Utilizing Clicker Technology for Interactive Extension Programs

1. Using Clicker Technology in Extension Programs

2. Why are you here? • Voucher Training or pesticide recert. • General Info • Get out of the house • Socialize • Yummy food!!

3. Please make your selection... • 0 • 1-10 • 11-20 • 21-30 • 31-40 • More than 41

4. How long have you been growing vegetables and fruit? • Less than 5 years • 5 to 10 • 11 to 20 • 21 to 30 • More than 30 years

5. How many years have you been growing vegetables and fruit? • Less than 5 years • 5 to 10 years • 11 to 20 years • 21 to 30 years • More than 30 years Categories do not overlap! Unit of measure is years. What is a year? Calendar year? Fiscal year? 12 months? 2009?

6. Do you have written procedures and policies for how you grow and handle your produce? • Yes • No • Don’t know

7. Do you have written procedures and policies for how you grow and handle your produce? • Yes • No • Don’t know What is written procedures and policies? A piece of paper in my pocket? A notebook with notes? A formal policy?

8. Question and the “metric” should be consistently understood! Example: How many times have you accessed Extension services? What counts as accessing Extension services? Office visit? Web site? Child involved with 4-H?

9. What percentage of your fruit or vegetable crop acreage is fertilized with compost, sludge or manure? • 0 % … no compost, sludge or manure is used • Less than 25 % of the acreage • 26 to 50 % of the acreage • 51 to 75 % of the acreage

10. Did this class/program meet its advertised objectives? • Strongly Agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly Disagree

11. Did this class/program meet its advertised objectives? • Strongly Agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly Disagree Forced-Choice Questions – You have to decide!

12. Your ranking of the speaker:Name of speaker here • Very Effective • Effective • Neutral • Ineffective

13. Your ranking of the speaker:Name of speaker here • Very Effective • Effective • Ineffective • Very Ineffective • Balanced response scale. Could add neutral (such as next slide) or NA. I don’t use neutral because I want to force a ranking. Another option: • Effective • Somewhat Effective • Somewhat Ineffective • Ineffective

14. Was this class/program current, up-to-date? • Strongly Agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly Disagree

15. I learned how a 4-H meeting should be conducted • Yes lots • Some • Not much

16. I think I can do my officer duties better now • Yes lots • Some • Not really

17. I’m glad I came to the workshop • Yes, lots • Some • Not really

18. What food is most often home canned? • Tomatoes • Meat • Jam, jelly • Corn 5

19. The pH that divides water bath canning from pressure canning is: • 4.0 • 4.6 • 5.0 • 5.2

20. Jars appropriate for canning are: • Mason jars • Old mayo jars • Spaghetti sauce jars • All of the above

21. How would you rate the conference facility (Doubletree Hotel)? • Poor • Fair • Good • Very Good • Excellent

22. How would you rate the conference facility (Doubletree Hotel)? • Poor • Fair • Good • Very Good • Excellent What’s the problem?

23. How much did you learn about financial strategies related to savings, investments, retirement? • Nothing • A Little • Some • A Lot

24. After today, will you budget money to spend for food each month? • Always • Often • Sometimes • Rarely • Never 10

25. Before today, did you budget money to spend for food each month? • Always • Often • Sometimes • Rarely • Never 5

26. Before today, did you budget money to spend for food each month? • Always • Often • Sometimes • Rarely • Never Frequency scale. Sometimes is the mid-point in the scale. If you said always, almost always, most of the time, just about always, and never, you would have an unbalanced scale. These frequencies lean toward a positive response on budgeting money.

27. Before /after questions Participants may not accurately assess their pre-program knowledge or behaviors. Then, at the end of the program, their new understanding of the program content may affect their response on the post self-assessment. They are actually responding based on two different frames of reference. Example on handout.

28. Before today, did you compare prices before you buy food? • Always • Often • Sometimes • Rarely • Never

29. After today, will you compare prices before you buy food? • Always • Often • Sometimes • Rarely • Never

30. Which of the following methods is unsafe for thawing meat and poultry? • On the bottom shelf of the refrigerator • In the microwave • In cold water changed every 20 minutes • On the kitchen counter

31. Which of the following methods is unsafe for thawing meat and poultry? • On the bottom shelf of the refrigerator • In the microwave • In cold water changed every 20 minutes • On the kitchen counter

33. You found a frozen turkey that has been in your freezer 5 years. Should you … • Keep it • Toss it

34. You found a frozen turkey that has been in your freezer 5 years. Should you … • Keep it • Toss it

36. You decide! Food kept frozen at 0 degrees F is still safe to eat. However, it may not taste as good. To assure best flavor, prepare and serve a frozen turkey within a year.

37. Thanks to the following educators:Lacie Ashby, Allegany Co.Jim Lewis, Caroline Co. Dave Martin, Baltimore Co.

38. Writing Questions • Decide if you are after process (how’s it going) or content (have you learned anything) • Only ask what you need to ask • Survey fatigue • Only one question at a time—no “double-barrell” (Do you like to eat fruits and vegetables? Do you volunteer in a local, state, or national 4-H effort?)

39. Writing Questions • Consider literacy levels • Advantages of clickers • Test your questions: Can be simple—say them out loud to yourself, to others. Have your neighbor read them. • Watch out for bias and leading questions: • Do you think agriculture in Maryland is considered as important as it should be? How do you feel about the inadequate funding for University of Maryland Extension?

40. Writing Questions R-E-S-P-E-C-T • Watch out for: • jargon and acronyms • sensitive information • gotcha questions • irrelevant questions