Information Techonology through Community Based Natural Resources Program for Students and Teachers

这个ITEST学生和教师综合项目为初中和高中学生和教师提供了使用遥感和三维（3-D）可视化来研究他们社区中现实生活中的自然资源问题的机会，研究人员来自肯塔基州大学（英国）农业学院和互动数字中心（IDC）的信息技术（IT）人员。在肯塔基州社区和技术学院系统。来自肯塔基州中部和东部的五名教师组成的十个多学科小组，至少有一个班级，以及每所学校的四名学生项目负责人参加了这个为期三年的项目。目标包括增加学生和教师对遥感技术和三维计算机可视化的了解;开发和使用五个三维模型、五个地理信息系统/遥感地图和五个研究单元，在全州范围内传播;编制学生职业相册;增加所有参与者对需要信息技术技能的社区自然资源职业的了解。该计划包括为期两周的教师和选定的学生领袖暑期研究所，为期一年的教师专业发展，为期一年的以社区为基础的学生探索，IT专业人员的支持，与会者在会议上的演讲，以及指导顾问和家长的研讨会。该项目的智力价值在于地理空间、遥感和三维计算机可视化技术的整合;英国农业学院的教师和研究人员的合作，将及时和相关的研究带到课堂;利用信息技术的力量进行科学研究，以激发肯塔基州中部和东部学生对STEM职业的兴趣;并将多学科教师团队聚集在一起，利用技术调查社区问题。该项目的更广泛影响包括教师、IDC的信息技术教师和英国农业学院的研究人员之间的持久合作伙伴关系，以及将创新技术和研究纳入学校课程。

This ITEST Comprehensive Project for Students and Teachers provides middle and high school students and teachers opportunities to use remote sensing and three-dimensional (3-D) visualization to study real-life natural resource problems in their communities with researchers from the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture and information technology (IT) staff from the Interactive Digital Center (IDC) at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Ten multidisciplinary teams of five teachers from central and eastern Kentucky, at least one of their classes, and four student project leaders from each school are participating in the three-year project. The objectives include increasing student and teacher knowledge of remote sensing technology and 3-D computer visualization; developing and using five 3-D models, five GIS/remote sensing maps, and five units of study to be disseminated statewide; developing student Career Albums; and increasing all participants' understanding of community natural resource careers that demand IT skills. The program includes a two-week summer institute for teachers and selected student leaders, year-long teacher professional development, year-long community-based explorations for students, support by IT professionals, presentations by participants at conferences, and workshops for guidance counselors and parents. The intellectual merit of the project lies in the integration of geospatial, remote sensing and 3-D computer visualization technology; the collaboration of faculty and researchers within UK's College of Agriculture to bring timely and relevant research to the classroom; using the power of IT to do science, so as to excite central and eastern Kentucky students about STEM careers; and bringing together multidisciplinary teams of teachers to investigate community problems using technology. The broader impacts of the project include a lasting collaborative partnership among teachers, IT instructors at the IDC, and researchers within UK's College of Agriculture, and the integration of innovative technology and research into schools' curricula.