In the past few weeks, I have been exploring and
discovering technology that is quite new to me. I have heard of blogging before,
however had never utilized it. Nonetheless, I am becoming accustomed to
blogging, and find it rather pleasing and uncomplicated. Diigo is another new technology
for me. I had a difficult time figuring out how to operate it; however I am now
finding it easy to bookmark interesting articles, readings, and videos. Moreover,
I am learning how these new technologies are being used in education. I have
come across many great, enlightening articles regarding incorporating
technology in education. One in particular that I bookmarked in Diigo was, “Integrating
YouTube into the Nursing Curriculum” found in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. The article discusses and
provides information on how YouTube can be effective, user-friendly, and
engaging for today’s nursing students. As we are learning in our Instructional
Technology in Health Systems course, nurse educators should be innovative and stimulating
in order to teach future nursing professionals, and be current with the ever
changing health care technological advances. I also have learned in these past
few weeks that evaluating technology for a program is essential for ensuring
the material and technology being used is effective. There are many tools which
are beneficial for evaluating technology. Overall, I look forward to further
enhance my computer knowledge and skills, and being able to integrate it in my
teaching methods.
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