CYBERCHASE

奖项编号：96-12533 Ruth Ann Burns摘要：Wnet正在进行为期六个月的开发阶段，以聘请首席数学顾问、咨询委员会和制片人，为一个名为Cyberchase的电视项目更全面地开发格式、个人节目内容和推广组件，该项目由多个组件组成，旨在刺激、启发并吸引9-11岁的孩子学习数学。该项目目前计划包括每周半小时的电视连续剧、各种教育印刷材料和在线活动。这部系列剧的概念围绕着一群多种族的朋友展开，他们沉迷于一款名为Cyberchase的迷人电脑游戏。在节目开始时，演员们被拉到电脑前，和节目的观众一起，成为有趣的任务的主角，展示数学在现实世界中的应用。东道主面对玩家必须迎接的挑战，才能进入下一次冒险。在规划阶段，项目工作人员将在规划会议中将学者、教育工作者和程序员聚集在一起，以制定和完善计划想法和推广战略。工作范围将包括三个主要领域的研究：节目内容；节目设计(图形、动画)；以及互动、多媒体和教育推广。PI将是WNET教育资源中心副总裁兼主任Ruth Ann Burns，以及PBS Mathline中学数学项目的执行制片人。首席数学顾问将是Carey Bolster，他是PBS Mathline的一个服务项目--中学数学项目的主任。WNET教育视频服务总监桑德拉·谢泼德将担任项目主任，并监督项目中相互关联的教育媒体组成部分的研发阶段的所有方面。他们将与一个顾问委员会合作，该委员会包括所罗门·加芬克尔、爱丽丝·卡尔、吉米·里奥斯和伊芙·霍尔。

AWARD NUMBER: 96-12533 Ruth Ann Burns ABSTRACT: WNET is conducting a six-month development phase to engage a lead mathematics consultant, an advisory committee, and producers to develop more fully the format, individual program content, and outreach components for a television-based project called Cyberchase, a multi-component project designed to excite, inspire, and involve 9-11 year olds in mathematics. The project currently is planned to include a weekly half-hour television series, a variety of educational print materials, and on-line activities. The series concept revolves around a multi-ethnic group of friends who are hooked on a riveting computer game call Cyberchase. At the start of the show, cast members are pulled into the computer and, with the program's viewers, become protagonists on intriguing missions that demonstrate real world applications of mathematics. A host confronts the players with challenges that must be met in order to progress onto the next adventure. During the planning phase, the project staff will bring scholars, educators, and programmers together in planning sessions to develop and refine program ideas and outreach strategies. The scope of work will include research in three primary areas: Program Content; Program Design (graphics, animation); and Interactivity, Multi-media, and Educational Outreach. The PI will be Ruth Ann Burns, Vice-President and Director of WNET's Educational Resource Center, and Executive Producer of the PBS Mathline Middle School Math Project. The Lead Math Consultant will be Carey Bolster, Director of the Middle School Math Project, a service of PBS Mathline. Sandra Sheppard, WNET's Director of Educational Video Services, will serve as Project Director and supervise all aspects of the research and development phase for the inter-related educational media components of the project. They will work with an advisory committee that includes Solomon Garfunkel, Iris Carl, Jimmie Rios, and Eve Hall.