Overview of the Agricultural Experience Tracker AET

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Overview of the Agricultural Experience
Tracker(AET)

• Created by
• Roger Hanagriff, Clay Ewell, and Tim Murphy
• www.theaet.com

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What are record books all about?

• Agricultural Education is Learning by Doing
• The AET tracks your experiences in agriculture
• Your experiences are
• in the classroom
• out of the classroom
• participation in FFA events like contests and
  meetings
• projects (SAE)
• The Agricultural Experience Tracker
  (www.theAET.com) is the tool that tracks all your
  experiences and creates reports that analyze your
  records
• Well, Get Started!

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How is the AET Organized?

• Annual AET subscriptions are purchased for the Ag
  Program. Advisors create accounts for ALL
  students in their agriscience program
• There are two types of AET users students and
  the advisor
• Student accounts are organized into four
  sections
• Profile information about the student
• Journal records time spent learning
• Financial records involve money invested in
  learning
• Reports review records and analyze performance

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How is the AET Organized?

• The Advisor can access the following features
• Student account management add accounts, review
  student records
• Chapter activity tracker manage chapters
  calendar of events and document activities
• Program-Level Reports aggregate student
  financial and experiential records economic
  impact reports

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Communication in the AET

• The AET Messaging System allows private messaging
  among advisors, students, and AET support staff.
• This messaging system is internal to theAET.com
  and does not include typical email addresses it
  is designed strictly for Ag-related communication
• Teachers can send assignments and information to
  students and check to make sure they are working
  on it!

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SAE Portfolio and AET Community

• Student upload files and pictures to the AET for
  FFA Award Applications
• Advisors can review student uploads
• Advisors upload files and pictures
• Advisors may share files between Chapters in the
  AET Community

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Help in the AET learn as you go

• Users guides and help are integrated into the
  website
• Website for users offers educational materials
  link on the left side of the logged in menu. You
  can look at
• Educational Materials Glossary of Terms,
  Classroom assignments
• Quick-start guide
• Users manual
• Understanding Financials, Where does that go
  Again?
• Context-sensitive help from every webpage

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Navigating the Student Side

• Three control areas of the webpage
• Left/Stats Menu gives you a quick look at your
  financial situation and journal hours
• Top/Main Menu Profile, Journal, Finances,
  Reports. All features of program can be accessed
  from these links. Also, you can click the AET
  logo to return to the homepage.
• Middle Menu / Work Area lists submenu items
  and data entry

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AET helps Improve Records

• Garbage inGarbage out keep good records daily,
  and you will have accurate reports
• Efficiency reports are available on animal pounds
  such as gained per day, feed fed per day and
  conversion rates.
• Reviewing Records each type of transaction
  (Journal or Financial) have a transaction list
  for reviewing entries. If you find a mistake,
  edit that entry on the spot!
• FFA Award Reporting Generate all
  entrepreneurship and placement proficiency
  awards, American/State Degrees. Automatically
  saves your records into the Excel application.
  Save time and increase accuracy.

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Benefits to the Ag Program

• Student records are valuable measurement tools
  that can communicate the value of an agricultural
  education program
• Example are
• Total investment value of SAEP as a total
  economic value to your community
• Total student experiences from your program
• Money students spend are potential sponsorships
  ( used in feed for animal projects)
• Information for school administration

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Using the Demo Account

• Use the demo account to look around
• The demo account is fully operational, but
  accounts are deleted every 24 hours.
• There are two types of demo accounts
• Blank account an empty account to add records
  and look at reports. This account is also useful
  for classroom assignments.
• Example account creates a recordbook example
  that includes several experiences. You can
  change the records and look at the reports.

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How to get Started

• Go to www.theaet.com and select signing up your
  chapter
• Enter your information to see your subscription
  price
• Accounts are renewable each year and start on
  August 1
• To sign up, go to www.theaet.com or email
  info_at_theaet.com

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Still have Questions?

• Go to www.theaet.com and select ask AET a
  questions and we will get back with you.