CI-TEAM: Pathways to CyberInfrastructure

网络基础设施之路利用计算科学的工具、技术和技术来提供背景丰富的计算和协作体验，是Shodor与北卡罗来纳中央大学、达勒姆公立学校和科学研究学会Sigma Xi的合作伙伴关系。为学生和他们的老师开辟了学习和使用网络基础设施的新途径。研讨会、学徒和实习复制并采用了Shodor成熟的方法，将实践探索和互动模拟相结合，以吸引长期处于弱势地位的群体进入科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学习和职业生涯。从事当前CI技术研究和应用的科学家通过提供网格中介的CybAdenture来展示他们的工作，从而帮助激发人们对科学和技术的兴奋。然后，学生将获得使用CI技术的经验，如模拟、复杂数据集的科学可视化、集群和网格计算、分布式数据库以及AccessGrid等协作工具。通过国家计算科学研究所(NCSI)培训的在职和职前教师指导模式识别和表征方面的活动。来自Sigma Xi的科学家和学生和教师参与者展示了真正的专业能力，为其他刚刚在这些道路上起步的人提供指导。此外，西格玛第十一届教育委员会监督该项目的评估，为通过协会各分会传播结果提供了一个额外的机制。这种方法将CI的影响扩展到更多代学习者。学生活动的课程利用了Shodor的计算科学教育参考台(CSERD)，这是国家科学数字图书馆(NSDL)的一个路径项目。广泛的影响：计算科学、数学和工程方面的探索使用网络基础设施的工具来探索网络基础设施的奇迹。城市社区中心转变为非正式的科学教育场所，吸引来自长期代表性不足的群体的个人考虑在科学、数学、工程和技术领域学习和职业。数字基础设施之路结合了在职教师和职前教师的专业发展，利用非正式教育环境掌握传播与信息技能，然后可以实施这些技能，以改善所有学生的正式和非正式学习机会。采用快速原型、部署和迭代改进的理念，学生及其教师的材料和活动第一年在一个城市社区的社区中心和学校进行测试，第二年最多在另外五个城市进行测试。最佳做法被纳入NCCU的职前教育课程，在网络基础设施参与人员项目(EPIC)的新虚拟学院中分享，并通过NCSI讲习班传播。改进的计算科学教育材料保存在NSDL/CSERD中。

Harnessing the tools, techniques, and technologies of computational science to provide context-rich computing and collaboration experiences, Pathways to CyberInfrastructure is a partnership of Shodor with North Carolina Central University, the Durham Public Schools, and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. New pathways to learning and working with cyberinfrastructure are opened for students and their teachers. Workshops, apprenticeships, and internships replicate and adapt Shodor's proven approach combining hands-on exploration and interactive simulations to attract longstanding underrepresented groups into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) studies and careers. Scientists engaged in current research and application of CI technologies help spark excitement about science and technology by providing grid-mediated CybAdventures showcasing their work. Students then gain experience in using CI technologies such as simulations, scientific visualizations of complex datasets, cluster and grid computing, distributed databases, and collaborative tools such as AccessGrid. In-service and pre-service teachers trained through the National Computational Science Institute (NCSI) guide activities in pattern recognition and characterization. Scientists from Sigma Xi and student and teacher participants who demonstrate the capacity for real expertise serve as mentors for others who are just beginning on these pathways. In addition, the Sigma Xi Committee on Education oversees the evaluation of the project, providing an additional mechanism for disseminating the results through the chapters of the society. This approach extends the impact of CI to additional generations of learners. Curricula for student activities exploit Shodor's Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD), a Pathway project of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).Broader Impact: Explorations in computational science, math and engineering use the tools of cyberinfrastructure to explore the wonders of cyberinfrastructure. Urban community centers transform into informal science education settings attracting individuals from longstanding underrepresented groups to consider studies and careers in science, math, engineering, and technology. Pathways to Cyberinfrastructure combines professional development for in-service and pre-service teachers using informal educational settings to master CI skills that can then be implemented to improve both formal and informal learning opportunities for all students. Adapting a philosophy of rapid prototype, deployment, and iterative improvement, materials and activities for students and their teachers are tested in community centers and schools in one urban community the first year, and up to five additional cities in the second. Best practices are incorporated into pre-service education classes at NCCU, shared in the new virtual institutes of the Engaging People In CyberInfrastructure (EPIC) project, and disseminated through NCSI workshops. Improved computational science education materials are maintained in NSDL/CSERD.