Here are the slides from my presentation today at #NJAPACET2 on 9/20/14

1. Connected Leadership:
It’s a click away
Spike C. Cook, Ed.D.

2. About Dr. Spike Cook
– Doctorate in Educational
Leadership
– Teacher, Guidance
Counselor, Coach,
Executive Director at
Rowan University
– Principal at RM Bacon
since April 2011
– www.drspikecook.com

3. Check out RM Bacon’s Opening Day
http://rmbaconweekly.blogspot.com/2014/09/li
ve-at-rmbacon-2014.html

4. RM Bacon…Connected
• Chosen for the Classroom
Instruction That Works 2nd
Edition Video Series
• Chosen for EnVision Math
Video Series
• 65% on Pinterest
• 50% of staff attends voluntary
“Tech Fridays”
• 65% of the staff on Twitter
• 80% on facebook
• Teachers using Edmodo have
connected with Wisconsin,
and Illinois for reading groups
Spike Cook and Ceri Dean, lead author of
CITWS 2nd Edition

5. RM Bacon Connected …
• RM Bacon was featured in the best selling
educational book, Digital Leadership, by Eric
Sheninger. Chapter 3
• RM Bacon heavily influenced me to write
Connected Leadership: It’s a click away
recently published by Corwin

6. RM Bacon On Social Media
• www.rmbaconweekly.blogspot.com
• Weekly Youtube videos
• https://www.facebook.com/RMBaconElement
ary
• https://twitter.com/BaconElementary

13. Process Check

14. Evaluating Digital Material
• There are hundreds of
thousands of choices…
how do you make sense
of them all?
– Avoid the shiny new toy
– Develop a process
– Seek out the experts
– Take chances
– Reflect

16. Strategies for PD (L)
(Professional Learning)
• Connect PL to teacher
and student learning
• Make it meaningful
• “Tech Friday” concept
• Let students teach PL
• PLC – Everyone has a
place and a voice
First grade student “Panda” taught PD to teachers

17. Sadia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjAcNdbx69k&list=UUvTtFI1o
rxCHXe8Hpyl5J0w

18. Effective Technology Integration
• Systems Approach
• Long Term Needs
• Invest in Infrastructure
• Start Small
• Coach, Coach, Coach
• Model the Way!
• Highlight and tell your
story

19. Technology Change
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Teacher Use Student Use
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014

20. Best Practices
• Roll out the red carpet
for those who push the
envelope
– Acknowledge
– Encourage those who try
– Pay it forward
– Reward

21. Pitfalls
• It’s hard work
• Not everyone will
embrace
• It’s not about the
devices, its about the
learning
• Digital Divide

22. The room is smarter
• Smackdown – What is working?
• Each person share something that is working
for their students or teachers
• Writing –
• Movie Making –
• Backchannel –
• Organize a project -

23. Contact Information
• Twitter – https://twitter.com/DrSpikeCook
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/spike.c.cook
• Google + - https://plus.google.com/u/0/111474320222632498774/about
• Personal Blog - www.drspikecook.com –
• School Blog -
www.rmbaconweekly.blogspot.com