Establishing a National Clearinghouse for Teaching and Encouraging Blind and Low Vision Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: A Web Portal

--本项目汇集了所有现有的资源，用于在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）方面对盲人和低视力学生进行教学，并为普通教育教师、盲人和低视力学生的教师、家长和学生建立了一个门户网站，以便轻松访问收集到的信息。 为了创建将在门户网站上提供的内容，项目小组正在对现有资源和产品的信息以及从现有电子邮件列表服务器收集的STEM主题盲人信息进行编目、组织和搜索。该门户网站还为教师、家长和学生提供交流非视觉技术和经验的区域，为在STEM研究和/或职业中取得成功的盲人和视障人士提供访谈区域，并为盲人或视障学生提供与在STEM研究和/或职业中取得成功的盲人和视障人士互动和阴影的机会。 智力优势根据与盲人学生和科学、技术、工程和数学领域合作的专家的意见，改善盲人或低视力学生参与的创新解决方案因缺乏协调的活动和资源而受到限制（国家盲人青年科学中心咨询委员会会议，2004年）。 该项目将把所有现有资源集中到一个中央信息交流中心，以简化新的相关项目的开发，并将现有材料纳入课堂教学。信息交换所模式的成功开发和实施为激发创新和增加盲人或视力低下者在STEM领域的参与提供了最佳机会。更广泛的影响通过提供与盲人或有视力障碍的学生有关的包容性STEM资源，障碍将被侵蚀，从而增加盲人或有视力障碍的学生对STEM学习和职业的参与和追求。教师、家长和学生之间的知识共享将减少教师、家长和学生试图找到学习STEM学科的可用方法所做的重复努力。

------This project is compiling all existing resources for teaching students who are blind and who have low vision in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and building a Web portal for general education teachers, teachers of blind and low vision students, parents, and students to easily access the collected information. To create the content that will be available on the Web portal, the project team is cataloguing, organizing, and making searchable information on resources and products currently available as well as information gathered from existing email listservs on the blind in STEM subjects. The Web portal is also providing areas for teachers, parents, and students to communicate non-visual techniques and experiences, an area for interviews of blind and visually impaired individuals who are successful in STEM studies and/or careers, and opportunities for students who are blind or visually impaired to interact with and shadow blind and visually impaired individuals who are successful in STEM studies and/or careers. Intellectual MeritAccording to a cross section of experts working with students who are blind and in STEM fields, innovative solutions to improving the participation of students who are blind or who have low vision are limited by a lack of coordinated activities and resources (Advisory Committee Meetings of the National Center for Blind Youth in Science, 2004). This project will bring all existing resources into a centralized clearinghouse in order to streamline the development of new related projects and to integrate existing materials into classroom instruction. The successful development and implementation of the clearinghouse model presents the best opportunity for sparking innovation and increasing the participation of individuals who are blind, or who have low vision, in STEM fields. Broader ImpactsBy providing an all-inclusive STEM resource relating to students who are blind, or who have visual impairments, barriers will be eroded leading to increased participation and pursuit of STEM studies and careers by students who are blind or who have visual impairments. The sharing of knowledge among teachers, parents, and students will cut down on the amount of duplication of effort that now takes place by teachers, parents, and students trying to find accessible means to study STEM subjects.