SPIRIT 2.0: Silicon Prairie Initiative for Robotics in Information Technology 2.0

在以前的ITEST资助的基础上，PI正在设计和开发一套课程材料，该材料以俄勒冈州州立大学开发的NSF资助的TekBot机器人平台的修订版为中心。除了TekBot之外，内布拉斯加大学Peter Keitit研究所的技术开发公司正在开发一种名为NUBot的新机器人。这些机器人比大多数主要的商业套件便宜得多，并使用当地电子供应商的现成零件。领导团队为5-8年级创建材料，通过机器人课程解决和评估STEM概念。该课程通过NCTM协调中心和科学素养地图集等文件解决STEM标准。有三种基于问题的方式，学生可以使用TekBot：建筑，移动和编程。其目的是扩大网络基础设施的规模，以支持课程的全国分发和实施。网络基础设施提供暑期讲习班、远程教育、允许教师根据其教育目标确定课程计划的手段，以及作为教师专业发展手段的互联网待命技术人员。

Building on previous ITEST funding, the PI is designing and developing a set of curriculum materials centering on a revised version of the NSF funded TekBot robotics platform developed by Oregon State University. Having added to the TekBot, a new robot, called NUBot is being developed by the Technology Development Corporation of the Peter Keitit Institute of the University of Nebraska. These robots are substantially less expensive, than most major commercial kits and use off the shelf parts from local electronics suppliers. The leadership team creates materials for grades 5-8 that address and assess STEM concepts through a robotics curriculum. The curriculum addresses STEM standards through such documents as the NCTM Focal Points and the Atlas of Science Literacy. There are three problem based ways in which students can use the TekBot: building, moving, and programming. The intent is to scale up to a cyber-infrastructure that supports the national distribution and implementation of the curriculum. The cyber-infrastructure provides for summer workshops, distance education, a means of permitting teachers to identify lesson plans based upon their educational objectives, and an internet on call technician as means of teacher professional development.