11: Connecting Industries and Classrooms with Sabari Raja

Nepris Co-Founder and CEO, Sabari Raja, talks with us about creating authenticity in project-based learning. Nepris is a web-based connections platform that allows teachers to connect their classrooms to industry professionals as a way to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math in the real world. We discuss how to make professionals available in rural districts and areas, helping the 3 out of 4 teachers who have no industry experience support industry learning and the question, "how can you aspire to something you don't know exists?” In this episode, we cover: How our inherited network impacts our learning The benefits of connecting real world industry professionals and classrooms How parents play a key role in student engagement What our next iteration of education will look like and why experiential learning is critical EdTech resources for parents to explore SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/11
Nepris Co-Founder and CEO, Sabari Raja, talks with us about creating authenticity in project-based learning. Nepris is a web-based connections platform that allows teachers to connect their classrooms to industry professionals as a way to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math in the real world.
We discuss how to make professionals available in rural districts and areas, helping the 3 out of 4 teachers who have no industry experience support industry learning and the question, "how can you aspire to something you don't know exists?”
In this episode, we cover:
  • How our inherited network impacts our learning
  • The benefits of connecting real world industry professionals and classrooms
  • How parents play a key role in student engagement
  • What our next iteration of education will look like and why experiential learning is critical
  • EdTech resources for parents to explore
SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/rebel-educator/11

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11: Connecting Industries and Classrooms with Sabari Raja