2. Overview of Projects
Software Testing- Alliance for Healthier Generation Calculator
Smart Snacks Resources Page
Professional Standards Training Resources
Child Nutrition Database Software Evaluation
Web Project
Tweets - School Nutrition Environment and Wellness Resources
Last Week’s Projects
Professional Standards Website
USDA’a Dietarty Guidance Working Group Project
Vegeterian Resources list
3. Scavenger Hunt: The Glue that Kept
Everything Together
1st Day: Scavenger Hunt
Almost every project started with:
Reading and more reading
Researching
Organizing materials that could be potential resources
Utilizing technology to the fullest
4. Software Testing
SMART Snacks Calculator
Reviewed the output for product nutritional
labels
Meets or does not meet the Smart Snacks nutrition
standards
If does not meet- The reason why
Put results in product label spreadsheet
Took the Usability Survey- short 5 question
survey
9. Smarts Snacks in Schools
Standards
As required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free
Kids Act of 2010 USDA has issued new
“Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards
for competitive foods and beverages sold
outside of the federal reimbursable school
meals program during the school day
10. Smarts Snacks in Schools
Standards
These standards set limits on
Calories
Salt
Sugar
Fat
Beverages
Promotes snack foods that have
Whole
grains
Low fat dairy
Fruits and vegetables
Protein foods as their main ingredients
11. Smarts Snacks in Schools
Standards
Notes:
These standards are the minimum requirement for
schools
Schools can adapt standards that are stricter than
the federal standards
Flexibility:
Time-honored traditions like fundraisers and bake
sales
12. Smart Snacks Resources Project
My Role:
Find Resources for Smart Snacks page
Lots
of research
Utilized Drupal : Content Management System
13. My First Web Page:
Smart Snacks in School Resources
14. Software Evaluations Project
Evaluated TrakNOW and WebSMARTT3 for
CN17 compliancy (Child Nutrition Databaseversion17)
Worked on a draft of the testing conditions for
CN18
(Child Nutrition Database-Version18)
15. Child Nutrition Database (CN-D)
The Child Nutrition Database (CN-D)
CN-17: current Version
CN-18: More recent version
Data is collected on the following 15 nutrients:
Calories
Total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol,
Sodium
Carbohydrate, dietary fiber
Protein
Vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, iron,
Ash, and moisture
18. Professional Standards Resources Project
Goals:
Staff Training - Employee will be able to ensure essential
training is available and will encourage professional
development.
Ensure that all employees receive proper training in all
essential areas.
Offer opportunities for professional development.
Develop employee training plans, including a plan for
tracking training.
Implement a plan for retention, promotion and recognition.
20. Tweets
For :
School Nutrition Environment and Wellness
Resources Page
Also used:
Used bitly to shorten the links
One of my Tweets:
Need new ideas to boost the wellness efforts at your
school? View this collection of success stories for
inspiration http://1.usa.gov/1bmAWwi
21. Web Project
Farm to School Section
Reviewed
the current Farm to School section
Categorized the resources
Did the HTML codes for the Farm to School resources
into
Beans Section
Helped with the organization of the resources
22.
23. Last Week’s Projects
Professional Standard's webpage
The Vegetarian Nutrition Resources(Currently working
on it)
Reviewed for user friendliness and browsability of resources
Review the resources for accuracy
Find additional resources for Vegetarian diet and Disease Prevention
USDA’s Dietary Guidance Working Group Project
Reviewed a pamphlet created for Vietnamese population living in the
USA
Reviewed Professional Standard's webpage to check for the user friendliness and browsability of resources. Reviewed a pamphlet created for Vietnamese population living in the USA to make sure that it is in compliant with the Dietary Guidelines.Reviewed the Vegetarian Nutrition Resources for accuracy.
Nutrition specification of the rule how much Sugar, calories, salt, sat fat…
The new standards preserve flexibility for
I needed to mention that how it felt so I needed this picture
is required to be part of the nutrient analysis software approved by USDA for use in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, as well as, software approved for Nutrient Standard Menu Planning (NSMP). •Food Description File•Food Category Name File•Weight File•Nutrient Values File•Nutrient Description File•Food Buying Guide File•Food Buying Guide Link File •Data Quality Control Table (For FNS Purposes)
What I have learned1- working and cooperating form distance2- learned about the evaluation process and all the work that it is done to evaluate softwares3-Learned how to utilize these softwaresI want to thank Natalie for her amazing emails that were giving me detailed instruction and making things way easier
To determine if any resources should be deleted.
to check for the user friendliness and browsability of resourcesmake sure that it is in compliant with the Dietary Guidelines. The pamphlet is created by national heart, lung and blood institutefor accuracy.