Handout for keynote speech for AAFCS Extension Community

1. Dr. Barbara O’Neill, CFP, CRPC, AFC, CHC, CFCS
Extension Specialist in Financial Resource Management
Cook Office Building Room 107
55 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 848-932-9126
oneill@aesop.rutgers.edu
Thirteen Terrific Technology Tools for Extension Educators
AAFCS Extension Luncheon: Extension Educating With Technology
June 25, 2015
Animated Videos- http://goanimate.com/ and https://www.moovly.com/ and http://wideo.co/
O’Neill Samples: https://www.youtube.com/user/moneytalkBMO
eXtension- “One-stop-shop” for Extension information on wide variety of topics including personal finance
(http://www.extension.org/personal_finance) and health/nutrition (http://www.extension.org/families_food_fitness)
Google+ Hangouts- Use for video chat meetings with up to 10 people or as archived video presentations
eXtension Samples: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVU_O8Cq313tXCZ5RJBMyMw
Online Calculators- Examples include the 1% More Savings Calculator
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/24/your-money/one-pct-more-calculator.html?_r=0 and Body Mass Index
(BMI) Calculator: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/adult_bmi/english_bmi_calculator/bmi_calculator.html
Online Curricula- An example is Next Generation Personal Finance (http://nextgenpersonalfinance.org/) with dozens of
free downloadable lesson plans based on open-source online resources with ‘no-hassle” access
Online Quizzes- Rutgers Cooperative Extension has six quizzes at http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/: Financial Fitness Quiz,
Identity Theft Risk Assessment Quiz, Investment Risk Tolerance Quiz, Personal Health and Finance Quiz, Personal
Resiliency Resources Assessment Quiz, and Wise Credit Management Quiz.
Pinterest- Use to assemble and curate (“pin”) photos and articles on topics of interest: https://www.pinterest.com/
eXtension Sample: https://www.pinterest.com/nporterid/small-steps-to-health-and-wealth/
PowerPoint Games- Use to introduce or review content with Jeopardy! or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? format
O’Neill Samples: http://rci.rutgers.edu/~boneill/review/index.html
Slideshare- Use to give any document a digital link (PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, spreadsheets, etc.)
O’Neill Sample: http://www.slideshare.net/BarbaraONeill/edit_my_uploads
Storify- Use to create a “story” from a series of tweets such as those from a Twitter chat or at a professional conference
O’Neill Samples: https://storify.com/moneytalk1/cooperative-extension-money-smart-week-chat-mswcha (SSHW
Twitter chat) and https://storify.com/moneytalk1/acci-2015-annual-meeting (ACCI annual meeting)
Twitter- Use to receive information, distribute information, and hold synchronous Twitter chats on a specified topic.
O’Neill Sample: https://twitter.com/moneytalk1
Two Monitors- Use one to create content and the other for Internet. You’ll never use one monitor again!
Webinar Platforms- Popular options include Adobe Connect and Go to Meeting. After the webinar, archive the video and
post a link to it online. eXtension sample:
https://learn.extension.org/events/tag/military%20families%20personal%20finance (MFLN webinars)

2. Background Reading
Teacher Tools: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/p/teacher-tools.html
The Best Interactive Web Tools for Educators: http://www.edudemic.com/best-web-tools/
The 31 Educational Web Tools Every Teacher Should Know About: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/12/the-31-
educational-web-tools-every.html
20 Must-Use Education Technology Tools: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-steinberg/education-tools_b_2567342.html
Selected Social Media Sites
Cooperative Extension
@moneyeXtension Tweets on a wide array of personal finance topics by Cooperative Extension faculty
@moneytalk1 Tweets on a wide array of personal finance topics by Dr. Barbara O’Neill (Rutgers University)
@MilFamLN Tweets on personal finance topics by the eXtension Military Families Learning Network
@CESValue Tweets about Cooperative Extension programs and their impact on the lives of Americans
@BeGrowCreate Tweets about Cooperative Extension programs and content offered online via eXtension
Investing
@FINRAFoundation Tweets about investment fraud and FINRA Foundation grantee financial education programs
@SEC_Investor Tweets about investing and investment fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Personal Finance (General)
@iGrad Tweets about student loans and personal finance topics targeted toward young adults
@YahooFinance Tweets on a wide array of investing and personal finance topics by http://finance.yahoo.com/
@MarketWatchPF Tweets on a wide array of investing and personal finance topics by www.marketwatch.com
@IRS Tweets about income tax related topics by Internal Revenue Service staff
@MSN_Money Tweets on a wide array of investing and personal finance topics by www.money.msn.com
@Kiplinger Tweets on a wide array of personal finance topics by writers at Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
@Money Tweets on a wide array of personal finance topics by writers at Money magazine
@Your_Money Tweets on a wide array of personal finance topics by writers at the New York Times
@WSJpersfinance Tweets on a wide array of personal finance topics by writers at the Wall Street Journal
Retirement Planning
@SocialSecurity Tweets about retirement planning and Social Security by Social Security Administration staff
@RetirementRsrch Tweets about retirement research studies by the Center for Retirement Research (Boston College)
@WISERWomen Tweets about retirement and other personal finance topics targeted toward women
@EBRI Tweets about retirement and employee benefits by the Employee Benefit Research Institute
Saving
@SaveYourRefund Tweets about saving money and prize-linked savings contests with prize drawings for saving
@choosetosave Tweets about saving money and personal finance by the American Savings Education Council
@feedthepig Tweets about saving money and personal finance sponsored by the AICPA and the Ad Council
@AmericaSaves Tweets about saving money and personal finance by the America Saves program
Your Favorite Personal Finance Social Media Sites
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