 by Ben MacNeill.
• "30 Minute Session" for Ask Widget Early Adopters, 6/17/08, Raney/Hundley
• Avatar Express, 6/23/08, LuAnn Phillips
• Second Life Meet-Up, 6/27/08, LuAnn Phillips, Join the Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators group in Facebook.
• Monday SL Mashup, 6/30/08, LuAnn Phillips, Morrill Island

July

See the Recordings.

• Best Practices for Structuring Your Web Content, July 8 by Ben MacNeill.
• Second Life Roundtable, July 10
• Second Life Meet-up Workshop: "Meet the Prim family, July 11
• Second Life Avatar Express, July 7 and July 21
• The new Ask eXtension Widget, July 16 by Aaron Hundley and Beth Raney.
• Twitter: Easy Way to Microblog and Be Social, July 17 by Anne Adrian, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University.
• In-MoodleMeet: Moodle Best Practices, July 21
• Special Guest: Do You YouTube? How to Adjust Messages to Meet New Audiences. July 24, Dr. Emily Rhoades, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Communication, The Ohio State University.
• Second Life Meet-up Workshop: New ways to use Mixed Reality, July 25
• Second Life Monday Mashup July 28
• Engaging Communities on Their Own Turf: Secrets of Social Networkers, July 31 by Kevin Gamble, Associate Director for eXtension.

August

See the Recordings.

• Avatar Express August 4 and 18.
• Using SharePoint for Internal Collaboration, August 7 by Sarah Johnston, Louisiana State University and Darin Dugan, Iowa State University (ACE IT SIG).
• Second Life Meet-up, August 8th "K State's Wildcat Islands" and 22nd Textures.
• "Four Generations in the Workplace," August 13 by Patrick Deery, Director, Human Resource Development, Auburn University (ACE Leadership and Management SIG).
• In-MoodleMeet: Gathering feedback on Moodle by incorporating evaluations , August 18 by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension.
• Second Life Roundtable August 14.
• Special Topic: "Virtual Work Arrangements," August 20 by Dr. Jerry Thomas and Myra Moss of Ohio State, Dr. Kevin Gamble of eXtension, and Dr. Jim King, University of Nebraska.
• Ask eXtension! Widget, August 21 by Aaron Hundley.
• Monday MashupAugust 25
• InstantSurvey: Creating a Survey Part 1, August 26 by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader.
• FriendFeed: You Learned to Share in Kindergarten, August 27 by James E. Robinson, III, eXtension Software Engineer.

September

• Sharing images using Flickr and the Extension Photographers Flickr group, September 9, 2008 by Henrietta Richie-Holbrook, eXtension.
• "Accountability," September 10 by Floyd Davenport, Information Technology Officer, Iowa State University Extension. (in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG)
• Second Life Roundtable, September 11 with LuAnn Phillips.
• Second Life Meet-up, September 12.
• The new Ask eXtension Widget, September 18 by Aaron Hundley.
• Avatar Express, September 22.
• Moodle, September 24 by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension. (offered in partnership with the ACE IT SIG)
• InstantSurvey: Distributing a survey (Session 2), September 25 by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader.
• Second Life Meet-up, September 26 at Morrill Island in Second Life.
• Avatar Express, September 29 by LuAnn Philips.
• 'Monday Mashup, 'September 29 in Second Life.
• Getting Started with eXtension 101: The FAQ App, September 30 by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer.

October

• October 6, Second Life Avatar Express
• October 6 Second Life Changing Your Appearance
• October 7, Question Wrangler Meet-Up. Want to help people find answers to their questions? Work with your Extension colleagues from across the country?
• October 8, Peer Review. Presented by: Bob Sams, University of California, Davis. This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG.
• October 9 the new Ask eXtension Widget
• October 10, Second Life Meetup
• October 13 Introduction to Second Life, by LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Second Life educator.
• October 16, Second Life Roundtable
• October 20, Second Life Avatar Express
• October 20, Second Life Intro to Building
• October 22, "Top 10 Tech Tools for Extension Agents" by Dave Palmer, District Instructional Media Agent, University of Florida. This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG.
• October 23 InstantSurvey: Results and Reports (Session 3), by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader.
• October 30 Finding Extension Resources Through the Google Custom Search Engine (Google CSE), by Kevin Gamble, Associate Director of eXtension.
• October 24, Second Life Meet-up
• October 27, Second Life Monday Mashup

November

• November 3, Second Life: Avatar Express Basic orientation for new newbies.
• November 3, Second Life:Changing Your Appearance Learn how to create another look for your avatar and save it in inventory.
• November 12 Project Planning and Management. Presented by: Tom Knecht, Executive Director, ACE Leadership Institute and Melanie Eirich, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This Professional Development session offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG.
• November 13, Second Life Roundtable Discussed how to make the case for Second Life to funders and administrators, based on a keynote address by Dr. Robert J. Bloomfield of Cornell University.
• November 14, Second Life Meetup Topic: Science Sampler, visit the Sigma-Aldrich Chemical corporate sim, Nanotechnology Island, and live broadcast of NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow.
• November 17, Second Life: Avatar Express Basic orientation for new newbies.
• November 17, Second Life:Intro to Building Learn how to use the SL building tools to make a chair.
• November 18 Introduction to Using Adobe Connect for Web Conferencing, by Floyd Davenport, Iowa State. This Professional Development session offered in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG.
• November 18 Sharing Visual Ideas and Designs Online, by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer.
• November 19 Updated People.eXtension site by Jason Young, eXtension Systems Engineer.
• November 20 Introduction to Second Life, by LuAnn Phillips, eXtension Second Life educator.

December

• December 3 a "30 Minute Session" on There's a Place in the Wiki for Copy Editors, by Virginia Morgan, EDEN CoP manager/administrator, and Admin III and Extension Specialist for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
• December 4 a "30 Minute Session" on the new Ask eXtension Widget, by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer.
• December 9 a "30 Minute Session" on Source Code Version Control: Use It or Lose It, by James Robinson, eXtension Software Engineer.
• December 10 Having significant conversations, a discussion of the books: Fierce Conversations and Crucial Conversations. Presented by: Anne Adrian, Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
• December 11, Second Life Roundtable Topic: Teen Second Life: 4-H is Ready to Rock It 2009!
• December 12, Second Life Meetup Topic: Best Practices for Holding a Meeting in Second Life. We will look at some useful meeting tools, learn how to show slides, and visit several types of available spaces for meetings.
• December 15, Second Life Avatar Express
• December 17 a "30 Minute Session" on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) by Terry Meisenbach, eXtension Marketing Leader.
• December 18 a "30 Minute Session" on Presenting For Feedback by Ben MacNeill, User Interface Designer.

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2007

2007 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Presenter	Recording
Social Bookmarking as a Collaborative Tool	1/10/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Feeding Frenzy – an introduction to Web syndication.	1/18/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
MediaWiki Finishing Touches – using templates for final stylistic touches	1/25/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings
FAQ — FAQ Orientation for agents/educators	1/30/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Jabber — eXtension’s enterprise chat application	1/30/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Using Collaborate -- for agents/educators to share your educational materials… photos, PowerPoints, diagrams, and other media.	2/8/07	Beth Raney	See Recordings
“Seminar Series” Working in MediaWiki - an Article Start to Finish. A 6 week series where you will learn about using a wiki, create an article/page in a wiki using the various features available, which may include appropriate use of lists, links, and graphics.	2/12/07 - 3/23/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney, Ann LaVigna	Working in Mediawiki - an Article Start to Finish
Social Bookmarking as a collaborative tool -- how to keep your work team on the same page without burying them in email... emphasis on del.icio.us.	2/13/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
FAQ Orientation for agents/educators.	2/15/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Feeding Frenzy -- an introduction to Web syndication.	2/20/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
From CoP wiki to public eXtension Web site workflow.	2/28/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Mediawiki Bare Essentials - what you need to get started working in a wiki.	3/6/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Google Juice - Help search engines find your information and ours! The basics of search engine optimization.	3/7/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
a Guided Tour on how an existing CoP is organized and operates.	3/12/07	Craig Wood, Kathy Flanders	See Recordings
MediaWiki Finishing Touches – using templates for final stylistic touches in the CoP wiki.	3/13/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings
Categories in the Wiki. Categories are the primary mechanism for navigation thats to let you find what you're looking for at the right time in a wiki.	3/14/07	Beth Raney, Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Blogging — So you think you want to be a blogger? How you can use blogging to enhance your educational programming? What's involved, how it's done, and how to get started. Participants will be exposed to several blogging tools with an emphasis on Blogger.com, Google's newly revamped blog hosting site. (for all Extension).	3/22/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
MediaWiki Finishing Touches – using templates for final stylistic touches in the CoP wiki	3/27/07	Craig Wood, Beth Raney	See Recordings
FAQ Orientation for agents/educators to find answers to your clients' questions, also how everyone can contribute to enhancing quality of the FAQ System to make it a more valuable resource.	3/28/07	Beth Raney	See Recordings
Feeding Frenzy – an introduction to Feeds and Web syndication.	4/5/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Getting Started With Widgets.	4/11/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	postponed to 4/18 due to audio problems
Optimal configuration and use of your Web browser with eXtension applications.	4/17/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Getting Started With Widgets. “Widgets,” are tiny applications that allow you to stream information to your own personalized web page. Goes with follow up session on April 26.	4/18/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
"Ten Steps to Web 2.0" by Beth Kanter You can learn more about Beth Kanter at http://www.bethkanter.org and read her blog at http://beth.typepad.com.	4/24/07	Special Guest: Beth Kanter	See Recordings
Finishing Touches – using templates for final stylistic touches of images in the CoP wiki (for those working in the CoP wiki).	4/25/07	Kevin Gamble	No recording.
Follow-up Widget sharing session	4/26/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
“30 Minute Session” Mediawiki Bare Essentials - what you need to get started working in a wiki. (for all Extension)	5/8/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Tagging for Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing – introduction to the concept of tagging and social bookmarking and how these techniques can used simply to share information resources in a community of practice (for all in Extension). Tagging (key words to describe web resources) and the use of social bookmarking services like del.icio.us can provide relatively easy ways for Extension professionals to collaborate and easily share information with colleagues and co-workers. This two-part webinar will explain what tagging is, why it is useful for individuals as well as for group collaboration, and demystify social bookmarking software. The session will also explain the pros and cons of using tagging and social bookmarking. The group will participate a hands-on action learning activity using a popular social bookmarking application, del.icio.us, to put some of the ideas in practice immediately after the first session on May 9th. Then, on May 23rd, the group will come together for a facilitated conversation to reflect on what was learned about tagging and how they might integrate the use of tagging and social bookmarking into their existing practice.	5/9/07	Special Guest: Beth Kanter You can learn more about Beth Kanter at http://www.bethkanter.org and read her blog at http://beth.typepad.com.	See Recordings
“30 Minute Session” Google Juice - Help search engines find your information and ours! The basics of search engine optimization. Includes making good titles and good opening paragraphs. (for all Extension)	5/22/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
Facilitated Conversation -- the group will come together for a facilitated conversation to reflect on what was learned about tagging and how they might integrate the use of tagging and social bookmarking into their existing practice. (for all in Extension).	5/23/07	Special Guest: Beth Kanter	See Recordings
"Ten Steps to Web 2.0" by Beth Kanter You can learn more about Beth Kanter at http://www.bethkanter.org and read her blog at http://beth.typepad.com.	5/24/07	Special Guest: Beth Kanter'	See Recordings
Metadata in the CoP Wiki — want to be sure your contribution to your CoP is being tracked? Want to be sure that you have the right to use photographs? Need to be sure that your CoPs educational content has been through peer-review before publishing? All this information is stored under the metadata tab on the CoP wiki. Come to this session to learn how to better user this tool to manage your CoP’s educational content. (CoP leaders and members)	5/29/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" Lists in MediaWiki - bulleted lists, numbered lists, combination lists. (for all Extension)	5/30/07	Beth Raney	No Recording
“30 Minute Session” Mediawiki Bare Essentials - what you need to get started working in a wiki. (for all Extension)	6/5/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Presence Technologies - with an emphasis on chat away-messages and Twitter. Working with a distributed work team presents unique challenges. Shared calendars don't work when you use different systems that don't inter-operate. This session will focus on non-intrusive methods to keep your colleagues informed of your status (presence). Learn how new light-weight Web 2.0 tools are being used to inform others of your availability (for all Extension).	6/7/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Blogging - So you think you want to be a blogger? How you can use blogging to enhance your educational programming. What's involved, how it's done, how to get started, and an introduction to the basic technologies. Participants will be exposed to several blogging tools with an emphasis on Blogger.com, Google's newly revamped blog hosting site (for all Extension).	6/21/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Hands-on Workshop on Education in Second Life (SL) - Participants will gather on Morrill Island and be given a notecard with a variety of Second Life educational opportunities. People will visit some sites of their own choosing, complete some activities, and meet back in the discussion circle on Morrill Island to share their findings with others.	7/5/07	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	no recording, but you may visit Morrill
“30 Minute Session” on managing your content in the CoP Wiki: search, watchlists, your contributions, history, and revisions. Learn just a few basic techniques and you’ll never never be lost again.	7/11/07	Beth Raney	See Recordings
Designing for Web 2.0: The Visual Ecosystem As a predominately visual medium, the Web has always benefited from the appropriate use of Visual Communication principles: balance, proportion, contrast, color, and typography. But the Web has also had its own set of unique considerations: screen resolution, browsers, platforms, and multiple devices. With Web 2.0, these considerations have expanded to include a new array of services to remix and distribute micro-content (APIs, RSS), as well as participatory content created by communities. How can visual design enhance user experience when your audience might be coming from a browser, an RSS feed, or a widget? How does visual design communicate your brand when your brand is created daily by your community? This presentation will address these questions and more with an overview of key Visual Communication principles and before and after examples that illustrate how to optimize your visual vocabulary for Web 2.0 and beyond.	7/18/07	Special Guest: Luke Wroblewski of www.lukew.com	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Getting Involved in Wikipedia: This session will show you ways that Extension educators can get involved with contributing to Wikipedia articles. Participants will be introduced to the way that Wikipedia works, community governance, editing, and authoring. We’ll discuss why involvement with Wikipedia is vital to Extension educational programming, and discuss strategies for Extension participation.	7/24/07	Kevin Gamble	Recording.
"30 Minute Session" on Jabber — eXtension’s enterprise chat application – this is a session targeted for all Extension faculty and staff that want to learn how to use eXtension’s enterprise chatting capabilities to improve communication, foster collaboration, and improve personal efficiency.	7/31/07	Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Introduction to OpenID - More and more websites that require the site users to sign in with a username and password are taking advantage of an open protocol for authentication called 'OpenID.' eXtension is converting all of its web applications over to OpenID. In this session, we'll briefly touch on what OpenID is, and how eXtension is using it.	8/15/07	Jason Young	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Creating Web Applications with User-Centric Design - The barriers to building web applications have never been lower. Individuals and small teams can create, deploy and test a web application in as little as a few months, weeks or even days. This iterative process gives designers and developers a chance introduce small changes over time and constantly refine the end product. This is a look at web application development from a design and user interface point-of-view.	8/21/07	Ben MacNeill	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" About FaceBook - Now you can have a Facebook account too! What used to be open only to students has been opened to everyone. Find out what Facebook is all about and learn how it took over the college campus. Is this the social networking utility for you? This is an introductory look at Facebook, its networks, groups, event calendars and how they can be used by Extension professionals.	8/22/07	Ray Kimsey	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on CES Google CSE (custom search engine) - This session will show you how simple it is to use Google search technology to create a free Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. It will also show you the Cooperative Extension CSE, teach you how to place a custom widget on your own site, and show how you can participate in a collaborative environment to further customize and make it better.	8/23/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Introduction to Second Life - Multi-user virtual environments such as Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com/) are growing in popularity. Learn what Second Life is and how it is being used. Some experts have predicted that 80 percent of active internet users will be using this type of environment by the end of 2011! Why not spend just a half hour in 2007 to learn more about it so you’re better prepared!	9/11/07	Vishal Singh	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Social Bookmarking - Learn about Social Bookmarking as a collaborative tool — how to keep your work team on the same page without burying them in email. Participants will be exposed to several social bookmarking tools with an emphasis on del.icio.us (for all Extension).	9/12/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Using Slideshare for Collaboration and Online Learning - Slideshare (slideshare.net) is sort of like a YouTube for sharing presentations. Agents and specialists are always looking for ways to share their slideshows, and Slideshare is an easy, powerful, and free solution. It’s also an effective environment for fostering online learning. This session will show you everything you need to know to get started with Slideshare, and discuss how this technology can be used for collaborative work across the Cooperative Extension System.	9/20/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on AJAX: Cleaning up your Web Applications and Reducing User Clicks - Many users today are preferring websites that provide information faster with a minimum amount of work necessary. Over the years, with the constant rise in bandwidth availability, internet users have became progressively impatient when browsing websites. Many users may simply give up on websites that take too long or direct them to too many pages. AJAX is a mechanism that gives users almost instant availability of information when it is requested within web pages without having to redirect the user to new pages. This presentation will focus on familiarizing the audience with AJAX and it’s different uses in web applications.	9/26/07	Aaron Hundley	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Developing Quality Web Content - Do you need to understand how people read Web pages? Should you concentrate on style or format, structure, redundancy, how search engines work, links to other sites?	9/27/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Google SEO (search engine optimization) - Help search engines find your information and ours! The basics of search engine optimization. Includes making good titles, good opening paragraphs, and the importance of links.	10/3/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Developing Quality Web Content - What should you consider when developing Web content? What are the things that really matter? Should you concentrate on style or format, structure, redundancy, how search engines work, links to other sites, or how people read Web content? What are the critical things that matter? This session will discuss creating high quality and discoverable content.	10/9/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Introduction to Moodle for eXtension - Learn what all the excitement's about regarding Moodle. Hear what Moodle is, learn how eXtension is making it available, and see examples of the types of education you can design, develop and deliver with Moodle.	10/11/07	Jennifer Jahedkar	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on CES Google CSE (custom search engine) - This session will show you how simple it is to use Google search technology to create a free Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. It will also show you the Cooperative Extension CSE, teach you how to place a custom widget on your own site, and show how you can participate in a collaborative environment to further customize and make it better.	10/18/07 <	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Developing Quality Web Content - What should you consider when developing Web content? What are the things that really matter? Should you concentrate on style or format, structure, redundancy, how search engines work, links to other sites, or how people read Web content? What are the critical things that matter? This session will discuss creating high quality and discoverable content.	10/23/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Google Presentation - Google Presentation is a new tool introduced in September for the collaborative development of slideshows. It is cut from the same cloth as Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets and shows great promise as a new collaboration technology. Participants will be given an introduction to the tool's use, discuss its advantages and disadvantages, and see how this tool can be used to facilitate online learning.	10/31/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
Second Life Meet-up.	11/2/07	Kevin Gamble	No Recording.
In-MoodleMeet	11/5/07	Jennifer Jahedkar	No Recording.
Planning for Extension in SL -- Cooperative Extension in Second Life Round Table	11/8/07	Kevin Gamble	Notes in Collaborate wiki and Facebook group.
"30 Minute Session" on Google Custom Search Engine (CSE). This session will show you how simple it is to use Google search technology to create a free Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. It will also show you the Cooperative Extension CSE, teach you how to place a custom widget on your own site, and show how you can participate in a collaborative environment to further customize and make it better.	11/8/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on the Updated FAQ and Ask an Expert Application. The Updated FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) application for eXtension has major changes! We have introduced a whole new process for organizing of questions and answers based on a Web 2.0 technology called Folksonomies. We'll show you the new capabilities and how they'll make it easier for you to find, answer and submit your FAQs to share with all in Extension. You'll also see how the Ask an Expert (AaE) section of the application is more clearly distinct from the FAQ.	11/13/07	Ben MacNeill	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Blogging. So you think you want to be a blogger? How you can use blogging to enhance your educational programming? What’s involved, how it’s done, and how to get started. Participants will be exposed to several blogging tools with an emphasis on Blogger.com, Google’s newly revamped blog hosting site.	11/15/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Frequently Asked Questions Tool. FAQ Orientation for agents/educators to find answers to your clients' questions, also how everyone can contribute to enhancing quality of the FAQ System to make it a more valuable resource for you personally in your educational programming.	11/20/07	Beth Raney	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Using Templates to Help Create Content in the CoP Wiki by Craig Wood. Learn how to use the template buttons in the edit window of the CoP wiki to insert images and Flash applications; create tables, call out box, partnership box, and many more.	11/21/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings
"30 Minute Session" on Manipulating Graphics for use in the CoP wiki. Learn how to make your graphics look the way you want them in your content. This session will focus on re-sizing, adjust and manipulate graphics for use in content development using simple non-complicated online software. (for CoP members and leaders)	12/5/07	Craig Wood	See Recordings.
"30 Minute Session" on Getting Started With Widgets. "Widgets," are tiny applications that allow you to stream information to your own personalized web page. They are a central part of the deportilzation of the Web, and will most definitely be a part of your online future. This session will show you what widgets are, demonstrate some handy examples of widgets in action, and introduce you to creating your own personalized widget Web page using Netvibes. By the end of the 30 minute session you will be ready to create your own personalized page, and will be ready to begin experiencing the "come to me Web." (for all Extension) (See Follow-Up session on Dec. 20.)	12/6/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.
"30 Minute Session" on Frequently Asked Questions Tool. FAQ Orientation for agents/educators to find answers to your clients' questions, also how everyone can contribute to enhancing quality of the FAQ System to make it a more valuable resource for you personally in your educational programming.	12/11/07	Beth Raney	See Recordings.
Planning for Extension in SL -- Cooperative Extension in Second Life Round Table We will have our next meeting to make plans. If you are interested in what's being planned, join the Cooperative Extension Second Life Educators group in Facebook.	12/13/07		Notes in Collaborate wiki and Facebook group.
"30 Minute Session" called Feeding Frenzy – an introduction to Feeds and Web syndication (also an ACE IT SIG event). Feeds are everywhere today. Even eXtension is syndicating everything. So what are these things? How do they work? And most importantly, how can you use them to save yourself a ton of time. Come to the Feeding Frenzy session to learn how you can start using feeds and change your life forever. an introduction to Web syndication. Feeds are everywhere today. Even eXtension is syndicating everything. So what are these things? How do they work? And most importantly, how can you use them to save yourself a ton of time. Come to the Feeding Frenzy session to learn how you can start using feeds and change your life forever. Participants will be introduced to Google Reader and it's use for managing syndication feeds. (for all Extension).	12/13/	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.
In-MoodleMeet -- held the first and third Mondays of every month from 2-3:30pm ET, in the chat of the Moodle 101 course, which you can enter as a guest. During the chat we get together in Moodle text chat to share stories, ideas and provide support for Moodle.	12/17/07	Jennifer Jahedkar	No Recording
Special Topic: Copyright Issues for eXtension. Special 1.5 hour presentation featuring attorneys Steve Wyatt and Amy Light Mills. Extension faculty and staff across the country are encouraged to engage in collaborative work with eXtension. This session will help more Extension employees understand copyright and how it applies to them as they work with eXtension.	12/18/07	Steve Wyatt and Amy Light Mills	See Recordings.
"30 Minute Session" of Follow-Up Widget Sharing. Follow-up Widget session to allow participants who added Widgets to their iGoogle, Netvibes or other web page to share their experiences. This session will be open sharing of what worked for you and discussion of implications for extension program delivery and knowledge acquisition... how this changes the way information is consumed. (for all Extension)	12/20/07	Kevin Gamble	See Recordings.

2006

2006 SCHEDULE ARCHIVE

Topic	Date	Time	Presenter	Learning Space URI
FAQ Test Group	Thursday, April 6	10 AM ET	Rafe Colburn/Beth Raney/Kevin Gamble	not recorded
FAQ Test Group	Thursday, April 13	11 AM ET	Rafe Colburn/Beth Raney	not recorded
eXtension Help Wanted	Thursday, April 20	Noon ET	Beth Raney/Kevin Gamble	Recording
FAQ Test Group	Thursday, April 20	3 PM ET	Rafe Colburn/Beth Raney	not recorded
Using Categories	Thursday, April 27	Noon ET	Kevin Gamble/Beth Raney	not recorded
eXtension Wiki Q & A	Wednesday, May 3	2 PM ET	Kevin Gamble/Craig Wood	not recorded
Consumer Horticulture CoP FAQ Orientation	Thursday, May 4	2:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble/Beth Raney	not recorded
Metadata Orientation	Thursday, May 4	3:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble	not recorded
Wikis Work!	Wednesday, May 24	Noon ET	Special Guest Speaker: Kris Olsen	Recording
FAQ System Testing	6/1	12 Noon - 1:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	Recording
Titles in the Wikis and "Google Juice"	6/1	2:30 - 3:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	Recording
Metadata for the Wikis	6/7	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	Recording
Categories in the Wikis	6/8	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	Recording
Basic Wiki Markup	6/14	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
FAQ Test Group	6/15	1:00 - 2:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	not recorded
FAQ Orientation for CoP Members	6/22	1:00 - 2:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble	see Past Breeze Events
Lists in the Wiki	6/27	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
FAQ Orientation for IT Staff	6/28	1:00 - 2:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Wiki Orientation and Basic Wiki Markup for EDEN CoP	6/27	4:00 - 5:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Titles & Google Juice, and Categories for EDEN CoP	7/11	4:00 - 5:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Titles & Google Juice, and Categories for EDEN CoP	7/12	4:00 - 5:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney
Titles & Google Juice	7/13	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
FAQ Orientation (for everyone)	7/26	1:30 - 2:00 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Basic Wiki Orientation	8/3	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble	see Past Breeze Events
Categories in the Wiki	8/9	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Categories in the Wiki	8/10	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Wiki Bare Essentials	8/22	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Atom for Syndication - for IT Staff	8/23	12:00 - 1:30 PM ET	Special Guest, Sam Ruby	see Past Breeze Events
FAQ Orientation	8/29	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
Need a Place to Wiki? Come to Collaborate!	8/31	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
30 Minute Session: FAQ System - Questions & Answers	9/6	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
30 Minute Session: Markup in MediaWiki	9/7	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
30 Minute Session: Lists in MediaWiki	9/12	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
30 Minute Session: Links in MediaWiki	9/19	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
30 Minute Session: Feeding Frenzy - an Introduction to Web Syndication	9/20	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	[see Past Breeze Events
30 Minute Session: MediaWiki - Questions & Answers	9/21	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Google Juice	10/5	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Sessions” Images & Graphics in MediaWiki	10/17	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Why Atom?	10/18	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Using Collaborate for agents/educators	10/19	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” FAQ Orientation for agents/educators	10/24	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Beth Raney	no recording (network issues)
“30 Minute Session” RSS to Atom for IT staff	10/26	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	James Robinson, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” MediaWiki Finishing Touches - using templates for final stylistic touches.	11/ 9	3:00 - 3:30 PM ET	Craig Wood, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Finding Stuff in the eXtension Wikis - what’s the most efficient way to find something in the CoP, Collaborate or About wiki?	11/ 9	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Starting Feeds? Use Atom! — what’s it take to create Atom feeds for news and/or other content? (targeted to IT Staff)	11/16	1:00 - 1:30 PM ET	James Robinson, Beth Raney	Postponed
“30 Minute Session” MediaWiki Finishing Touches - using templates for final stylistic touches.	11/16	3:00 - 3:30 PM ET	Craig Wood, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” on Jabber - eXtension’s enterprise chat application - any of you can talk to us	11/21	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	no recording
“30 Minute Session” Wikimedia Bare Essentials - what you need to get started working in a wiki	11/30	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Starting Feeds? Use Atom! — what’s it take to create Atom feeds for news and/or other content? (targeted to IT Staff)	12/7	2:00 - 2:30 PM ET	James Robinson, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
“30 Minute Session” Feeding Frenzy an introduction to Web syndication	12/7	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events
"30 Minute Session" Using Collaborate	12/14	4:00 - 4:30 PM ET	Kevin Gamble, Beth Raney	see Past Breeze Events

Links to Older Recordings

• Mediawiki Bare Essentials - what you need to get started working in a wiki, March 6, 2007 by Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
• MediaWiki Bare Essentials — what you need to get started working in a Wiki, November 30, 2006 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Markup in MediaWiki, September 7, 2006. Watch the Recording.
• Basic Wiki Orientation, August 2, 2006. Watch the Recording.
• Wiki Orientation and Basic Wiki Markup, June 27, 2006 (one hour). Watch the Recording.
• Basic Wiki Markup, June 18 (30 minutes). Watch the Recording.
• Categories in the Wiki, August 10, 2006. Watch the Recording.
• Categories in the Wiki, August 9, 2006. Watch the Recording.
• Categories in the Wikis, June 8, 2006 (30 minutes). Watch the Recording.
• MediaWiki Finishing Touches – using templates for final stylistic touches in the CoP wiki, March 13, 2007 by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.
• MediaWiki Finishing Touches, January 25, 2007 by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.
• MediaWiki Finishing Touches — using templates for final stylistic touches, November 16, 2006 by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.
• MediaWiki Finishing Touches, November 9, 2006 by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.
• Lists in a MediaWiki, September 12, 2006. Watch the Recording.
• Blogging -- November 15, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Blogging -- March 22, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Google Custom Search Engine. January 17, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• CES Google CSE (Google Custom Search Engine) -- August 22, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Google Spreadsheets to Conduct Surveys -- March 27, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Social Bookmarking as a collaborative tool -- how to keep your work team on the same page without burying them in email... emphasis on del.icio.us, February 13, 2007 by Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
• Social Bookmarking as a Collaborative Tool, January 10, 2007. Watch the Recording.
• Tagging for Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing in Communities of Practice, by Beth Kanter, May 9, 2007. Watch the Recording.
• Feeding Frenzy - an introduction to Web syndication, April 5, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Feeding Frenzy - an introduction to Web syndication, February 20, 2007 by Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
• Feeding Frenzy - Introduction to Web Syndication, January 8, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Feeding Frenzy — an introduction to Web syndication, December, 7 2006 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
• Feeding Frenzy: an Introduction to Web Syndication, September 20, 2006. Watch the Recording.