Google Apps

There are three classroom tools I find interesting. They include YouTube, Webinars, and  Google Apps for Education Teacher Training.

YouTube will allow me to show students educational films demonstrating various medical procedures that I would otherwise be unable to do. I can introduce the students to many different types of equipment, procedures, and various tests. We will be able to actually see the videotaped colonoscopy or perhaps bronchoscopy. They will be able to see the results of MRIs, CTs, or various nuclear medicine scans. I can also use short films to present various patient-staff situations and then have discussions of how to handle these situations.  

The Webinars would allow for continued educational training and/or workshops to occur wherever the individuals are. Anyone anywhere could sign up for the inservice/training session, listen to the lecture and complete the online quiz to receive their credit for completing the training. This will be especially helpful if I am working with a large corporation who has offices in several states.

The Google apps for Education  Teacher Training would provide me the resources to train other allied health instructors in how to effectively use Google Apps and the various products that are available to assist them in training the future health care workers.

Google docs will also play an important part in training. This application will allow a team of students to work on a project. It will help to reinforce the importance of team work and allow them to work on a project together, eliminating one of the more common obstacles, that of preparing the written document. This application allows everyone to have a part and responsibility in the finished product.