National Center for Women in Information Technology and the National Science Foundation Broadening Participation Joint Meetings

摘要：cnns - 0733419pi: Lucinda SandersInstitution: University of colorado标题：NCWIT和NSF BPC联席会议本项目支持组织国家信息技术妇女中心和NSF拓宽参与联盟项目参与者的年度联盟会议。在其他会议的同时，还举行了K-12信息技术教育首脑会议。会议将于2007年5月在科罗拉多州博尔德举行。国家信息技术妇女中心组织了这次活动。这次会议为几个团体提供了一个建立网络和建立更广泛社区的机会，以实施从K-12到工业的整个管道中扩大信息技术参与的新模式。会议提供了一个很好的机制来维持和改善几个发展良好的社区，并通过参与社区活动促进合作和成功。该奖项为大约65名NSF扩大参与联盟参与者提供资金。这个项目的智力价值在于计划会议和参与会议所涉及的重要专业知识。会议为经验丰富的调查人员和研究人员提供了一个讨论成功、失败和经验教训以及向更广泛的社区传播这一信息的最佳途径的机会。特别是，K-12峰会为许多国家联盟成员和合作伙伴提供了一个机会，让他们了解K-12教育中影响他们所有项目的问题，并制定合作方法来解决共同关心的最重要领域。该项目的更广泛影响包括为一大批国家领导人在增加参与信息技术教育和职业道路方面提供高质量的经验。因此，这个项目有可能产生新的模式，以培养更多样化的学生和教师群体，并在促进信息技术学科学习的同时促进发现和理解。该项目还将提供受过更好技术教育的劳动力，以满足国家安全和经济优先事项。

ABSTRACTCNS-0733419PI: Lucinda SandersInstitution: University of ColoradoTitle: NCWIT and NSF BPC Joint Meetings This project supports the organization of the annual alliance meetings of the National Center for Women in Information Technology and the NSF Broadening Participation alliance project participants. A Summit on K-12 Information Technology Education is also being held in conjunction with the other meetings. The meeting is to be held in May, 2007 in Boulder, Colorado. The National Center for Women in Information Technology is organizing the event. This meeting provides an opportunity for several groups to network and build a broader community to implement new models for broadening participation in information technology throughout the pipeline from K-12 to industry. The meeting provides an excellent mechanism to sustain and improve several well-developed communities and promote collaboration and success through participation in the community event. This award provides funding for the approximately 65 NSF Broadening Participation alliance participants. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the significant expertise involved in planning the meeting and participating in it. The meeting provides an opportunity of experienced investigators and researchers to discuss successes, failures, and lessons learned as well as the best ways to disseminate this information to broader communities. In particular, the K-12 summit provides an opportunity for the many national alliance members and partners to learn about the issues in K-12 education that impact all of their projects and to develop collaborative approaches to address the most significant areas of common concern.The broader impacts of the project include providing a quality experience for a large group of national leaders in the area of increasing participation in information technology education and career paths. Thus this project has the potential to produce new models for developing a more diverse group of students and faculty members and to advance discovery and understanding while promoting learning in the information technology disciplines. The project will also provide a better technically educated workforce to meet national security and economic priorities.