Pikuni Integration of Instructional Technology into Academics

美洲原住民在SMET领域，特别是在信息技术学科和作为教育者的代表性仍然很低(NCES，1998)。这项提案寻求通过各种方式解决美国印第安人毕业生在SMET教育中长期代表性不足的问题。该提案的主要目标是：a)增加MMET学科的美国原住民学生入学人数；b)增加MMET领域的美国原住民毕业生数量，特别是在教育领域；c)在BlackFoot社区学院发展SMET研究基础设施；以及d)在BlackFoot学院建立信息技术课程，作为前两个目标背后的资助力量。随着这些目标的实现，将实施几个目标。新的SMET教职员工职位将通过该提案创造和提供部分资金。黑脚社区学院(BCC)和蒙大拿州立大学北方分校之间的合作关系将得到加强。这两个合作伙伴将开发一种对美洲原住民学生友好的信息技术联合课程。BCC的信息技术学位课程将通过新的课程、新的能力和额外的人员来增强。将为整个BCC教职员工开展专业发展活动，目的是将信息技术整合到课程中。BCC的关键SMET项目，如民族植物温室、天气与水实验室和DNA测绘实验室，将被作为IT支持的研究领域，学生实习生将获得资金帮助进行研究。密歇根州立大学北方分校还将为转读SMET和IT教育学士学位课程的美国印第安人设立研究实习机会。黑脚保留区高中生和大学生的一系列夏季桥牌活动将由北京交通大学和密歇根州立大学北方分校在哈弗尔的密歇根州立大学北方分校联合主办。这是一个雄心勃勃的项目，将为其他希望使用这项提案所涵盖的部分或全部活动的人提供示范。PITA项目将是一个为期五年、耗资200万美元的项目，将对毕业于SMET相关学位的美国印第安人学生的数量产生重大影响。具体地说，该项目的工作人员将在未来五年内帮助至少30名美国印度学生毕业，获得MMET研究领域的学士学位，重点是IT和教育。这些毕业生将有效地将蒙大拿州的美国印第安人IT教育者人数增加500%或更多。该提案规定保留一名外部评估员，并名义上支持一个咨询委员会。咨询委员会的八名成员将从BCC、密歇根州立大学北部分校、黑脚保留区的学校、蒙大拿州其他部落学院和黑脚社区的教育工作者和管理人员中招募。评估员和委员会将每季度与项目PI会面。

Native Americans continue to be vastly underrepresented in the SMET fields, especially in Information Technology disciplines, and as educators (NCES, 1998). This proposal seeks to address the chronic underrepresentation of American Indian graduates in SMET education in a variety of ways. The primary goals of the proposal are: a) to increase the enrollment of Native American students into SMET disciplines, b) increase the numbers of Native American graduates from SMET fields, especially in education, c) develop the SMET research infrastructure at Blackfeet Community College, and d) build up the Information Technology program at Blackfeet College as the funding force behind the first two goals. Several objectives will be implemented as these goals are realized. New SMET faculty positions will be created and funded in part through the proposal. The collaborative ties between Blackfeet Community College (BCC), and Montana State University-Northern will be strengthened. These two partners will develop a joint curriculum in Information Technology that is friendly to Native American students. The Information Technology degree program at BCC will be enhanced with new courses, new capabilities, and additional personnel. Professional development activities will be conducted for the entire BCC faculty for the purpose of integrating IT across the curriculum. Key SMET programs at BCC, such as the Ethnobotanical Greenhouse, the Weather and Water Lab, and the DNA Mapping Lab, will be targeted as IT supported research areas, and student interns will be funded to help with the research. Research internships will also be set up at MSU-Northern for American Indians who transfer into baccalaureate degree programs in SMET and IT education. A series of Summer Session BRIDGE activities for Blackfeet Reservation high school and college students will be jointly hosted by BCC and MSU-Northern at the MSU-Northern campus in Havre. This is an ambitious project that will serve as a model for others who desire to use some or all of the various activities that this proposal will encompass.The PIITA project will be a five year, $2 million dollar effort that will significantly impact the numbers of American Indian students graduating with SMET related degrees. Specifically, the project staff will assist at least 30 American Indian students to graduate with baccalaureate degrees in SMET fields of study, with an emphasis toward IT and education, during the next five years. These graduates will effectively raise the pool of American Indian IT educators in Montana by 500 percent or more.The proposal has provisions for retaining an external evaluator, and nominal support for an advisory committee. The eight member advisory committee will be recruited from educators and administrators from BCC, MSU-Northern, school disricts in the Blackfeet Reservation area, other Montana tribal colleges, and from the Blackfeet Community. The evaluator and the committee will meet quarterly with the project PI's.