2. Find and Share ideas lesson plans resources philosophies All created by peers, posted by peers Community more than 2500 registered users, all ag educators new things posted daily blogs, projects incubator for new ideas Why Should I Log On?

3. What Do I Do? 1.Register. 2. Participate. comment on other posts help answer questions download resources to use 3. Add content. Ask a question Write a blog Upload files (documents, images, etc. – any file type accepted)

4. Cool Features Content organized by topic area each area overseen by a volunteer facilitator Whole site is fully searchable Users can “watch” anything Person, community, discussion, blog, project Get email notifications every time that item is updated

5. Discussion Boards Questions – technical to philosophic

6. File Sharing Share any/all file types

7. Files Being Shared

8. 5 Ways to Find Stuff 1. Click on recently posted items on the front page

9. 5 Ways to Find Stuff 2. Click on a community and browse through content by using tabs

10. 5 Ways to Find Stuff 3. Use the icons on the front page to browse everything in a category (i.e. discussions, documents, etc.) blogs documents tagsdiscussions communities projectsgroups people

11. 5 Ways to Find Stuff 4. Use the search box at the top of every page

12. 5 Ways to Find Stuff 5. Use the tag clouds on every page. Click on a word to see all items related to that word. The bigger the word, the more items related to it.

13. Blogs All Regional VP’s have a blog A Day in the Life of An Ag Teacher Blog Anyone can have a blog (look under “Your Stuff” after you create a profile) Other Cool Features

14. Friending Other Cool Features

15. Projects Other Cool Features

16. Groups Other Cool Features

17. RSS Feeds Other Cool Features

18. Track Views See how many times people look at what you post Other Cool Features 31,997

19. www.naae.org/communities Questions? Julie Fritsch NAAE Communications/Marketing Coordinator jfritsch.naae@uky.edu 1-800-509-0204 www.naae.org