This presentation contains several apps as well as cloud resources and even gadgets that may find their place into small offices. Targeted at UNL Extension Offices.

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Front Door Forum 2012
There’s an App for Extension!
Dennis Kahl
UNL Extension Educator – Seward County
dkahl1@unl.edu
Blog: Tips for Innovative Communities
extensioneducate.wordpress.com

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A sharing session
 UNL Apps
 Useable Apps for Extension
 Communications Apps
 Gadgets
 Cloud

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What are Mobile Devices?
 GPS – in cars, tractors, combines, trucks
 PDA’s (personal digital assistant) Palm, HP, iPod
 Feature phones – so far mostly proprietary
 Slides, search, email
 LG Voyager, Motorola Krave
 Smartphones
 Allow non-propriety apps to work
 Droid, iPhone, Blackberry

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Types of Mobile Devices
 Tablets

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Types of Mobile Devices
 E-Readers
 Wifi, somewhat proprietary

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What can Mobile devices be used for?
 social media like Facebook, Youtube, Linked-
in,Twitter, Pinterest
 cameras for sharing photos and videos
 taking notes
 keeping records
 games/entertainment
 searching for information
 portable transactions

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Mobile transactions

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UNL Smartphone Apps

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State Fair 4-H
 Second year for this App with several new features
 Video
 Photo search
 News streams via Twitter
 Map of Grounds
 Search several ways for 4-H projects or members

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Lots of other apps
 Communications
 Weather
 Browse
 Social Media
 Remote Access
 Productivity
 Lifestyle
 Photos
 News – LJS, USA Today, AppAdvice
 Dropbox & Evernote

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Apple TV
 Equipment needed
 Apple TV, HDMI cable, Ethernet to Internet connection,
projector or TV with HDMI port
 Connect all parts and with small remote use right arrow key to
move over to Settings and select.
 Select General and airplay or network
 Configure your WiFi key, enter iTunes ID and password
 Press Save
 Now you can project by selecting the source on projector or TV
that has HDMI cable
 Double click Menu button on ipad or iphone and slide menu to
right and you will be connected.

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Apple TV
• $99.00 Cost

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Photo Apps
 TourWrist – Panoramic motion
 DMD – Panoramic
 Instagram – social connections
 Flickr, Shutterfly, Kodak and other apps

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Mac Photostream
 Set up Photo stream on
ipad or iphone and in
iPhoto on a Mac and a
photo taken on phone,
ipad or ipod will stream
to all devices.

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Reflection
 Allows iphone, ipad, ipad touch, android to be
viewed on computer desktop.
 Software is available for both Windows and Mac
operating systems. Cost: $14.99

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Remotes
Several apps are available that work as a remote to
move slides in a presentation and view your notes on
the mobile device.
 iClickr
 eClicker
 Mouse Lite
 Remote
 LogMeIn

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Screen Captures - Videos
 Jing and Snag it are economical choices for
capturing screen shot videos to place in movie
format in presentations.
 Demonstration on inserting video into powerpoints.

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IPevo Document Camera
 An economical way to snap quality photos or use to
take videos of plant and insect samples brought into
extension office
 IPevo 2 Point 2 View
 $69.00

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Stream Live
 uStream.tv
 Set up account
 Name Channel
 Click & Go Live on mobile device or laptop.
 Contains Social Media options
 Justin.tv
 YouTube.com
 Adobe Connect -

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Voice Over IP
Save money on office phone bills or your own cell
phone minutes.
 Skype
 Whistle
 Magic Jack

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The CLOUD - Dropbox.com
 Any files you save to dropbox are available
immediately at any device.
 Set up a dropbox account for your office and
establish folders to share data, photos, files, etc.
 Great for projects and collaborating.

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The CLOUD! - Google Drive
 Drive.google.com
 Establish User Account with your email address
 Capabilities to share files or work on files live from
anyplace
 Create forms
 Create documents, presentations, spreadsheets
 Use Picasa to stream photos to website
 Create websites and wikis with templates

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Google Drive (formerly Docs)

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Blogs – Share your unique
information regularly
 Wordpress.com
 Wordpress.org
 Blogspot.com

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Managing Social Media
 There are so many social media tools out there and
how do you manage to keep them all updated or
view them all.
 Hoot Suite
 TweetDeck

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Go experience Twitter
 Twubs.com
 A website where you do not need to sign in to
observe
 Choose a favorite hobby, subject, book, movie
and type that into the hashtag # space with no
spaces and see what you find going on.
 Join #agchat or #foodchat from 7-9 on Tues
evenings to experience a convo.

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Trello
 Tool that organizes projects into boards
 Great collaborative tool within office or team

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Guidebook
• An app that allows
participants to connect to
an app
• Set it up on computer and
share via Social Media to
mobile devices

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Anyone have an App to share?

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What can you imagine mobile
devices helping you to do in the
future?

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Front Door Forum 2012
There’s an App for Extension!
Dennis Kahl
UNL Extension Educator – Seward County
dkahl1@unl.edu
Blog: Tips for Innovative Communities
extensioneducate.wordpress.com

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Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture
and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–
Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United
States Department of Agriculture.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension educational
programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of
the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United
States Department of Agriculture.