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The new NP50 Projector has arrived!

The new NP50 Projector has arrived!

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CAS at a Glance

CAS at a Glance

CAS at a Glance is the blog for the CAS Resource Center. What’s a blog you ask? A blog is a lot like a newsletter with the exception that you can respond back immediately to the articles you read. We hope you’ll use the blog to keep up to date with things that are going on up here at CAS that affect you and also that you’ll let us know what you think by posting to the blog.

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Refuge Rescue Day

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Junior 4-H’ers from across Mississippi flexed their robotic muscles during the first Junior 4-H Robotics Camp, codenamed “Refuge Rescue”. The camp was held in conjunction with the Senior 4-H Technology and Expressive Arts Camp.The "Rangers" had a full day of exciting activities including robot construction, robot recycling, learning about solar energy, and more.

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Landmarks Magazine

Conference Covers Technology from Web to Robots

imageOne of the newest events on the 4-H schedule is the State Science, Technology and Engineering Conference. The first conference was held in 2007, and participation doubled to almost 100 for 2008. This year’s conference included session on Flash software, Web site design, geographic information systems, digital photography and a communications session on speaking and entertainment. Also included were new sessions on robotics and rocketry. All of the sessions are designed for participants to learn while having fun. “They are learning basic engineering techniques and critical-thinking skills,” said Mariah Smith, Extension instructor and coordinator of the robotics sessions.

Mississippi Magazine

Let Freedom Ring

imageFamily members with loved ones in Iraq know that sometimes the "heartfelt" connection just isn't enough, especially for young children. Thanks to Freedom Calls Foundation and Mississippi State University's Extension offices, videoconferencing brings a "physical" connection for military personnel and their families - it's not home for the holidays, but it provides much-needed reassurance for young family members.

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Monroe County News

Monroe County 4-H Robotics Club

imageMississippi 4-H students in Monroe county are being introduced to engineering and science in a "fun and low cost way", according to Mariah Smith, an Extension instructor with the Computer Applications and Services Resource Center. The Monroe County 4-H Robotics club is one of twenty-six counties across the state participating in the first robotics meetings in January, which covered electrical circuits. The course is taught by Smith through video teleconferencing to the 4-H clubs across the state simultaneously.

DeSoto County News

DeSoto County 4-H Robotics Club

image"A group of 4-H Club students from DeSoto and Bolivar counties were hard at work Saturday preparing for the challenge that lies ahead -- to design, assemble and program robots.

Divided into pairs, the students used their time during the three-hour workshop at the DeSoto County School Board in Hernando to become familiar with the different components of the machine they will build and take to Mississippi 4-H's annual senior (ages 14-18) and junior (ages 8-13) robotics competitions this summer"(story from The Commercial Apppeal Memphis Tennessee).

GPS Day

GPS Day at Hernando Middle School

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Hernando Middle School 7th grade students participated in a Global Positioning System (GPS) day where the students learned how to use a GPS unit in 4 different applications. This day was planned by Dr. Joy Fox Anderson, Ms. Gay Briggs, Mr. Brian Avant and Dr. John Giesemann to train the students in basic use of the GPS units.
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The CAS Resource Center Blog

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If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words...

Then the MSUES Gallery database is a veritable encyclopedia of everything Extension. A joint effort by Ag Communications and CAS... Read More

Should I Use Novell Groupwise Messenger?

That’s completely up to you. Novell Groupwise Messenger is one way that MSU can communicate with you in the event of a campus emergency... Read More
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