1 Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference Alan Walker Technology and Data Systems Director Prosser School District.

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Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference

Alan WalkerTechnology and Data Systems

Director

Prosser School District


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Overview of Session

• Teaching to Make a Difference

• Why • Who is the Audience• What to Share• How!!

– The Conventional Way– The ELECTRONIC Way


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Three Kinds of People

• Givers

• Takers

• Watchers


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• Givers - GET

• Takers

• Watchers


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• Givers - GET

• Takers – WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN

• Watchers


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• Givers - GET

• Takers – WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN

• Watchers - WHINE


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• Givers - OPTIMITSTIC

• Takers – PESIMISTIC

• Watchers – APTHETIC


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• Givers - POSITIVE

• Takers – NEGATIVE

• Watchers – NEUTRAL


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• Givers – GOOD GUYS

• Takers – BAD GUYS

• Watchers – OTHER GUYS


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• Givers – DOERS

• Takers – TALKERS

• Watchers – COMPLAINERS


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• Givers – LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF

THEM • Takers – LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM

• Watchers – LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF THEM


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GIVERS

• People like being around them

• Friendly - smile• Spread kindness,

happiness, optimism• Make a difference


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WHY

• For me…– Makes me feel good inside– Gauge my day - impact on

others (not how much I got done)

– Legacy


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Everyday LIFE Examples

• For me…– Smile– Greet people – “hi”– Chivalry

• Carry a box, open a door• Share a coat• * Slushy day

– * Glass of water


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Everyday LIFE Examples

– Walk with me – Share a book– Toll Booth – Starbucks– Shovel Snow– Restaurant Tab – Christmas at Walmart– DonorsChoose.com– Red Cross – Give Blood


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Make a Difference IDEAS

• Lessons – activities, instruction, coaching

• Craft – Something you do well or enjoy• Insight

– Discipline Techniques– Classroom Management– Beginning the year Strategies

• Tricks and Tips– Organization (Getting Organized with

Microsoft Outlook)– Classroom Setup and Arrangement (Excel

room arrangement)


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Make a Difference IDEAS

• Attend meetings– Community– District

• Join a committee– School (Choice?)– District (Channel you passion)

• Listen and SHARE (Fierce Conversations, Susan Scott)


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Get Involved

• Volunteer– www.volunteermatch.org– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations


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Get Involved

• Charity– DonorsChoose.com– Make-a-Wish Foundation– Habitat for Humanity– The American Humane Society – The Salvation Army – American Cancer Society


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Make a Difference - SHARE

• Students – Classroom • Building – Colleagues

• District – Inservice, Committee • City – Event, Club

• Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE), Organizations

• Nation – Organizations, Conferences (NECC)


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• PowerPoint– Outlines your presentation– Gives Direction– Background Templates

(Available online – Learn to change Master Slides)

– Looks Professional

SHARE – Present (Technology)


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SHARE – Present (Technology)

• Always– HAVE FUN (Excited… not nervous)

– Be Prepared• Backup Files – CD, Thumb Drive, Email• Overhead Transparencies• Projection Devise (Check)• Bring your own laptop• Check the room out early!• Watch and learn from other presenters

– Be Yourself


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SHARE – Publish (Print)

• Magazine– 25,000 Magazines – Choose an Interest– Research the Topic– Check for Accuracy– Grab the Reader– Submit, submit, submit


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• Book – The BAD News– 1/3 of high school graduates never read

another book for the rest of their lives. – 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or

read a book last year. – 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a

bookstore in the last five years. – 57 percent of new books are not read to

completion. – 70 percent of the books published do not

make a profit.• (Source: Jerold Jenkins, www.JenkinsGroupInc.com)


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HOW – Publish (Print)

• Book – More BAD News– 80% of the United States population would

like to write a book– Each day in the U.S., people spend 4 hours

watching TV, 3 hours listening to the radio and 14 minutes reading magazines.

– 53 percent read fiction, 43 percent read nonfiction. The favorite fiction category is mystery and suspense. (19%)

– A bookstore browser spends an average of 8 seconds looking at a book's front cover and 15 seconds looking at the back cover.

• (Source: Veronis, Suhler & Associates investment banker, Publishers Weekly, Para Publishing, www.parapub.com, and www.bookwire.com)


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• Book – Even More BAD News– 2 million text length manuscripts are

circulated each year.– Publishing companies receive 3,000 to

5,000 manuscripts each week.– 200,000 books published each year.– 12,000 bookstores in the US – A successful fiction book sells 5,000 copies. – A successful nonfiction book sells 7,500

copies.– Most authors end up making less than $1

per book• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)


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• Book – The GOOD News– Non-Fiction sells (Fiction sells if you are a

famous author)– Readers are interested in reading about

their craft, job, hobbies, and travels – Self Publish and make $$

• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000

– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive to test the waters

– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible… write a book about it.

• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)


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• Technology makes it EASY to PUBLISH a book

• Getting people to buy the book is the PROBLEM– But… technology

helps you promote your book

• Best BOOK– Self-Publishing

Manual (Dan Poynter)


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• Krimsten Publishing Story– Math system used

in class (Times Tables)

– Put it down on paper

– Hired artist– Website– Wrote – edit– PRINT

• Goal to teach students the Times Tables NOT $$


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SHARE – Publish (POD)

• Publish on Demand – What is it?– Write book (Word processor)– Upload it to publisher– They print it (as many copies as

you want)• 1, 10, 100 Copies

– You pay for each copy– Or others can order the book

• www.lulu.com (Jim)• www.blurb.com (Full Color)


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HOW – Publish (POD)


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SHARE – Publish (POD)

• Concerns– Each book is expensive… – The publisher does not promote it

(That’s up to you)– Probably never make $$

• Reasons FOR using POD– Book to print quickly– Check layout and edit– Best when you only need a few

copies– Published author!


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• Lessons Learned– If you want to write a book…

write it NOW!– Use the Internet to PROMOTE it.– Self Publish

• Use POD to see what it will look like• Edit and spell-check

– Let someone else handle the fulfillment

– People think of you differently when you are published


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SHARE – Publish (Internet)

•Website– Available to zillions of people– Finding your site among billions

of others can be a challenge

• Blog– Quick– Easy– Flexible


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•Wiki– Editable by others– Quick and easy– Collaboration on steriods


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•Developing a Website– Editors

• FrontPage (Expression Web)• Dreamweaver

– Website • Host templates• Site-builder software


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SHARE – Publish (Blog)

•Using a Blog for a website– WeB LOG– Digital Diary– Self linking – archiving– Community of Bloggers– SIMPLE!


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• Simple – Type• Add Pictures Quick and Easily• Simple to Edit• Automatically archives and

organizes• ??? No Internet Access ??? • Use your cell PHONE!


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• Cell Phone Publishing– Email or Text Message from

phone to publish to site

– Click picture– Add text– Send to site– Auto publish


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SHARE – Publish (Wiki)

• WIKI as Web Page – Digital Document– Collaboration– Designed to be edited– www.wikipedia.org– www.wikispaces.com


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HOW – Publish (Wiki)


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HOW – Publish (Wiki)


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SHARE – Publish (Wiki)

• Simple – Word-like document• Simple to Edit• Add Pictures Quick and Easily• Add sound• Multiple people can edit /

access site


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The One Minute Millionaire

$$ to do good


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$$ to Make Difference

• Affiliates– Amazon.com (Amazon

Associates)– Link Share www.linkshare.com – Commission Junction

www.ci.com – Single – www.bigbrainz.com

http://www.linkshare.com/

http://www.ci.com/

http://www.bigbrainz.com/


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• Google Ad Sense


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QUESTIONS?

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Alan WalkerTechnology and Data Systems

Director

Prosser School District

1 Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference Alan Walker Technology and Data Systems Director Prosser School District.

Documents

difference slide

blood slide

legacy slide

watchers whine slide

givers people

electronic way slide

conferences necc slide

glass of water slide