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University of Nebraska Lincoln proudly introduces the

University of Nebraska Lincoln proudly introduces the. Management Team. Mission statement. Educate and empower rural communities to implement and benefit from technology opportunities. History. Established in 1999 after Master Navigator coordinator resigned

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  1. University of Nebraska Lincoln proudly introduces the Management Team

  2. Mission statement Educate and empower rural communities to implement and benefit from technology opportunities.

  3. History • Established in 1999 after Master Navigator coordinator resigned • Charter team included 6 Extension Educators representing each Extension district • Administration redirected 25% of each appointment to do technology training

  4. Frankly speaking… Charter members had no clue what they were getting themselves into!

  5. Administrative structure • Center for Applied Rural Innovation • Support staff • Fiscal management • Cooperative Extension • Housed in county Extension offices • 100% Extension appointments

  6. Our team today • 9 Extension Educators • 1 Learning Center Coordinator • 50% of each Educator’s appointment is to focus on technology programming

  7. Responsibilities • The development, marketing and facilitation of technology programs • Operation, maintenance and expansion of programs • Staying abreast of new concepts and technologies • Technology planning in rural communities

  8. Curricula • Master Navigator • Four week course that teaches Windows concepts, navigating the WWW and email • Nebraska Electronic Main Street • Four week course that teaches community leaders and business owners e-business concepts • Nebraska E-Government • Tentatively scheduled for rollout fall 2002

  9. Publications • NebFacts • Internet terms • Lessons for community groups • SafeSurfing.com • Telemedicine: The Future is Here

  10. Promotional efforts • Logo • Brochures • Table-top displays • Business cards • Web page http://connecting.unl.edu

  11. Efforts supported by the team • 4-H Cyber Fair • Teacher training • Organizing local technology committees • Conducting local technology fairs and expositions • Technology conferences and workshops

  12. Partnerships • Technologies Across Nebraska Partnership • Nebraska Information Technology Commission • Community colleges, ESUs and high schools • Local and regional economic development organizations • Local and regional IT committees • Congressman Osborne

  13. Significant Accomplishments • Master Navigator • Taught in over 60 communities to 650 people • Nebraska Electronic Main Street • 23 classes in 20 communities benefiting 175 businesses

  14. Trained 100 additional instructors • 1/3 have taught classes • excellent evaluations given by participants • Grant acquisition • NITC award to AIM and conNEcting Nebraska for $110,000

  15. Community planning • Conducted formal community and business IT assessments in 2 communities and one county • Presently working on a multi-county IT assessment for northeast NE • Collaborated with AIM and CARI to facilitate statewide community and business IT survey

  16. Impact • Master Navigator • Evaluations indicate knowledge greatly increases as a result of taking the course • Skills taught are being used by farmers and ranchers, business owners, school teachers, homeowners, housewives, etc. • Some participants established home-based businesses

  17. All most all teach the skills they learned to others in their communities • Many have gone onto developing their own business Web sites • Senior citizens are communicating by e-mail with their families

  18. Impact • Nebraska Electronic Main Street • Many businesses planned to build Web pages and begin performing some aspect of e-commerce online • Some decided that establishing an online presence wasn’t appropriate for them • Several created their own Web sites, while others contracted with professional developers

  19. On the horizon • E-Ag • E-Education • Telework • Telemedicine • Public policy issues • Advanced Master Navigator • Advanced NE Electronic Main Street

  20. Our future

  21. Dewey Teel Antelope County dteel1@unl.edu 402.887.5414 Connie Hancock Cheyenne County chancock1@unl.edu 308.254.4455 Carroll Welte Burt County welte1@unl.edu 402.374.2929 Dorothy Davis WCREC ddavis4@unl.edu 308-532-3611 ext. 158 For more information contact:UNL Extension Educators/Staff Dennis Kahl Seward County dkahl1@unl.edu 402.643.2981

  22. University of Nebraska – Lincoln Cooperative Extension Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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