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CYFAR 2009 Schedule for Wednesday, 20 May

6:30—7:45 am Open Computer Lab
7 am —4 pm All-day Registration
7—8 am Breakfast
8:30—10 am

GENERAL SESSION

Patsy Ezell, Assistant Director, Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Maryland Cooperative Extension

Keynote: 4-H Family Strengthening Distinguished Lecture

Stories from the By-ways of Life: Tales of Hopes, Dreams and Things In-between
Bonnie Braun, Ph.D., Herschel S. Horowitz Endowed Chair and director, Center for Health Literacy, University of Maryland—College Park School of Public Health

4-H Family Strengthening Award Winners—2008

Donald T. Floyd, President and CEO, National 4-H Council; Lisa Lauxman and Suzanne Le Menestrel, National 4-H Headquarters

10—10:30 am Break
10:30 am— 12 noon

Research Presentation
Empowerment Theory and Adolescent Resilience: Applications for Prevention
Marc Zimmerman, professor and chair in the department of health behavior and health education, University of Michigan School of Public Health

10:30 am― 12 noon Interact
How to Start Online Communities, Virtual Teams or Communities of Practice
Facilitator: Trudy Dunham, CYFERnet Tech Team
10:30 am― 12 noon Workshops
10:30 am― 12 noon Computer Labs
4-H Tech Wizards and Web Tools: Get the Job Done!
Celeste Carmichael, Cornell Cooperative Extension, State 4-H Office; Lisa Conroy, Oregon State University 4-H Youth Development; Ray Kimsey, North Carolina State University

Amazingly Cheap Technology Tricks for Communications and Productivity
Roger Terry University of Nebraska; Jeanne Gleason, New Mexico State University

10:30 am― 12 noon Research Posters
12—1 pm Lunch
1:30—3 pm

Research Presentation
From Video Games to Facebook: Teens' Health and the Media
Jane Brown, James L. Knight Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill

1:30―3 pm Interact
Networking to Support Cooperative Extension Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Sexuality Programs
Facilitators: Jackie Davis-Manigaulte, Cornell University Cooperative Extension New York City; Stephen T. Russell and Leslie Langbert, University of Arizona
1:30―3 pm Workshops
1:30—3 pm Computer Labs
CYFERnet Mission of the Month: Bring SET to Youth via the Web
Jay Staker, Iowa State University; Trudy Dunham, University of Minnesota

Expand Your Program Into the Second Life Virtual World
LuAnn Phillips, eXtension

1:30―3 pm Research Posters
3:30—4 pm Program Showcase and Learning Games Arcade Set-up (for presenters only)
4―6 pm CYFAR 2009 Program Showcase and Learning Games Arcade
6—9 pm Open Computer Lab

 

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