{"id":2176,"date":"2019-06-03T07:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/?p=2176"},"modified":"2019-06-03T07:36:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T14:36:27","slug":"creating-interest-with-technology-in-the-great-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/2019\/06\/03\/creating-interest-with-technology-in-the-great-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating interest with technology in the great outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"770\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VyX_YF-C7hE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\nThe innovative Virtual Park Ranger is this month\u2019s First Monday Update topic. Scott Reed learns more about it with guests Alan Dennis and Stephen Ward, multimedia and visual technology designers from Extension and Experiment Station Communications.<\/p>\n<p>The Virtual Park Ranger will be a way for everyone to learn about and engage with the outdoors in a relatable, customizable and real-time way. Extension experts are anticipated to play a key role in providing information about our natural environment.<\/p>\n<p>The VPR team is partnering with Outdoor School to pilot the project in outdoor school locations. If you work with youth and the outdoors, <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/people\/alan-dennis\">Alan<\/a> and Stephen would like to explore how the Virtual Park Ranger can be adapted to generate enthusiasm for outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #d73f09\">Share one or more of your favorite outdoor places<\/span> in the comment section below. Who knows, your favorite might be considered for a must see list on the Virtual Park Ranger!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The innovative Virtual Park Ranger is this month\u2019s First Monday Update topic. Scott Reed learns more about it with guests Alan Dennis and Stephen Ward, multimedia and visual technology designers from Extension and Experiment Station Communications. The Virtual Park Ranger will be a way for everyone to learn about and engage with the outdoors in&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/2019\/06\/03\/creating-interest-with-technology-in-the-great-outdoors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[133302],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-monday-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72CNa-z6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2181,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176\/revisions\/2181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/engage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}