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MILWAUKEE, Wis. - The
electronic classroom becomes the
latest teaching tool for vocational
agriculture instructors in New
Jersey as they begin using Ag Ed
Network, America’s first com
puter educational network for
agriculture.
Through a special project
designed to establish a statewide
program for vo-ag education, a
group of 14 high schools will
receive telephone modems, con
nect time and a year’s subscription
to Ag Ed Network in an effort to
expand the use of this new teaching
tool.
The project included an in
service training workshop held
during the New Jersey State
Future Farmers of America
chapter officer training session at
YMCA Camp Bernie near
Washington, N.J. Oct. 17 and 18.
The in-service was designed to
help teachers learn how to
properly incorporate this new
technology into their classrooms.
Federal vocational educational
funds were used to finance the
project, administered by the
Division of Vocational Education,
New Jersey Department of
Education.
The project was proposed and
directed by Ed Evaul, agriculture
department chairperson, Northern
Burlington County Regional High
School, Columbus, N.J. According
to Evaul, Ag Ed Network will be a
tremendous help and timesaver for
vo-ag teachers.
“We’ve so far just touched the
surface of what it can do for our vo
ag programs. It has great
potential. We’re looking forward to
transferring knowledge received
at the in-service to the students,”
he said.
Instructors can access Ag EM
Hew Jersey Ag Instructors Utilize Computer Network
Network to receive timely lessons
in marketing, finance, and other
agricultural subjects. The network
contains more than 850 curriculum
lessons and projects, including
daily updates about the impact of
current events on agriculture.
There are 636 student and teacher
versions of lessons, as well as 52
Information Management lessons
for producers and 169 Adult
Correspondence lessons.
Teaching modules include: farm
business management, taxes and
accounting, farm production
planning and farm product
marketing, plus issues for
discussion.
“Computerization of the
classroom is certain to have a huge
impact on the future of
agriculture,” said Larry Squire,
assistant manager of Ag Ed
Network for AgriData Resources,
Inc., a Milwaukee-based electronic
information and communications
service for agriculture.
“Ag Ed Network puts students
way ahead by introducing them to
the latest technology in the field.
More importantly, many of the
lessons on the network help
students develop those
management and marketing skills
needed to stay competitive and
resourceful in the agricultural
market today - and in the future.”
Ag Ed Network users also have
access to all of the information and
communications services offered
to regular users of AgriData
Network, the nation’s leading
videotex service used by farmers.
Available on-line are government
reports, cash and futures com
modity prices, stock market, in
formation and a variety of market
advisories Top Farmer,
Doane’s. Helmine. and others
all designed to encourage farmers tested programs in vocational of their educational instructors,
to forecast their own marketing agriculture classrooms in 1983 It New j fa the 15th state to
pl ans - . a 7 ailabl L/ Cr T* J* 1 ® develop a statewide program for
Ag Ed Network, a joint project of United States in 1984 and today education using Ag Ed
the National Future Farmers of reaches more than 24,000 vo-ag Network
America and AgriData, pilot- students through the memberships
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Members of the steering committee for the second annual Maryland Women's
Agricultural Forum have been working hard to prepare this event. The forum is
scheduled for Nov. 20 in the Holiday Inn at Annapolis, near the intersection of U.S. 50
and Highway 450.
Shown are, from left: Fay Baase of Crofton, Martha Clark of Roxbury, Leona Dell of
Cranberry, Maria M. de Colon of College Park, Patricia M. Stabler of Etchison, Helen M.
Huber of Annapolis, Madeleine G. Wojciechowski of Darnestown, Wilma Mallow of
Cumberland, and Lucille Beale of Emmitsburg.
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