How can I help you ?

Maximising the efficiency and effectiveness of learning technologies

• School Administration Systems
• Learning Management Systems
• Classroom Deployment
• Curriculum Development
• Teacher Training

Web Site Design and Management

Google Business Listing

Digital Publishing

Maximising the efficiency and effectiveness of learning technologies

School Administration Systems

Learning Management Systems

Classroom Organisation

Curriculum Development

If you need someone to ...

• come and look at what we have installed, what are doing with IT, and give us advice about how to achieve our goals:
  • teaching programs
  • infrastructure planning for maximum classroom effectiveness
  • efficient administrative use of IT
• train teachers in the best practice use specific software or hardware
• work with teams of teachers to develop and embed new approaches to teaching and learning
• build online help systems for staff and students tailored to our hardware and software
• improve or build a moodle learning management system
  • online course materials and activities
  • ePortfolios
  • online access to school reports
  • school administrative documentation - policies, procedures, school community information

Web Site Design and Management

Web Sites currently designed and managed:

• www.inhomecarers.com.au
  
• www.mikenicholson.com
• www.carinyafarm.com.au
• www.sportsconscious.com.au
• www.joyce-thorpe-nicholson.info
• www.madrigalmysterytour.blogspot.com
• www.blairgowrie.co.nr (pro bono)
  
• www.brag.asn.au (pro bono)
• www.marvellousmelbourne.org (pro bono)

If you need someone to ...

• build a website for an individual, family group, community group, musical group, of small small company.
  I can build you a clean and impressive site for $500 on completion and $20 per annum after that ! the site comes with email addresses, and the ability for you to easily and quickly update the content yourslef whenever you wish.
• build or improve a more extensive site with the ability to add and edit your own content

Digital Publishing

Conversion of any Text or Multimedia Resource to Digital Form

Management of Digital Publishing Options

• Google Books - Ensure that a publication is not lost to world culture because it is "out of print". Books I have published in this way include:
  - "A Life of Books" by Joyce Nicholson
  - What Happens to Children
  - Freedom for Priscilla
  - What Society Does to Girls
  - The Children's Party and Games Book
  - Cranky - The Baby Australian Camel
  - How to Play Solo
  - The Heartache of Motherhood
  
  
• issuu.com - Publish your book without the delay involved in Google Book and no need for an ISBN. Also allows users to "turn the pages" with high quality imagery. Books I have published in this way include:
  - What Happens to Children
  - The Children's Encyclopedia edited by Arthur Mee - An out of copyright work that a benefactor did not want to become rarae and inaccessable to readersa dn researchers.
  
  
• lulu.com - Allow the public to purchase a print copy of your work by publishing a book at a time at zero cost to you, the author. Print at cost or put a charge on each copy to earn money a book at a time. Books I have published in this way include:
  - What Happens to Children
  

If you need someone to ...

• convert a text to digital form so that it can be published online
  • books written by yourself or a family member that are out of print. Unless converted and stored online, they will be lost to future generations for ever.
• publish texts online for free access or with links for purchase.

Google Business Listing

Can people find you ?

A google search on the Internet (via computer or phone) is increasingly the first and only source of business information for customers. Improving the prominence of location and contact information is a very important aspect of service to existing clients as well as to potential customers.

Business information stored on Google is highly visible on Google searches and allows very quick and easy location of businesses. It also allows extensive description of services.

Google does not charge to set up the service, or to maintain it. Google gains as it develops an increasingly complete listing of all businesses without having to pay for the data collection or input itself.

You need a Google Business Listing. Do it yourself.... or I can do it for you for A$70

Where can people find me now ?

Search for your business on Google by location and business service (e.g. Blairgowrie lawnmowing) and see what happens.

If you are not there, you are missing out on business

What can you do and how much will it cost ?
There are a huge number of options to improve your visibility on the Internet. best to start small and build on success.

Essential:

• Add your business to Google
  No set up or maintenance charges from Google.
  Do it yourself OR I can do it for you for one off fee of A$70.
• Add yourself to other free business listings
  many companies such as True Local, Aussieweb, Startlocal offer free listing. Even though they are small players compared to Google, if it is free, why not !
  Do it yourself OR I can do it for you for one off fee of $70.

Highly Recommended:

• Claim control of a business name online (e.g. www.yourbusinessname.com.au)
  Do it yourself OR I can do it for you for one off fee of $70 PLUS the unavoidable $25 per year Domain Registration Fee.

Recommended:

• Create a simple website. This further increases your visibility by linking to Google Maps, any other business listings you may have, and your Domain Name (if you decide to claim one).
  No charge from Google for setup OR maintenance !
  Do it yourself OR I can do it for you for one off fee of $200.

Help and Training

• If you want to “do it yourself” but feel the process is too daunting, I can provide you with Internet links and online or phone guidance, or even assistance in person if you prefer.

I strongly suggest that you consider the above options even if you choose to do it completely by yourself.