NDSU Agriculture and University Extension

The Winnowing Oar social web ag google cms training media twitter | CMS | Tuesday June 02, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

June will be a busy month for technology training. There are a number of sessions, both face-to-face and online, available to faculty and staff in Agriculture and University Extension. This month's training will focus on the new Ag Content Management...

The Winnowing Oar cms management content development ag web | CMS | Friday May 15, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Over the past year or more, you may have heard the term "CMS" in discussions of Agriculture and University Extension web content. Until recently, that term referred to the content management system (CMS) created and maintained by NDSU ITS, known as...

The Winnowing Oar twitter networking social facebook demographics traffic web | Social Media | Tuesday April 14, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Last week, Facebook announced that it had reached 200 million active users (" Facebook Hits 200 Million Users ," MediaPost News, April 8, 2009) . The rate of Facebook growth is even more amazing than the number of total users. Facebook had 100...

The Winnowing Oar web twitter networking news information social | Social Media | Thursday April 09, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Here are 3 reasons you should be using Twitter ( www.twitter.com ). Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that allows the posting and sharing of information 140 characters at a time. If you do decide to get a Twitter account, please follow me on Twitter at ...

The Winnowing Oar hard eat nutrition facebook food feed video smart web social play exercise youtube mp3 networks | Social Media | Tuesday March 03, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

A little less than two weeks ago, NDSU Extension Service Food and Nutrition Specialist Julie Garden-Robinson asked for ideas on new ways to "push" people toward the "Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together" web site ( http://www.ndsu.edu/eatsmart )....

The Winnowing Oar ag authoring web cms workspace | CMS | Friday February 27, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

If you are currently working on web pages in the NDSU content management system (CMS), sometimes referred to as TYPO3, it is critical that you make sure you are working in the right "workspace". When NDSU Agriculture & University...

The Winnowing Oar web presentations download slideshare view screencast social powerpoint embed community sharing | Social Media | Wednesday February 18, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Are you interested in getting more impact out of those PowerPoint presentations you spent hours preparing? You can extend the reach of your presentations beyond the conference room or classroom by using Slideshare ( www.slideshare.net ). Slideshare is a...

The Winnowing Oar cultural technology internet teaching business web learning environment video youtube | Ed Tech | Friday February 06, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

My wife sent me a link to the YouTube video below, and I felt compelled to share it with you. In one way, it is the sort of globalization/technology propaganda I usually steer clear of, because of its unique ability to simultaneously preach to the choir and...

The Winnowing Oar conference second social web life morrill media island technology collaborative ndsu eduisland extension | Ed Tech | Wednesday February 04, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Earlier this week, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of NDSU faculty, staff, and students interested in the use of collaborative technologies on our campus. David Saxowsky invited me to attend a meeting of the NDSU Collaborative Technology Think...