USDA FNIC SNAP-ED CONNECTION

Kevin Handsman, Dietetic Intern

OVERVIEWLarge Projects

Nutrition Through the Seasons

e- Bulletin

Nutrition Apps and Games Page

Gardening Resources page

Small Projects and Activities

Resource Reviews

Old Resources

Web Strategy Meetings

NUTRITION THROUGH THE SEASONS One of the growing

resources of the SNAP-Ed connection

Provides information on seasonality, nutrition, selection, storage, cooking, and growing of various fruits and vegetables.

Created a “Celery” page Developed professional

writing and technology skills

E-BULLETIN The e-Bulletin is growing

resource that started with 234 on the mailing list in April 2013 to 993 in October 2013.

Currently the mailing list is 1507

This bulletin includes a “state spotlight” of a SNAP-Ed Program making a difference

Researched and contacted several states for more information

Iowa was happy to participate Developed professional

communication skills

E-BULLETIN

NUTRITION APPS AND GAMES Massive growth in media

usage of adults and children

Researched top apps and popular games

Created a list of resources Developed professional

writing and technology skills

Will be highlighted in e-Bulletin and sent to the LISTSERV

GARDENING RESOURCE PAGE The gardening resource page contained

quality information However, it was unorganized and

finding something specific was challenging

Re-organized the information into sections and removed excess information

Developed professional writing, organizational, and technology skills

GARDENING RESOURCE COMPARISON

OLD NEW

RESOURCE REVIEWS One of the primary

audiences of the SNAP-Ed Connection website is nutrition educators.

Resource reviews provide the necessary information to select the correct educational tool for a target group

Entered in phpMyAdmin Developed professional

writing and tech skills

OLD RESOURCE EVALUATION Evaluated resources 10 years or older for current

relevance Created comments on the overall content Color coded my opinions on whether an item should

be deleted, possibly kept, or definitely kept

WEB STRATEGY MEETINGS Planned direction for the week Discussed which content should be

updated, moved, or removed Thought critically about ways to

improve usability Developed protocols for web

management Practiced professional communication

skills

OTHER ACTIVITIES Checked all links were properly working

for Topics A-Z Brainstormed additional way to link to

Nutrition Through the Seasons and the Resource Finder

Developed a list of what kinds of information should be linked to for each individual fruit or vegetable

Updated webinar spotlights

NEW SKILLS LEARNED SKILLS PRACTICED

HTML coding Website content

management How to write for a

government agency

Professional writing Professional interaction Professional E-mail

correspondence General technology

skills

THANKS! Thank you Jennifer

Anderson, Jen Mitchell, and Rachel Tobin for making me feel welcome for the 5 weeks I worked here. I couldn’t have done this without you and appreciate your support and attention!