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 * Considerable time and effort is invested contacting vendors and merchants for door prizes donations. These items are used as daily incentives and motivators throughout the camp and all participants are eligible to receive them. Some of these items are included in the Welcome Package that every participant receives when they arrive for their first Boot Camp session.

Welcome Center - Registration Package** - as participants arrive and sign-in on their first day of training they receive a welcome package provided by the district and sponsors that contain various items. //**Summer2009** = red tote bag from SchoolWorld; camouflage pencil, engraved dog tag, and text message bracelet from the SMSD Tech Dept; notepad/post-its from Plato; schedules, map, evaluation, etc.//


 * Summer 2010 =** fish net totes, items from vendors, daily schedule, building map, etc.

//**Summer2009** = lots of chocolate fro Hershey Foods; Mugs, Shirts, Pens, etc. from CDW-G; Calculators, Markers, Pens, T-Shirts, etc. from Discovery Learning;// **Summer 2010 =** contact vendors for donations prepare packages, etc.
 * Door Prizes** - are promotional items provided as donations from our vendors and sponsors; all participants are eligible; attendance lists determine the names that go into the drawing; during lunch the drawing occurs and the items are given to the trainers to distribute to the participants.



//**Summer2009** =// //Acer Netbooks,// //Amazon Kindles,// //Mino-HD Flip Cams, MP3 and MP4 Player, SmartBoard Airliners, Podcasting Kits,// //Wireless Keyboards// **Summer 2010 =** Flipcams; Livescribe SmartPens, trophies, etc.
 * Grand Prizes** - are emergent technology items that are purchased for the purpose of preview and actual application within our district classrooms by our teachers who have completed at least 18 hours of summer training; only district teachers are eligible; names are drawn during the August In-Service in order by the number of training hours completed, and the winners select their preferred prize; these teachers agree to submit mid- and end-of-year reports on their experiences integrating the technology, and their recommendations for future purchase and utilization.

//**Summer2009** = supplemental pay; vendor shirts; vendor mugs; pens; tech department lunch box, clipboard, tote bag, trophy, and// //full digital camoufla////ge uniform//
 * Tr****ainer Incentives** - the boot camp trainers receive financial compensation for preparation and training time; they also received special gifts from vendors and business partners; special recognition from the superintendent at the opening assembly.

**Summer 2010 =** Supplemental pay, ISTE Guidebooks, tackle box, fishing gear, trophies, etc.