Social Media in Extension
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Social Media
eXtension Web 2.0 archived sessions
UMD Library Learning 2.0 (online tutorial)
Teaching Social Media to Extension Professionals
Blogs
A blog is "A personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal, with new entries appearing in sequence as they are written, especially as dealing with reflections or opinion, and typically incorporating links to other articles." Definition of a blog
eXtension recordings on blogging
Example blogs in Extension
Susan Schoenian, Maryland, Shepherd's Notebook Blogand Meat Goat Performance Test Blog
Diane Turner and Tim Mathews, North Carolina agents in different counties, Master Your Garden
Tony Glover, Alabama agent Heart of Dixie Gardener
LSU Chancellor's health and fitness blog, Chancellor's Challenge Blog
Cornell specialists and agents, Community horticulture blog
Alabama Cooperative Extension System Backyard Wisdom
Peer-to-peer woodland owner outreach program Woodland Owner Networks
University of Minnesota Forestry blog MyMinnesotaWoods
Extension specialists and researchers Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative
Family Caregiving Project in Second Life [1]
2 educators from central PA Gardening in the Keystone State
a team blog by educators in SE PA Families Living Well
blog from educator in PA Fresh from the Farm
Resources
Wikis
A wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. Definition from Wikipedia
Example Wikis in Extension
Ken Balliet (kballiet@psu.edu) in Pennsylvania is using a wiki to collaborate with stakeholders in the Natural Gas Exploration and Leasing Program. The wiki has grown quickly to include a linked community forum for effective Q & A. http://naturalgaslease.pbwiki.com
Ken also plans to do a monthly "talkcast" using talkshoe.com that will allow extension offices and individual landowners to "call in" via computer or phone to ask questions of experts.Each session will be recorded and available as a podcast.
Also Ken has mentored 4-H Educators in several counties who are using wikis with Teen Councils AND their summer Camp. The wiki serves as an on-going report (blog) for the camp directors AND a vital communications link to parents in the event of a weather emergency.
http://4-hcampbrule.pbwiki.com
Planning the 2008 NACAA meeting
Extension Collaborative wiki for all Extension
Social bookmarking
Save your bookmarks online. Access them from any web-connected computer, not just the one you used to save the bookmark. Add annotations and (optionally) share bookmarks with colleagues or others. This is also an easy way to create an RSS feed to display on other sites (e.g. you find a news story, give it your unique tag, and it then appears on a customized news feed).
delicious.com Tag Extension articles with extag
eXtension recordings on social bookmarking
Example social bookmarking Extension-tagged resources for Internet Safety
Del.icio.us Extension identities
Presentation sharing
Google docs
eXtension recording on Slideshare
Cooperative Extension Slideshare group
Slideshare Extension identities
Photo sharing
Back up your photos and access them from any web-connected computer. Easily control who sees your photos and license them for different uses (e.g. commercial, educational, etc). Tag photos for later retrieval. Create slideshows, badges, and other tools to display your photos on other sites.
Flickr Extension example: Minnesota forestry photo library
Extension identities in Flickr
Example Picasa page used by Extension. Tall Timbers Inservice Training on Quail Managment
Public Domain Photos
Videos
Explanation
Tips
Use an RSS Feed reader and read other's blogs
eXtension recording on Twitter
Extension identities in Twitter (eXtension login required)
Social Networks
Build online communities around a team, group, or shared interest. Core elements involve building a profile, forming groups and selectively agreeing to permit others to interact with you (be "friends") and become a member of your group. Supported tools also often include email, polling, providing short, frequent updates on current activities, etc.
Extension staff in Facebook(eXtension login required)
Cooperative Extension group in Facebook
Extension staff in LinkedIn (eXtension login required)
Second Life and other 3D Virtual Worlds
Additional resources
Beginners Guide to Social Media in Extension Handout prepared for Galaxy III by Anne Adrian and Rhonda Conlon
List of collaboration tools on UMN wiki space (can only be edited by UMN folks).
