BPC-DP: BTU: "Build it, Trust it, Use It" Project

BPC-DP：BTU：“构建它、信任它、使用它”项目

• 批准号: 0540512
• 负责人: Kevin Kirby
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northern Kentucky University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0540512&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BPC; DP; BTU; Build; Trust

The University of Northern Kentucky proposes the Build it - Trust It - Use It ("BTU") demonstration project will, over a two year period, provide Hispanic teens in the Northern Kentucky / Southwest Ohio region with intensive hands-on family-centered training in computer information technology, with the aim of directing their long-term educational and career decisions toward the computer and information sciences. Faculty and students at Northern Kentucky University, drawn from majors such as Computer Information Technology, Computer Science, Social Work, and Spanish, will team up to serve as leaders of twelve-week workshops. Offered after hours and on weekends at a local Hispanic community center and on the university campus, these bilingual workshops will involve middle school students and their parents in informal but structured introductions to computer hardware and software. During the opening weeks of the workshop, families will work together to build their own personal computer from off-the-shelf components; individual computers provided free of charge by the program. Subsequent weeks will involve surveys of issues such as maintenance and troubleshooting, Internet usage, computer security, parental control, Hispanic-oriented web resources, and careers in computing. The program will engage Hispanic professionals from local corporations to serve as mentors in the program. Program teams will conduct and analyze surveys of participant attitudes toward IT before and after each workshop. It is expected that participating students will increase their technical knowledge and confidence in IT, as well as their interest in pursuing further education in the academic disciplines related to computing.

北肯塔基大学提出了“构建它-信任它-使用它”（“BTU”）示范项目，该项目将在两年的时间内，为肯塔基北部/俄亥俄州西南部地区的西班牙裔青少年提供以家庭为中心的计算机信息技术强化实践培训，目的是指导他们的长期教育和职业决策向计算机和信息科学发展。来自北肯塔基大学计算机信息技术、计算机科学、社会工作和西班牙语等专业的教师和学生将组队担任为期12周的研讨会的负责人。在当地的西班牙裔社区中心和大学校园里，这些双语研讨会在下班后和周末提供，中学生和他们的父母将参与非正式但有组织的计算机硬件和软件介绍。在工作坊开始的几周内，家庭成员将一起用现成的组件组装自己的个人电脑；个人电脑免费提供的程序。接下来的几周将涉及诸如维护和故障排除、互联网使用、计算机安全、家长控制、面向西班牙语的网络资源和计算机职业等问题的调查。该项目将聘请当地公司的西班牙裔专业人士担任该项目的导师。项目团队将在每次研讨会之前和之后对参与者对IT的态度进行调查和分析。预期参加课程的学生会增加他们对资讯科技的知识和信心，并有兴趣继续深造与电脑有关的学科。