Rural Schools Science and Information Technology

农村学校科学与信息技术

• 批准号: 0423195
• 负责人: Karen Michaelson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The Inland Northwest Community Access Network
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-15 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0423195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rural; Schools; Science; Information; Technology

The Rural School Science and Information Technology project serves rural teachers and students with a curriculum that focuses on applying three increasingly complex information technology applications (Geographic Information Systems, modeling/simulation and game development) to environmental sciences. Sixty teachers will receive summer training and continued support when they return to their classroom. Approximately 700 students over the three year period will attend a one-week summer camp and/or participate in after school clubs where teachers will develop curriculum as they master their IT skills. The curriculum is aligned with the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements as well as national technology standards. INTELLECTUAL MERIT: The RSSIT project moves secondary science teaching beyond the use of GIS in the classroom to encompass innovative ways of looking at and manipulating scientific data. While a number of schools use GIS for mapping, few take the materials to a higher level through the modeling of real-world data and simulations based on that data. Placing real-world inquiry into a game development context is almost unheard of in the secondary context, despite the interest of many secondary students in computer games and the fact that many high quality games create plausible virtual worlds. BROADER IMPACTS: The combination of training, access to sophisticated software and support for implementation provides an environment for successful classroom implementation and eventual dissemination. The assessment process advances teaching and learning by providing clear learning targets along with published criteria against which the teachers can measure their mastery of content and skills.

农村学校科学与信息技术项目为农村教师和学生提供的课程侧重于将三种日益复杂的信息技术应用（地理信息系统、建模/模拟和游戏开发）应用于环境科学。60名教师将接受暑期培训，并在他们回到教室后继续得到支持。在三年的时间里，大约700名学生将参加为期一周的夏令营和/或参加课后俱乐部，教师将在他们掌握IT技能的同时制定课程。该课程符合华盛顿州基本学术学习要求以及国家技术标准。智力优势：RSSIT项目使中学科学教学超越了在课堂上使用地理信息系统，以创新的方式看待和操作科学数据。虽然许多学校使用GIS进行制图，但很少有人通过对真实世界数据的建模和基于该数据的模拟来将材料提升到更高的水平。尽管许多中学生对电脑游戏很感兴趣，而且许多高质量的游戏创造了逼真的虚拟世界，但将现实世界的探究置于游戏开发环境中几乎是闻所未闻的。更广泛的影响：培训、使用先进的软件和支持实施的结合为成功的课堂实施和最终传播提供了一个环境。评估过程通过提供明确的学习目标和公布的标准来促进教与学，教师可以根据这些标准来衡量他们对内容和技能的掌握程度。