The Current Webinar 6 – Educating the Next Generation of Water Leaders

The sixth webinar in The Current speed networking series explores ways to educate the next generation of water leaders via 10-minute topic presentations and a 20-minute QA/networking segment. The webinar is free of charge and open to Extension professionals across the region. Please use the form below to register prior to the session.

Presenters and topics include:

• Elizabeth Juchems, Conservation Station Coordinator and Educator at Iowa Learning Farms – Water Rocks!: Making a Splash with Youth Water Education 
• Kate Reilly, Outreach Program Manager – Think Water, The Next Big Thing in Water (Thinking) Just got Bigger! Educators have new tools to embed thinking into their existing and developing water education activities. ThinkWater resources help educators recognize and assess thinking to strengthen program impacts.
• Catherine Techtmann, Environmental Outreach State Specialist – G-WOW: Gikinoo’wizhiwe Onji Waaban (Guiding for Tomorrow) Changing Climate, Changing Culture – A Model and Tools for Increasing Climate Change Literacy

Access Instructions

ACCESS THE WEBINAR –The webinar will be accessible 30 minutes prior to event start time.

Testing Blackboard Collaborate
Please take a few minutes to test your computer equipment. You may need to update software, so test your equipment prior to the webinar event.
Blackboard Collaborate – First Time Users

Help and Technical Support:
1. A common problem a first-time user may encounter is the installation of meeting.jnlp. Although the file is automatically downloaded, it requires administrator rights for the computer being used before it will install. Sometimes this file will initiate installation on its own. If it does not, you will need to locate the file and start the installation process manually. If you are unable to install meeting.jnlp please login with your administrator account and reinitiate installation. If problems persist, check with your local computer administrator for assistance.

2. A Java applet is used to make the connection between your computer and the online conference. A computer may be running an earlier version of Java so that it can continue to work with older software. To use that computer, the version of Java will have to be updated. If this is not practical, consider using another computer for connecting to the conference.