Business/community partnerships
On her blog, Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis challenges businesses and educators to work together to “be the textbook”.
She encourages teachers, CEO’s, visionaries in business or in education to make those connections, and explores using technology (like Skype) for connections outside the campus.
She throws out a fascinating challenge to businesses and to educators to think about the opportunities involved.
Any ideas for how we could spearhead a project like that here? Should it come from the classroom teacher’s own connections? Is there anything the campus can do to support an effort like this or are personal connections(which she suggests) better? What university connections could we develop?
What do we need in terms of technology support to try something like this?
Food for thought….
