Huda,+Shamim

Safety Lesson Plans:

Students will be able use blogs as a reflective technique every week within 48 hours of clinical experience. The goal of this expercise is for students to learn from each others experience and have time to reflect on their own learning.
 * Objective**:

Word press to create blogger accounts and computers with internet.
 * Technology: **

This technology will require students to share their work, using first names only, in order to reflect on their learning and share it with their group members Clinical post conference is the widely use method in the nursing teaching. Reflection on learning is thought to be one of the ways in which clinical post conference time is been utilized by the nursing students. Research had been conducted that if students are given time after their clinical to reflect on their experience they learn better. Students will be required to write their blogs within 48 hours of clinical as oppose to right after the clinical time as in traditional post conference. This will be shared with the members of the class and the teacher only.
 * Brief explanation on how the technology will be used: **

In working on line students will be expected to only reflect on their learning without disclosing any identifiable information about their patients. They have to use appropriate language and being mindful of other students’ experiences. The will also share internet resources in their blogs if that is required for the blogging assignment of the week by the instructor.
 * Description of which behavior will be expected of the student: **

Students will be given instructions on how to create their blog in the computer lab on the first day of clinical. Students will be required to create blog entry every week after clinical rotation on the assigned topic by the instructor. Each student needs to respond to at least two other students’ blog entries each week with meaningful feedback, information, or questions. Students will practice their first blog entry in the computer lab. If students have used any identifiable patient data, instructor can edit it and student can be penalized for using unethical behavior.
 * PROCESS **

Evaluation of the blog entry will be done using following rubric.

Citations for any sources used: Students are required to cite all the sources they used in the blogging assignment.
 * || 5 || 3 || 0 ||
 * Content || Exemplary || Developing concepts || Needs Improvement in both concept and grammar. ||
 * Timeliness || Within 48 hours || More than 48 hours but less then 72 hours || More than 72 hours ||
 * Response to classmate blogs || Responds to 2 blogs || Respond to 1 blog || No response ||

Permission Letter

Although my students are all adults and don’t require parental permission, I am making this letter up for this assignment pretending they will require parental permission.

Dear Parents

As a part of clinical learning experience, my clinical group will be participating in weblogs as a part of their clinical post conference. These weblogs or Blogs will be used to help students reflect on their clinical experience with out identifying patients’ information. They will learn from each other experiences and provide feed back to each other.

A blog is an online discussion that will require students to post their ideas and comments online in response to a specific topic. Each week there will be a new blog entry by each student and they will also respond to each others blog.

This blogging project is created so that nursing students learn the technology for today’s world. The only personally identifying information included in the blog will be their first name. There will be no mention of our school name or our location. Students are allowed to post their interests and opinions, but not their age, email address, photographs of themselves, or other sensitive information. They are also not allowed to post any identifiable patient information. Permission Before the students may start posting to their blog, we are asking you to read and discuss this form with your child. If you and your child agree to the term you may sign this form and return it to Ms. XYZ no later than July 25th, 2009. •	Students are required to submit one blog per clinical week and respond to at least 2 classmates’ blogs. •	Students are required not to share any identifiable self or patients’ information in their blogs. •	Students using blogs agree not to share their user name or password with anyone. •	Students are to use respectful speech when posting and be mindful of other's views which may be different from their own.

I have read and understood these blogging terms and conditions. I agree to uphold them. Student’s signature:_____________________________ date: ________________ Parent’s signature: _____________________________ date: ________________