ON24 and Sims

ON24 and Sims

Two examples of virtual environments I would like to use for instruction are ON24 and the Sims game. My rationale for choosing these virtual environments are they give players the chance to make choices and engage in those learning as they wish. ON24’s URL is http://www.on24.com/products/virtual-environments/.  ON24 is an interactive environment that can be tailored to look like our classroom. Students log in to the environment and are directed to courses and resources. The courses can be interactive. I could present resources at the left of the screen. Students can read the information and advance to other classes. I could give information on the carotid pulse; location, facts, and pictures. Next, the students can answer questions. If they answer the questions correctly, they can advance on to the next pulse site. This virtual environment reminds me of the Sims game. The Sims game URL is https://www.thesims.com. The Sims game is a life simulation game wherein players can choose their own character and make choices about any aspects of their lives. I would create a Sims game wherein the students are nursing assistants. They would have to choose the appropriate pulse site to assess. If the students choose the correct pulse site, the patient will live. If the students choose the wrong pulse site, the patient would die.

Reference

Website: Retrieved from http://www.on24.com/products/virtual-environments/.

Website: Retrieved from https://www.thesims.com.

IPods and GPS

GPS and IPods

            The URL for GPS is www.gps.gov. The reason why I selected GPS is because I know little about this system. GPS is the acronym for Global positioning system. This system is used to locate places and positions on the Earth. GPS does not require the internet to be used. The United States maintains GPS through global satellites. Two ways I have thought about implementing GPS in the classroom setting include Facebook and games. Facebook can be used as a login to document students’ positions during field trips related to medicine and nursing. For instance, students that visit colleges, museums, or clinical settings can document their locations on Facebook with a brief synopsis of their day in that environment. Secondly, a GPS game can be created through Prezi, that helps the students identify pulse site locations of the body.

            Ipods can also be used to identify pulse sites. IPods can be used by recording verbal information and pictures identifying pulse sites. For example, I can record information on the radial pulse and the students can download that information from the school’s google accounts. Also, pictures can be saved on IPods identifying the location of the pulse sites. IPods are storage devices for multimedia. I choose the IPods because they will help students keep a collection of resources on pulse sites. The URL for IPods are www.apple.com/ipod.

Reference

Website: Retrieved from www.gps.gov

Website: Retrieved form www.apple.com/ipod

Facebook and Twitter

Twitter and Facebook

The two social networking technologies I chose to analyze are Twitter and Facebook. I choose these web tools to keep adult learners informed and engaged in adult education topics. Both social networks are free. Twitter’s URL is https://twitter.com. Twitter is a conversation style blog. The posts on Twitter are shorter than traditional blogs. Twitter is a good tool to help keep adult learners informed. An adult educator can start a blog to post classwork assignments and answer any questions posed by adult learners about a course.

Facebook’s URL is https://www.facebook.com. Facebook’s purpose is to provide a marketplace for members to share information. That information can be a picture, video, or a post. Other members can respond to the post and post information about their own views to that post. Facebook can enhance adult education by allowing members to gather in a forum and post relevant information regarding any topic.

 

Reference

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms (3rd

ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Facebook and Twitter

Twitter and Facebook

The two social networking technologies I chose to analyze are Twitter and Facebook. I choose these web tools to keep adult learners informed and engaged in adult education topics. Both social networks are free. Twitter’s URL is https://twitter.com. Twitter is a conversation style blog. The posts on Twitter are shorter than traditional blogs. Twitter is a good tool to help keep adult learners informed. An adult educator can start a blog to post classwork assignments and answer any questions posed by adult learners about a course.

Facebook’s URL is https://www.facebook.com. Facebook’s purpose is to provide a marketplace for members to share information. That information can be a picture, video, or a post. Other members can respond to the post and post information about their own views to that post. Facebook can enhance adult education by allowing members to gather in a forum and post relevant information regarding any topic.

                                                                        Reference

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms (3rd

ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. 

Flickr and Youtube

 Two multimedia resources I investigated are Flickr and YouTube. The URL for Flickr is https://www.flickr.com/  . The URL for YouTube is https://www.youtube.com/. Flickr is a collection of pictures posted that can be narrated by sound. I am teaching students about common pulse sites. I could have picture of a body with bullets identifying common pulse sites. Once the students click the bullets they could display pertinent information about that pulse site.

            I could use YouTube to display how to locate and listen for the apical heart rate. I could record myself demonstrating this skill and share the video on YouTube. YouTube is a social media resource that can be uses videos and allows participants to share their ideas.

Reference

Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms

 (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.101-129.