Agency+Ideas

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**FROM Michelle and Maria**

Develop a program for a clinic to help inmates up for parole effectively transition and function in society again. //Ideas://
 * Department of Corrections or something similar with Department of Juvenile Justice**
 * Workshops for the clinic to prepare them for integration into the community again (changes in society they need to be prepared for- this may include learning how to use the computer?).
 * Develop a stimulating online program to provide strategies and track the progress of the individual. Provide an engaging checklist for steps to integrate back into the community – getting a job, getting housing, finances, social events, etc. – computers would be available at clinic for inmates to come in for weekly sessions.
 * Online component for an animal therapy program that helps inmates learn responsibility and such caring and teaching their assigned animal so that the animal can eventually be adopted.

Develop training for elders with cognitive or physical disabilities. //Ideas://
 * Department of Elder Affairs**
 * Develop a program to help elders with to deal with daily activities, become more independent.
 * Develop a program to teach elders with how to use the computer.
 * Note, any training for elders would add some difficulty for the other teams because they have to really consider their audience when designing.

Develop an innovative online program to educate and track exercise and keep user motivated. Something like www.mint.com, but for health. //Ideas:// > **@http://www.myphr.com/ > https://www.google.com/health/ p/** * Michelle
 * Department of Health**
 * Include monitoring charts for healthy eating and exercise.
 * Add in mobile tracking, daily email alerts, etc.
 * Motivating podcast workouts.
 * Needs to be a free application
 * Needs to have a cell phone application
 * *Just found two sites that I guess does something similar to what we are describing here, except the main goals are more to provide instant access to patient information for healthcare providers to react quicker in diagnosing a patient.

Develop materials/ program to educate and/or keep track of endangered species. //Ideas:// Posted Yesterday 6:41 pm - [|[delete]]
 * Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission**
 * Utilize twitter or RSS Feed to track spottings of endangered species, report strandings, etc.

Project: HealthEVET The My Health**//__e__//**Vet Program is a real program the Veterans Administration has been trying to get off the ground to assist veterans in taking part in their own healthcare and offset the huge numbers of veterans who call and visit the VA hospitals and medical centers to request information that they can access online. The services available to them with the Healthevet program include the ability to:
 * From Christina: ** ** Agency: Department of Veteran Affairs **

1) Refill prescriptions and view upcoming appointments. 2) Track and review their personal health matters (including blood pressure, blood sugar, weight, heart rate, and cholesterol records for monitoring and treatment) 3) Get electronic copies of their health records 4) Access medical educational information related to their medical conditions 5) Access health assessment tools 6) Provide access to their medical information for their family or veteran advocates, and VA and non-VA healthcare providers 7) Create an individualized health journal and maintain contact information, emergency contacts, healthcare providers, and health insurance information)

**//The need for training occurs//** veterans are not taking advantage of it due to 1-low literacy – most older veterans, the ones most in need of this program, have an average 5th grade reading level 2-low computer literacy ( In 2003, for example, only 11 percent of African Americans age 65 and older reported any online experience and only 22 percent of white seniors )1 3- Cognitive and motor impairments, which become more common as people age, create additional barriers. ( Older   people experience declines in vision, manual dexterity, memory, and cognitive abilities as they age, so print that is too small or not sufficiently readable, page layouts that are unclear or lack sufficient contrast, and backgrounds that distract may make accessing information difficult. Web sites with complicated or deep organizational structures or unclear links may make navigation difficult for people who are unfamiliar with the Web or have cognitive or memory deficits. Reduced dexterity may prevent users from double-clicking or pointing with precision in drop-down menus and other small spaces. In addition to technical problems, inexperience and lack of overall understanding of how computers and the Internet work add to the difficulties that can make using the Internet too intimidating for many older people)

Registration Page: [] Solution? We can train the Healthevet veteran advocates /trainers or the veterans to use the site when they come in for appointments and information If we train the writers we tell them to: To 1) rewrite sites that do not require pinpoint accuracy with the mouse. 2) Use Arial font of at least 12 to 14 points—and avoiding non-contrasting colors and confusing backgrounds. Older people have experienced a decline in the ability to distinguish blue, green, and yellow. Use 5th grade language and relevant images increase understanding. Limit animations, video, and audio segments be short. Use large, clear single click links no drop-down menus or automatic scrolling and include tutorial on using the site

If we train veterans s we go through basic technical computer skills

From Melinda

I had several ideas, but my two favorites are:

Department of Elder Affairs

Many agencies/care providers/organizations are unaware of how one's physical experience of the world changes as we age. I propose we develop a training with a technology aspect to develop a simulated experience of how seniors engage with the world. For example, this training would give learners the perspective of dealing with common senior challenges such as macular degeneration. The goal of this training would be to give those who provide services to the elderly a greater understanding of how they interact with the world and tips/recommendations of things they could do to improve seniors experience when engaging with their service/organization.

Department of Children and Families

Develop a program for children who are 17 and on the verge of "aging out" of the foster care system. This interactive program could include simulations on dealing with personal finance, educational choices, transportation and other skills that will be required from these so to be young adults. Special emphasis could be placed on advising them of community resources available to them to assist when challenges occur. This audience would probably be most receptive to the use of technology as part of the learning process.

From Katie

Hello everyone,

Here are my two suggestions:


 * (1) Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF. See their website: **[|**http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/**]**)**

Develop a training program that teaches learners about the Florida Abuse Program.

Learners: Professionally mandated reporters (listed on page 5 of DCF’s publication: [].

A wealth of information is provided on DCF’s webpage: [] Much of the information available could be integrated into a formal instructional training program. I don’t think we would have much trouble pulling specific learning objectives from the publications available (such as define abuse and report abuse of children and vulnerable adults), which would define our instructional training topics.


 * (2) Florida Geological Survey (See their website** [|**http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/**] **)**

Develop a training program that teaches learners about the role of the Florida Geological Survey department

Learners: Groups of Elementary School Students (specific grade to be determined after we conduct further research).

The training program could be a half-day session that the learners complete on a field trip. The program could provide educational information regarding the agency while incorporating experiments or other group activities.

Major topics could follow the headings listed on the homepage: -Sink Holes - Data and Maps - Florida Hydrogeology - Rocks and Minerals Identifier -Oil and Gas Section -Fossils

Specific learning objectives could be determined by researching these topic headings.