Technology & Educational Leadership

Jay Eitner, Superintendent of Schools

https://goo.gl/VI91W8

Lord, I was born a ramblin' man

• K-8 teacher in Roselle (Union)
• 8th-grade history teacher in East Brunswick (Middlesex)
• Assistant Principal in Long Valley (Morris)
• K-12 Supervisor in Hopewell Valley (Mercer)
• Superintendent of Schools in LAC (Salem) and currently Waterford (Camden)

700 apps get published a week.

I feel like life today is sort of like this...

In 1997, my Superintendent told our graduating class two things:

1) Stay off of the internet.

2) Don't get into a stranger's car.

In 2016, I'm using my phone to gain internet access to get in a stranger's car.

In 1997, I had to call Domino's Pizza to order a pie and have cash ready.

In 2016, I can call, text, tweet, or send an emoji to Domino's; cash is discouraged.

In 1997, I had to get a travel agent to purchase a train ticket to get to college to get a paper course guide and stand in line (for eternity) to register for classes.

Today, not only do I pick my classes online, I take some online.

Today, I can run almost every aspect of my life from my phone.

How cool... or how sad?

6 years than 60 years

Love it or loathe it, we have a responsibility to meet learners where they are today.

Besides meeting learners where they are, the community also has to be met where THEY are.

"The Digital Divide"

"The Homework Gap"

(insert your own edu-babble in a quote)

Edu-Presenter Bingo

Schools today should be using:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• SnapChat

Incident creates policy.

Policy creates regulation.

Don't go rogue.

Twitter = the best PD on the planet.

Why Twitter?

• Instantaneous.
• To the point.
• If people want more, you add a link and they click.
• Keeps you on message.

Remind

Why Remind?

• Mass-texting
• Fast.
• To the point.
• Create different groups.

I don't want to go on every platform to send a message.

IFTTT

(If This, Then, That)

TAKE-AWAYS

LandLine

• First passed by Reagan
• Re-authorized every year for phones; now wireless phones and internet
• December 2016: INTERNET ONLY
• $10.00 / internet - - $9.75 grant =
• 25 CENTS A MONTH FOR UNLIMITED INTERNET FOR THOSE AT OR UNDER POVERTY LEVEL

JerseyON

• Part of the AmericaON initiative under President Obama
• Those at or under modified income standard (including F/R lunch)
• Entire districts can qualify
• 3 GB @ LTE rate / unlimited 3G wireless hotspot (up to 10 devices can connect)
• $78.00 for FIVE years
• Offers refurbished laptops & tablets

#CSforAll summit

code.org

Most open-source CS materials are FREE!

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is letting one of my 6th-grade teachers send a project to space. OUTERSPACE!!!!

My "Dirty 30" v 4.0 presentation:

Be relevant. Your learners and community will thank you.