By Jenni Hall L ife in southcentral Missouri is not what it used to be, especially for Floyd Clark, a community development specialist and field faculty member for University of Missouri Outreach and Extension. New technology such as computers, the Internet, email and digital cameras have proven to be invaluable tools in much of what Clark does.
Technology helps make that information easier to access.
He covers four counties, Shannon, Howell, Oregon and Texas, from his office in Eminence. The role technology plays has recently changed, becoming, for him, a main focus in itself. As such, people who are interested in information that Outreach and Extension may have can simply visit the website and find the information themselves, without having to contact someone. Presentation tools have also felt the impact of technology. One such tool is a digital camera.