Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum (ICAC): Incorporating Technology into STEM Education Using XO Laptops

跨课程集成计算 (ICAC)：使用 XO 笔记本电脑将技术融入 STEM 教育

• 批准号: 0918216
• 负责人: Shelia Cotten
• 金额: $ 243.76万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0918216&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; Computing; Across; Curriculum; ICAC

The ICAC builds and tests applications tied to the school curriculum that integrate the sciences with mathematics, computational thinking, reading and writing in elementary schools. The investigative core of the project is to determine how one-computer-per-child can be implemented in such a way as to support STEM learning and lead more urban children to STEM career paths. Data are collected both on the process of adoption and on the outcomes of learning and entering career paths, as measured by course selection and interests.Building on a state effort that has provided XO laptop computers to every child in grades 1-5, ICAC provides approximately 160 teachers and 8000 students with computer resources and skills and supports the adoption so as to increase the number of students in the STEM pipeline. The community served by the project is an urban, predominantly African American, high poverty school system where students are underrepresented in the STEM pipeline. The project advances computing, science, and mathematics skills of 4th and 5th grade Birmingham City Schools (BCS) teachers and students, works with teachers to develop curriculum, and provides professional development for teachers, and facilitates participation and support by administrators. In addition, ICAC provides more extensive training to 320 students, drawn from each school, who become resources for the teachers and their fellow students. ICAC engages parents so that they understand the opportunities available for their children in STEM-centered careers and so that the parents can be supportive of their child's interest in STEM education.

ICAC 构建并测试与学校课程相关的应用程序，将小学的科学与数学、计算思维、阅读和写作相结合。 该项目的研究核心是确定如何实施“一童一机”，以支持STEM学习并引导更多城市儿童走上STEM职业道路。通过课程选择和兴趣来衡量收养过程以及学习结果和进入职业道路的数据。在国家为 1-5 年级每个孩子提供 XO 笔记本电脑的努力的基础上，ICAC 为大约 160 名教师和 8000 名学生提供了计算机资源和技能，并支持收养，以增加 STEM 管道中的学生数量。 该项目服务的社区是一个以非裔美国人为主的城市高度贫困学校系统，学生在 STEM 渠道中的代表性不足。 该项目提高伯明翰城市学校 (BCS) 四年级和五年级教师和学生的计算、科学和数学技能，与教师合作开发课程，为教师提供专业发展，并促进管理人员的参与和支持。 此外，廉政公署还为来自各学校的320名学生提供更广泛的培训，这些学生成为教师和同学的资源。 ICAC 与家长互动，让他们了解孩子在以 STEM 为中心的职业生涯中可获得的机会，并支持孩子对 STEM 教育的兴趣。