Sue Humenik-Schmidt's Blog

The content I researched was related to diabetes because this is a topic I teach and wanted to find some new material.  I found some great podcasts at http://www.diabetes.org/  that I will definately use this fall as well as many powerpoint presentations through the center for disease control that I will use, specifically http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/slides/maps_diabestesobesity_trends%20.ppt.  And last but not least we signed up at the diigo site but honestly I didn’t use this much because it was just another “tool” and I was honestly overwhelmed by it all.  You can visit my site @ http://www.diigo.com/user/suhuschmidt and see what I have bookmarked. 

I created content on prezi.com for an online course segment I am going to be doing this fall.  I had never used prezi before and it was really easy to use and it may definately be something I try instead of powerpoints because the look is much more stimulating for students in class.  My prezi can be seen @http://prezi.com/idowir9ddeni/intro-to-med-surg1-clinical-topics/

I loved using Survey Monkey.  It was my first time creating a survey and I will definately use this again.  I think for me it will be very helpful pre-class to determine where the students are and then again post course to see what needs improvement.  My survey can be seen at http://www.surveymonkey.com/MyCollector_Detail.aspx?sm=PodoBuWcczcvsTwiNxHJ4deGdBxWQiCHFvbPBeXc2h55NiR6QntM3M3%2f5nnbzRsf

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I opened a twitter account for one of the assignments in this course.  I can be reached via twitter at  http://twitter.com/suhuschmidt   Actually you probably won’t be able to reach me there because I wasn’t a fan of twitter for a variety of reasons.  I couldn’t determine what I thought was worthy of announcing to the world.  When I did think of something worthy, the limited amount you can type made each entry seem unneccesary.

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I have used Skype for synchronous communication this semester.  My Skype name is SuHuSchmidt.  I enjoyed learning how to use Skype because I plan on “Skyping” with my son who is away in college starting this fall.  I think that this type of communication might be an option for office hours when students really want to “see” me and feel connected.  It might be a good option for when a student is reluctant while in an online class so the can feel more connected to me the instructor.

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Finally a list of all that I have used/saw/tried to conquer in the last 8 weeks.  Some items I loved (some I hated) but all were interesting!!

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Well I am an official blogger now!! Who would have ever thought that we (I) would be doing this!!!!

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