This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Spike Cook about connected leadership and technology integration at RM Bacon Elementary School. Some key points: - Dr. Cook is the principal of RM Bacon Elementary School in Millville, NJ, which serves a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students. - Under Dr. Cook's leadership, RM Bacon has become highly connected through extensive use of social media, online collaboration among teachers, and modeling technology integration best practices. - Teachers have connected with educators around the world and students' work has been featured in educational publications. - Dr. Cook advocates for continuous learning among educators and empowering teachers to try new technologies and find what works best for their students.

1. Today’s Meet
– Your Name
– What school district and area of the state?
– What is your current occupation?
– What is your twitter handle?
https://todaysmeet.com/Connected-Leadership-NJPSA

2. Connected Leadership:
It’s a click away
Spike C. Cook, Ed.D.
https://todaysmeet.com/Connected-Leadership-NJPSA

3. 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
https://todaysmeet.com/Connected-Leadership-NJPSA

4. About RM Bacon
• Millville, NJ
• 82% Economically
Disadvantaged
• 335 students K – 5
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5. RM Bacon…Connected
• Chosen for the Classroom
Instruction That Works 2nd
Edition Video Series
• Chosen for EnVision Math
Video Series
• 90% on some type of Social
Media
• 50% of staff attends
voluntary “Tech Fridays”
• Teachers using Edmodo
have connected with
Wisconsin, and Illinois for
reading groups
Spike Cook and Ceri Dean, lead author of
CITWS 2nd Edition
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6. 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
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7. RM Bacon On Social Media
• www.rmbaconweekly.blog
spot.com
• Weekly Youtube videos
• https://www.facebook.co
m/RMBaconElementary
• https://twitter.com/Bacon
Elementary
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8. You have to model it
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9. What’s your story?
Let’s take a moment to
review Todays Meet
– What school district and
area of the state?
– What is your current
occupation?
– What is your twitter
handle?

10. What did we just do?
• By sharing about
ourselves, occupations
and twitter handle…..
We created a PLN
• What is a PLN?
• Why is it important?
• How can you use it?

11. 1000 mile journey
• We are all at different
stages of our journey
into the 21st Century
• Reflect for a minute
– Where are you?
– Where do you want to
be in a year?
– What do you want to
learn about today?
• Pair and Share

12. Time and Priorities
• How will I have the
time?
• When can I connect?
• Lurking and Learning

13. Inner Reflection, Global Exposure
• Blogging, Tweeting,
Pinning and Winning
• I don’t have anything to
say or write
• Who is going to read
this
• Is Social Media is just a
brag fest?

14. Transformation
• Understand why
• Paying it forward
• Revealing your passion

16. Connected Leadership is about
Engagement

17. 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

19. 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

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

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

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

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

24. Tools of the trade
Connection
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Voxer
• Google Hangouts
• Skype
• SlideShare
Telling your story
• Blogs
• iMovie Trailer
• Letterpop
• Animoto
• Soundcloud
• Gear
– Stickers
– Shirts
– QR Codes
– AR Codes

25. Tools of the Trade
Continuous Learning
• Flipboard
• Zite
• Podcasts
• Corwin Connected Educator
Series
• Edutopia
• ASCD
• EdCamp
– NJ – 11/22
– SJ – 3/28/15
Enhancing Classroom Learning
• Sofia
• Edmodo
• Kahoot
• Plickers
• Google Forms
• YouTube
• Kidblog
• CodeAcademy or Code.org

26. The room is smarter
• Smackdown – What is
working?
• Each person share
something that is
working for their
students or teachers

27. 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

28. Exit Ticket
http://goo.gl/9CsAur

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Survey Results

30. Qualitative Results
• “Dr. Cook has been a
great role model for
technology
integration”
• “The Bacon Weekly
keeps parents more
informed”
• “Prior to working with
Dr. Cook, I did not
understand the value
of social media as a
resource for PD”
• “Through modeling with
his weekly blogs, and
endless enthusiasm to
promote web 2.0 tools I
am more confident in
my ability to prepare
student for a 21st
century global
marketplace”
• “This year I started my
own blog to keep
parents informed!”
• “He has encouraged us
to try anything!”