New apps review

Under the Office Suite I liked the Google documents.  It is very user friendly and can be accessed from anywhere.  Many individuals have google accounts which again makes this app very easy to use because of prior knowledge that one would have from working with google.  Many employers as well as schools use this application already.
From my point of view I would recommend the Foto Flexer image editor.  Again it is very easy to use as well as aligns with the google document office suite.  It has a wide variety of tools to use within it and can be posted back to many other application ie facebook and picasa.  It was fun just to play with this product.

My radiography website

https://sites.google.com/site/radikcc/home

Screen cast

Z:\Academics\Medical\Staff\VandenbergC\The_X-ray_tube.swf

This screen cast shows an X-ray tube and its components.  This is of value in my courses to show the students how the x ray is created.

Concept map for Critical Thinking

This map represents a few of the step that a radiographer processes using their critical thinking skills when preparing to do a chest radiograph.  By plotting out this information will get the student thinking and understanding why critical thinking is so important in good patient care and doing the imaging correctly the first time, avoiding a repeat exam and over exposure to the patient.

Google map assignment

Students in my program will rotate to two different clinical sites over the next two years.  Their assignment will be to map out their route to their first clinical assignment. 


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=212934638075547734374.0004a924e0794678e6d1c&msa=0

View Bronson BCHS in a larger map

Delicious account

http://www.delicious.com/k0061616
KCC web page
ASRT

Digital radiography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6rWOg6YKtg
This is about digital imaging and easy access to your images.

Photo sharing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65117990@N07/5930585261

RSS

I subscribe to:
AuntMinnie.com
Golfchannel.com
Aunt Minnie is my professional link.
Golf is my "fun" subscription

Where my son learned to golf..Maple Hills Golf Club

View Larger Map

X-ray Baby

My pride and joy at State this year

Wiki post

http://clvandy.pbworks.com/

Reflections: R/D 1

Let me start with stating my background and experience with technology to better approach my thoughts about the 2 readings. 

Through my career in the health industry, technology has exploded.  I am a radiologic technologist of 29 years, just recently transitioning into education.  I have been instructing at a local community college for 3 years.  One of the positions that I held at a local hospital for 10 years was PACS administrator.  That stands for “Picture Archive Communication System”.  So I maintained the entire digital system for all the imaging departments.  That included educating/training the end users of the given product.

Where I am going with this point is in the article “Beyond Technology Integration:  The Case for Technology Transformation”, it defines markers that distinguish between the “old and the new”.  The end user, customer, was a huge focus with the new technology according to the vendors.  What we found, though, is that the engineers of the products designed them to what they felt was important and not necessarily to what was need.  So there can be quite a disconnect there.

Secondly being “forced” to use the new technology, ie no more x-ray film, now you need to have a computer to access the imaging met with extreme resistance in most cases.

So the older, non-traditional student may struggle with the technology not being raised on it like what may be more common with the younger generation.

In conclusion, I think technology can have value if approached in a user friendly way.

X-ray is more than taking pictures.

Being able to communicate with your patient and care for them is a vital part of a radiographer's job.