Lessons+Learned



Technology is a very important aspect of radiology and education which will become more powerful and have more of a presence in the years to come. Before taking this class I used a little technology in my classroom, but I was not aware of all the opportunities available to us (and mostly for free) and I did not use what I had to it's full advantage. I have seen and used many different web tools that can improve my efficiency as a teacher and as a student. The majority of this generation is constantly plugged into their phones, music players, computers, or game consoles. I need to compete with all that, and I can use this media to reach more students and hopefully in the process more learning will occur. Education is currently seeing another swing from the traditional methods of the lecture based learning to a more hands-on learning method. Lessons can be taught in a multitude of ways, but lends itself well to less direct instruction and more to exploratory or problem based learning. I believe the students respond better to this, and retain more of the material since it is related to real-world issues and they are individually absorbing it. I have already include a podcast, videos from utube, from my book, and from students teaching students.This class has reinforced the importance of using technology in the classroom, but at the same it can be very overwhelming and I try not to add it all at once. I think it is alright to include only what you are comfortable with and add more over time.