Blog #2
In the 21st technology
age, the nurse educator has access to a multitude of technological enhancements
and strategies to both deliver content and develop creative learning strategies
for his or her students. I have found several very interesting ways to grab a
student’s attention and get a point across to them while keeping their interest
sparked. I find Voki very inquisitive, a way to lighten spirits and keep
attention of students, similar to an ice breaker. I have used it several times
so far and the only thing I am unable to make it do is speak using my
microphone. I have learned how to text a
message to it and it speaks what I have texted just not in my voice, so I find
it uniquely useful. Obviously, I find simulation always exciting and unique.
However I have usually found simulation on a computer to be challenging for me
because I haven’t used computers very well in the past and they found them
frightening. So far I have learned many new things since I started the
bachelors program at Roberts Wesleyan College and I find this course to be very
informative and intriguing. I now know how to download a YouTube video or embed
I should say. Even though the whole course is a challenge to me, I look forward
to being slightly more technologically advanced. I find Weebly not so much a
chore anymore but fun! The other night I had to do a lecture to a radiology
group where I spoke in front of 100 people and I made a PowerPoint which is so
unlike me! PowerPoint is so much easier for me now than what it used to be. I
find it actually fun to make a PowerPoint and look at what I have created. I
know by the end of this course I will feel the same way and hopefully not be as
stressed.
Very nice start Amy!
ReplyDeleteAmy... I am happy to see that you are appreciating all you are learning. Although the learning curve can sometimes be steep, I think you will find that the benefits outweigh the temporary frustrations!
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