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Author Archives: carriedickson
Minnesota Health Educator’s Conference 2013
Once again I had a wonderful time at the Minnesota Health Educator’s Conference. This year we went to Brainerd and stayed at Madden’s on Gulls Lake. It was a nice resort but they should have ordered better springtime weather. =) … Continue reading
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Tagged Brainerd, concept-based, Cy Wakeman, Health Educator's Conference, leadership, Madden's, mnhec13, Nurse Tim, tweets, Twitter
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Mini-SUN conference, St. Paul, MN
I was lucky to attend a 1 day mini Simulation User Network conference sponsored by Laerdal and hosted by Regions hospital yesterday. What an amazing day! The conference brought together simulation experts from industry and academia, and attendees included nurses, … Continue reading
Posted in Simulation, Teaching
Tagged Laerdal, Regions, simulation, SUN, teaching, tweets, Twitter
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MANE Faculty Development: Maintaining Momentum for Change
Last Saturday I went to the first conference held by the Minnesota Alliance for Nursing Education. This group is a collaborative effort of several community colleges and one university nursing program who are putting together an entire nursing curriculum. It … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged conference, curriculum, MANE, Pestolesi, salience, teaching, tweets, Twitter
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Consumer Reports on Pregnancy and Birth?
As a blogger about nursing, parenting, birth, teaching, etc… I never really thought I’d do a blog post about Consumer Reports, but here goes. Consumer Reports (CR) is: an expert, independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to work for a … Continue reading
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Placenta pictures: a follow-up on an important social media case
It feels like the right time for me to follow-up on a previous blog posting about a group of nursing students who were kicked out of school for posting a picture of themselves with a placenta on Facebook. The school’s … Continue reading
Tweets from MN Health Educator’s Conference
There weren’t a lot of tweeters there, but several people learned! Here they are, from newest to oldest: Had a great time at #MNHEC12. Great to see old friends & make new ones. Hope for more tweeting & back channel convo … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development, Teaching
Tagged Health Educator's Conference, MNHEC12, tweets
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MN Health Educator’s Conference
I’m thrilled to be at another conference- my 3rd in 3 months! This means I’ll have time and inspiration to blog again. Right now I have neither, so I just wanted to tell my followers and HEC peeps to follow … Continue reading
Pros and cons of social media in classroom
A recent article in Campus Technology discussed the pros and cons of using social media in the classroom. Actually, its a topic I’ve heard about from a number of different realms. It is definitely all the rage right now. But … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged Back channel, Campus Technology, social media, social network, text, texting, Twitter
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Twitter 101
I am attending a workshop on Health Information Technology, and early on the first day they announced that they’d be tweeting the conference with #HITS12. A conversation came up with several attendees later about what the point of Twitter is … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Technology, Technology tidbit
Tagged Hashtag, HITS, HITS12, microblogging, Tweet, Twitter
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