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.
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Slide 1
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 2
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 3
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 4
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 5
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 6
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 7
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 8
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 9
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 10
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 11
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 12
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 13
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 14
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 15
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 16
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 17
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 18
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 19
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 20
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 21
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 22
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 23
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 24
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 25
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 26
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 27
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 28
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 29
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 30
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 31
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 32
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 33
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 34
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 35
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 36
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 37
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 38
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 39
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 40
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 41
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 42
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 43
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 44
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 45
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 46
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 47
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 48
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 49
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 50
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 51
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 52
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 53
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 54
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 55
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 56
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 57
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 58
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
– PRINT
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 60
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
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
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 2
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 3
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 4
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 5
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 6
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 7
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 8
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 9
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 10
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 11
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 12
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 13
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 14
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 15
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 16
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 17
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 18
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 19
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 20
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 21
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 22
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 23
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 24
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 25
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 26
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 27
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 28
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 29
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 30
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 31
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 32
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 33
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 34
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 35
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 36
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 37
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 38
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 39
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 40
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 41
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 42
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 43
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 44
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 45
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 46
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 47
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 48
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 49
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 50
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 51
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 52
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 53
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 54
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 55
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 56
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 57
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 58
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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 $$
• 5000 Books @ $ .80 = $ 4,000
• 5000 Books @ $10.00 = $ 50,000
– POD (Publish on Demand) makes it inexpensive
to test the waters
– Make you hobby, trip, or interest deductible…
write a book about it.
• (Source: Para Publishing - www.parapub.com)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Technology makes it
EASY to PUBLISH a
book
• Getting people to
buy the book is the
PROBLEM
– But… technology
helps you promote
your book
• Best BOOK
– Self-Publishing
Manual (Dan Poynter)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
• Using a Blog for a website
– WeB LOG
– Digital Diary
– Self linking – archiving
– Community of Bloggers
– SIMPLE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
39
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
40
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
41
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
42
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
43
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
44
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
45
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
•
•
•
•
Simple – Type
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Simple to Edit
Automatically archives and
organizes
• ??? No Internet Access ???
• Use your cell PHONE!
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
46
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
47
SHARE – Publish (Blog)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
48
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
• WIKI as Web Page
– Digital Document
– Collaboration
– Designed to be edited
– www.wikipedia.org
– www.wikispaces.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
49
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
50
HOW – Publish (Wiki)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
51
SHARE – Publish (Wiki)
•
•
•
•
•
Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
52
The One Minute Millionaire
$$ to do good
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
53
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
54
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
55
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
56
$$ to Make Difference
• Affiliates
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
57
$$ to Make Difference
• Google Ad Sense
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
58
QUESTIONS?
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
59
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
60
Slide 60
Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
1
Overview of Session
• Teaching to Make a Difference
•
•
•
•
Why
Who is the Audience
What to Share
How!!
– The Conventional Way
– The ELECTRONIC Way
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
2
Three Kinds of People
• Givers
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
3
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
GET
• Takers
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
4
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
5
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
GET
WORRY ABOUT GETTING TAKEN
• Watchers -
WHINE
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
6
Three Kinds of People
• Givers -
OPTIMITSTIC
• Takers –
PESIMISTIC
• Watchers –
APTHETIC
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
7
Three Kinds of People
• Givers • Takers –
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
• Watchers –
NEUTRAL
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
8
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
GOOD GUYS
• Takers –
BAD GUYS
• Watchers –
OTHER GUYS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
9
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
DOERS
• Takers –
TALKERS
• Watchers –
COMPLAINERS
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
10
Three Kinds of People
• Givers –
LIFE HAPPENS BECAUSE OF
THEM
• Takers –
LIFE HAPPENS TO THEM
• Watchers –
LIFE HAPPENS INSPITE OF
THEM
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
11
GIVERS
• People like being around
them
• Friendly - smile
• Spread kindness, happiness,
optimism
• Make a difference
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
12
WHY
• For me…
– Makes me feel good inside
– Gauge my day - impact on others
(not how much I got done)
– Legacy
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
13
Everyday LIFE Examples
• For me…
– Smile
– Greet people – “hi”
– Chivalry
• Carry a box, open a door
• Share a coat
• * Slushy day
– * Glass of water
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
14
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
15
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
16
Make a Difference IDEAS
• Attend meetings
– Community
– District
• Join a committee
– School (Choice?)
– District (Channel you passion)
• Listen and SHARE
(Fierce
Conversations, Susan Scott)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
17
Get Involved
• Volunteer
– www.volunteermatch.org
– 30,000 Nonprofit Organizations
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
18
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
19
Get Involved
• Charity
– DonorsChoose.com
– Make-a-Wish Foundation
– Habitat for Humanity
– The American Humane Society
– The Salvation Army
– American Cancer Society
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
20
Make a Difference - SHARE
•
•
•
•
•
Students – Classroom
Building – Colleagues
District – Inservice, Committee
City – Event, Club
Region – Committee, Conference (NCCE),
Organizations
• Nation –
(NECC)
Organizations, Conferences
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
21
SHARE – Present (Technology)
• PowerPoint
– Outlines your presentation
– Gives Direction
– Background Templates (Available
online – Learn to change Master
Slides)
– Looks Professional
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
22
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
23
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Magazine
– 25,000 Magazines
– Choose an Interest
– Research the Topic
– Check for Accuracy
– Grab the Reader
– Submit, submit, submit
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
24
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
25
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
26
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
27
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
28
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)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
29
SHARE – Publish (Print)
• Krimsten
Publishing
Story
– Math system used in
class (Times Tables)
– Put it down on
paper
– Hired artist
– Website
– Wrote – edit
• Goal to teach students
the Times Tables NOT
$$
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
30
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Publish on Demand – What is it?
– Write book (Word processor)
– Upload it to publisher
– They print it (as many copies as
you want)
• 1, 10, 100 Copies
– You pay for each copy
– Or others can order the book
• www.lulu.com (Jim)
• www.blurb.com (Full Color)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
31
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
32
HOW – Publish (POD)
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
33
SHARE – Publish (POD)
• Concerns
– Each book is expensive…
– The publisher does not promote it
(That’s up to you)
– Probably never make $$
• Reasons FOR using POD
– Book to print quickly
– Check layout and edit
– Best when you only need a few
copies
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
– Published author!
34
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
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
35
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Website
– Available to zillions of people
– Finding your site among billions of
others can be a challenge
• Blog
– Quick
– Easy
– Flexible
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
36
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Wiki
– Editable by others
– Quick and easy
– Collaboration on steriods
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
37
SHARE – Publish (Internet)
• Developing a Website
– Editors
• FrontPage (Expression Web)
• Dreamweaver
– Website
• Host templates
• Site-builder software
Technology Can Help YOU Make a Difference
38
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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Simple – Word-like document
Simple to Edit
Add Pictures Quick and Easily
Add sound
Multiple people can edit / access
site
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– Amazon.com (Amazon Associates)
– Link Share www.linkshare.com
– Commission Junction www.ci.com
– Single – www.bigbrainz.com
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• Affiliates
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• Affiliates
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• Google Ad Sense
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QUESTIONS?
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Technology Can Help
YOU Make a Difference
Alan Walker
Technology and Data Systems Director
Prosser School District
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