Information Technology for Faculty

Nurturing the Inner Geek in All of Us

Carlyle H. Chan M.D.Professor and Vice Chair for Professional Development and

Educational OutreachDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

cchan@mcw.edu

Disclaimer

I own no stock in any technology company nor do I receive any product endorsements or honoraria from any such company.

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Perspectives

• Never enough time

• Learn what you need

• Ask someone who knows

3 ways for Library Access

• Dial in

• Citrix

• Remote access account http://proxy.lib.mcw.edu/login

The Third Wave

• Agricultural Revolution – hoe

• Industrial Revolution – assembly line

• Information Revolution – computer

• http://www.thirdwave-websites.com/ind_primer.htm

• Alvin Toffler

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Thumb drives, Flash drives, USB Removable drives

Flash drives: 8,16, 32. 64, 128, 256, 512 megabytes

to 1, 2, and 4 Gigabytes

Floppy disk = 1.44 megabytes

U3 USB Smart Drives

• U3.com

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Wisconsin Palm Pilot

Pocket PC

Convergence

Just where does he get those wonderful toys?

~The Joker

Hardware sites

• www.cdw.com

• www.pcconnection.com

• www.compusa.com

• www.mobileplanet.com

• www.apple.com

Types of Software

• Freeware

• Shareware

• Commercial

Software and Info Sites

• http://www.cnet.com/• http://pocketgear.com/• http://tucows.com/• http://freewarepalm.com/• http://www2.epocrates.com/index.html• http://pdr.net/mobilepdr/mobilepdr.aspx• http://palmtops.about.com/od/pdashareware/• www.Medspda.com• www.Handango.com• http://pdabuzz.com/

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Dual Date

• Good news: Allows two separate Palms to synchronize the same datebook/calendar

• Bad news: Not for Palm OS 5

• http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/dualdate.shtml

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

3 Ways to Access Outlook from Anywhere

• Internet Web Access through:

http://owamail.mcw.edu

• Citrix access via http://portal.mcw.edu

• http://infoscope.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=9978 (set up when on secure network or via Citrix)

Link and Share and Find

• Intellisync at – https://intellisync.asknet.com/cgi-bin/show/pro

duct?ID=HH02

• Tools – Options – Delegates

• http://www.lookoutsoft.com/Lookout/download.html

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Create Your Own Template

• http://office.microsoft.com/training/training.aspx?AssetID=RC011368101033

• Ask help: create own template

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Images

• www.google.com

• http://infoscope.mcw.edu/logos

• www.scholar.google.com

• www.froogle.com

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

Track Changes

• Useful collaborative writing tool

• Example

Requested Topics

• Thumb drives • PDAs – useful databases, clinical tools…free websites • Dual date?  Questions about sharing and compatibility • Outlook tips beyond the basics …organization of

folders…linking…sharing calendars…access from anywhere?

• MCW presentation template? • Inserting documents into PowerPoint etc.  photographs

and videos • Track changes for editing • What is out there?

What’s Out There?

• SKYPE

• APRESO

• EVERWRITE

Voice Recognition Dictation

• Benefits– Save transcriptionist costs and time– Mobile recording devices

• Costs– Software– Time for voice recognition training– Mobile recording devices

Speech Recognition SoftwareProduct Manufacturer’s web site Price

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8

www.nuance.com/ $59 and up

IBM ViaVoice 10 www306.ibm.com/software/voice/viavoice/

$49 and up

IBM ViaVoice for Mac, Mac OS X Edition

www306.ibm.com/software/voice/viavoice/

$59 and up

Pro-Med Medical Solutions

http://www.speechtechnology.com/default.html

$729

Voice Studio 1.4 www.voicestudio.us/ $30

On-Line Teaching Systems

• Angel www.cyberlearninglabs.com• Desire2Learn http://desire2learn.com/welcome.html• Gradepoint www.gradepoint.net/• WebCT www.WebCT.com• Blackboard www.blackboard.com/• CentraOne www.centra.com/solutions/training.asp• Click2Learn aspen

http://home.click2learn.com/en/aspen/index.asp• Educator www.ucompass.com/• FirstClass www.softarc.com/• KEWL http://kewl.uwc.ac.za/• KnowEdge eLearning Suite www.internetion.net/lms.asp• My Course http://mycourse.thomsonlearning.com/

3 Crucial Habits

• Back up

• Back up

• Back up

• For PDAs: BackupBuddy from www.bluenomad.com

• Timed backups

External Hard Drives

HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

Act of 1996

• Security

• Passwords

• Encryption

• Locks

• Common sense

PDA Security Software

• MovianCrypt www.moviansecurity.com

• PDA Defense www.pdadefense.com

• PDA Secure www.trustdigital.com

• Pointsec www.pointsec.com/core/default.asp

• Teal Lockwww.tealpoint.com/softlock.htm

PC Encryption Software

• Drivecrypt www.drivecrypt.com/

• Pointsec for PC www.pointsec.com/solutions/solutions_pointsec.asp

Vietnamese Doctor Makes Homemade Endoscope

• Dr. Nguyen Phuoc Huy• Mekong Delta in Vietnam• Off-the-shelf webcam• Pentium 4 computer• Color Printer• $800 scope• Made a DIY $30,000

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