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Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference. Alan Walker Technology and Data Systems Director Prosser School District. Overview of Session. Teaching to Make a Difference Why Who is the Audience What to Share How !! The Conventional Way The ELECTRONIC Way. Three Kinds of People. Givers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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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Three Kinds of People
• Givers - GET
• Takers
• Watchers
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Three Kinds of People
• Givers - GET
• Takers – WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
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Three Kinds of People
• Givers - GET
• Takers – WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers - WHINE
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Three Kinds of People
• Givers - OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers – PESIMISTIC
• Watchers – APTHETIC
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Three Kinds of People
• Givers - POSITIVE
• Takers – NEGATIVE
• Watchers – NEUTRAL
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Three Kinds of People
• Givers – GOOD GUYS
• Takers – BAD GUYS
• Watchers – OTHER GUYS
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Three Kinds of People
• Givers – DOERS
• Takers – TALKERS
• Watchers – COMPLAINERS
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Three Kinds of People
• 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 $$• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible… write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
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SHARE – Publish (Print)• Technology makes
it EASY to PUBLISH a book
• Getting people to buy the book is the PROBLEM– But… technology
helps you promote your book
• Best BOOK– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
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SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten Publishing Story– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)– Put it down on paper– Hired artist– Website– Wrote – edit– PRINT
• Goal to teach students the Times Tables NOT $$
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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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SHARE – Publish (Print)
• 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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SHARE – Publish (Internet)
•Wiki– Editable by others– Quick and easy– Collaboration on steriods
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SHARE – Publish (Internet)
•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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SHARE – Publish (Blog)
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SHARE – Publish (Blog)
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SHARE – Publish (Blog)
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SHARE – Publish (Blog)
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SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• 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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SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• 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 (Blog)
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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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QUESTIONS?
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Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
Alan WalkerTechnology and Data Systems
DirectorProsser School District