Also not directly about technology, but more certainly about transformation of established school practice. Connected to what we have studied in T561, the possibilities seem palpable.
Lessons learned from Cisco's experience indicate that business-education partnerships should:
* Be set up so that all aspects of the project are transparent to outsiders, even if corporations profit from the R&D
* Foster experimentation, because it is not always clear in advance which ideas and projects will work best
* Establish in-depth training for every new technology, with businesspeople and educators learning from each other
Not exactly a link re: technology, but really good reading if you intend to IMPLEMENT any of the stuff we have talked about for the last several months. You will need to move people to change habits - Marshal Ganz of HKS describes a process to articulate a vision of change and move people to action.
I am a graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. I am in the School Leadership Program. I have taught and worked in school leadership for about 15 years.