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Top Twitter Tools for EMS Professionals

Twitter – the microblogging or messaging tool – is supported by a plethora of third party applications. Sure you can tweet from twitter.com, but it is nearly impossible to read posts from your growing list of followers on the website. If you want to share links, photos, and videos I consider these twitter applications to […]

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Use Screencasting to Demo Software Processes

Screencasting or capturing using free and easy to use software is a simple technique to make short videos of software processes. Every paramedic shift I use computer software to punch into work and order supplies. On every call my partner and I use a mobile data terminal to find the patient’s locations and track our […]

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10 Tips for Perfecting EMS Screencasts

Screencasts are a great tool for teaching software use, demonstrating elearning production techniques, or showcasing website features. In a EMS1.com Everyday EMS Tips column I discussed 9 techniques for perfecting screencasts. These are the tips from the column plus some bonus material.

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Make your Own Screencasts

A screen capture tool records the actions on your computer screen as you perform them. The output of the capture is a screencast that can be shared as a video file, downloaded to your computer for editing, uploaded to a screencast sharing website, posted as a video to a site like YouTube, or embedded into […]