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Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference

Alan WalkerTechnology and Data Systems

DirectorProsser 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 OFTHEM

• 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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SHARE – Publish (Print)• 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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SHARE – Publish (Print)• 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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SHARE – Publish (Print)• 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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SHARE – Publish (Print)• 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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• Affiliates


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• Google Ad Sense


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Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference

Alan WalkerTechnology and Data Systems

DirectorProsser School District

technology can help you make a difference

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