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CYFAR 2009 Schedule for Tuesday, 19 May

6:30—7:45 am Open Computer Lab
7 am —5 pm All-day Registration
7—8 am Breakfast
8:30—10 am

OPENING SESSION

Lisa A. Lauxman, national CYFAR coordinator, National 4-H Headquarters
National Anthem, (TBD) Maryland 4-H Youth
Kendra Wells, Maryland 4-H Center, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension
Nick Place, associate dean and associate director, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

Keynote:

What’s Love Got to Do With It? Children’s Development in the Context of Their Parents’ Relationships
Francesca Adler-Baeder, Ph.D., CFLE, associate professor and Extension specialist, human development and family studies, Auburn University

10—10:30 am Break
10:30 am—12 noon Research Presentation
The Environment of Childhood Poverty
Gary Evans, Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor of Human Ecology, Cornell University
10:30 am―12 noon

Interact
4-H In Afterschool Programs
Facilitators: Paula Gregory and Kathleen Jablonski, University of New Hampshire

10:30 am―12 noon Workshops
10:30 am―12 noon Computer Labs
Online Video: Create and Deploy
Vishal Singh, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jeanne Gleason, New Mexico State University; Trudy Dunham, University of Minnesota

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Web Based Tools for Youth Development Programming and 4-H Research
 Jan Scholl, Penn State University; Leslie Langbert, Stephen T. Russell and Lynne M. Borden, University of Arizona

10:30 am―12 noon Research Posters
12—1 pm Lunch
1:30—3 pm Research Presentation
Self-Regulation and School Readiness: What Neuroscience Tells Us and How to Support its Development in the Early Childhood Classroom
Deborah Leong, Professor Emeritus, Director Center for Improving Early Learning, Metropolitan State College of Denver
1:30―3 pm Interact
Youth Entrepreneurship
Facilitator: Jeff Howard, Texas A & M University
1:30―3 pm Workshops
1-3 pm Computer Labs
GIS: Spatial Technology for Everyone
 Lynette Black, Oregon State University; Pamela Powell, University of Nevada; Esther Worker, ESRI

Operation: Military Kids Meets Facebook
Jeff Sallee and Ashley Stockamp, Oklahoma State University

1―3 pm Research Posters
3—3:30 pm Break
3:15 – 5:45 pm 4-H Military Partnership Tours (off site)
Tour 1: 4-H at Fort Meade, Maryland
Tour 2: 4-H at Annapolis Naval Station/US Naval Academy, Maryland
3:30—5 pm Workshops
3:30―5 pm Computer Labs
Fun with 3D Games and Animation Using Alice: Teaching Youth
Tom Hutchinson and Dale Jordan, Mississippi State University Center for Educational and Training Technology

Technology Tools Youth Are Using Today
Jeanne Wiebke, Iowa State University Extension

3:30―5 pm Research Posters
3:30-5 pm Interact
Extension’s Research, Programs and Tools to Work with Youth, Families and Communities in Poverty
Facilitator: Susan Jakes, North Carolina State University
5—9 pm Open Computer Lab

 

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