2. You are to send an "unusual or interesting" fact about yourself to the instructor. This should be done by June 15. The instructors e-mail address is gary_moore@ncsu.edu.

3. You are to go the Itinerary web site for this class and do a pre-visit to each of the sites we will visit. You are to make a list of 5-10 questions (total) after visiting the sites that you would like to have answered on this trip. You are to e-mail these questions to the instructo by June 15.

4. You are to participate in the nightly seminars. (June 25-29). This assignment, the previous three assignments and the last part of assignment 7 below is considered as class participation and will count for 15% of your grade.

5. You will keep a log of the trip. This log should be an accurate portral of where we went, what was said, and what we saw at each stop. In addition to the factual information, this log should also contain your impressions of each stop. Were you dissappointed, elated, thrilled, saddened, etc. at each stop? Were the programs average, above average, or below average? In other words, what was your gut reaction to what was presented at each stop. The log will count for 30% of your grade. This is due July 6.

6. You will prepare a paper titled "A Comparison of Cooperative Extension or Agricultural Education Programs in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio." In this paper you will compare and contrast either the extension program or the agricultural education programs in each state. Depending upon which program you are writing are you might want to talk about local and state programming, state and local organization and staffing patterns (multi-county vs. one county), funding, accountability, facilities, courses offered, how curriculum is determined (state mandated vs. local decision), FFA activities, SAE program, facilities, and state structure and organization for agricultural education. I am guessing this paper might be 5-10 pages in length. This paper will count for 35% of your grade. This paper is due July 13.

  7. You are to select one idea you learned as a result of this trip (either in something that was observed or something your learned from interactions with your classmates) and prepare a one page paper describing the idea and how it could be implemented in your program. This will count for 20% of your grade. The paper is to be submitted to the instructor. You will also send an e-mail to your classmates, briefly describing the implementation of this idea (in one paragraph or less). This is due July 6.