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ELPA 6872 -Educational Technology

Good Morning Everybody. It has been a long time since I have posted on this blog.  The reason I am is a great reason for my Fire and EMS Audience, as well as my academic colleagues. After a very eventful beginning of 2018, my application was selected to join the latest cohort of students obtaining their Doctor of Education.  As part of this program, we are completing a course that is dedicated to technology and implementation into the classroom.  The delivery of this program is through technology based platforms, in that it is an online program. Here are some questions that I have about technology, and online learning. 1)  To mimic some of the classroom interaction and discussion, online educators use the discussion board with each module to foster communication.  For those of you having completed online educational programs, what made the discussion board useful? 2)  Does the set-up of the online course material make a difference in the success of the student? (As an example
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Engaged Networking: A Must is 21st Century Career Development

Social Media...the number of people that have and maintain an active social media presences in 2014 is tremendous, and is only going to increase as we move forward.  A quick look through the youtube video above by Eric Qualman is just one of the videos that is created to show the vast growth of the social media community and the impact that is has on our country, and the world as we know it.  Anymore the question isn't whether you have a social media presence, it is simply what are you on, and if you are on social media I am sure you have witnessed the power of such social presence.  In the past it would take days, weeks, or even months for news from around the country to become "viral" and be able to be viewed on all media outlets around the country.  The time delay in getting this information out would allow individuals, companies, politicians (etc.) develop a strategy to negate the negative effects of a situation that would penetrate the market before the local m
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First of 2014

I really didn't know the impact this blog had on individuals until here recently when I have been sought out by a few people about why I discontinued the @combomedic blog.  Really, I never officially discontinued the blog, so much as I let other things in life take my time and failed to continue.  When I looked back at the statistics I found that many people read the blog on a regular basis, and I am looking forward to beginning to write again.   The combomedic has been a outlet for situations that I have rolling through my mind that I see.  I have used it to publish vacancy notifications that I see on different webpages, news items that are effecting the world of Fire and EMS, and somethings that are just a fun to me or our field.   Since my last few posts last year (truly almost a year ago) EMS has continued to go through the realm of expanson to the point that other professions are starting to worry that EMS is going to take over into their realm.  We are talking about the movem
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Executive Level Announcement - posting not yet available.

When I first thought about this topic I was kind of skeptical about posting it, but then I remembered part of this blog was fun.  I have had several serious topics, but at some point we have to bring together something's that really soundly be brought together.  Kinda like chocolate and grasshoppers...really whoever though that was a good idea!  No my idea goes together like more like A&W Root Beer and Vanilla Ice Cream. Like that of a rabid wildfire, the news of a open executive level position has made its way through the news agency since being uncovered early this Sunday morning.  Even with my prior posts on professional develop might not help you prepare for this position, but like the tasty A&W Root Beer Float, this is a combination that I think would be excellent together.  It was reported that the head coach from the University of Southern California (USC) was informed that his leadership was not longer necessary on campus.  In fact, it was reported that he w
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Fire Chief Vacancy - Newport News Virginia

Are you interested in taking on new opportunities in a department that covers an area of 119 square miles and runs 30000 calls per year.  Then Newport News Virginia is your area.  The International Association of Fire Chiefs is hosting a job posting for Fire Chief of Newport News Virginia Fire Department.  To find more information about this post you can find it here - IAFC posting To apply for the position you can go here - Application   Preferred Qualifications Requires any combination of education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire, Public, or Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field; Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience to include 5 years supervisory and management experience as a Chief Officer; Chief Fire Officer (CFO) or Executive Fire Officer (EFO) certification preferred. Requires a comprehensive background investigation to include a local, state and federal criminal history check and sex offender regist
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Grant Preparedness

Really, two days ago I am telling you about a potential shutdown in the federal government and in the next I am posting a picture of cash across the top with a title of grant preparedness.  But I promise I will make you understand why, or at least I hope.  You know, when I think about emergency services I think about all the times that my brothers and sister are placed in the most unusual situations and they do it for the benefit of helping a member of their community.  Think about it, when somebody has something happen and they cannot immediately figure out what to do, they typically call 911.  The dispatchers are forced to think about who best to handle the situation and then they tones are activated and the crews start to respond.  I would ask about the most unusual call you have witness/responded to, but I want to make sure to keep my rating level down here.  After the call is done, responders will typically ask themselves why they were even alerted to this response, but t
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Chief EMS Officer Designation - Center for Public Safety Excellence

As I have been looking around the executive search companies, and the career center postings for interesting positions to post here on The Combomedic, I have started to see a trend in the preferred category of the application announcements.  Now, as we look at applications we know that there are typically two different categories of information on these announcements and that is required qualifications and preferred qualifications.  We know that while they don't state required, the organization is saying that they really really really want you to have them.  In the past we saw the movement of a Bachelors degree going from preferred to required and a Masters level education coming into the picture while other professional development certifications start creeping their way into the educational realm as well.  On the fire side, the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Officer Program (EFO) has moved from a lot of organizations wants list to their needed list.  Now we ar
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