RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Sensor Networks

该奖项为北德克萨斯大学的一个新的教师研究经验（RET）站点提供资金，该站点专注于传感器网络。每年，来自北德克萨斯州学区的12名K-12教师将参与该大学的研究项目。教师还将开发与他们的研究相关的模块，并在下一学年在课堂上实施。教师们将组织家庭经营技术节，与学校周围的社区分享他们的工作。通过参与RET网站，教师将增强工程和计算机科学的知识基础以及将其转化为课堂实践的技能，从而影响他们的学生并激励他们学习科学、技术、计算机和工程学科。智力价值：该项目的智力价值围绕研究团队的专业知识和教师工作的优秀研究环境展开。该项目是围绕先前的试点项目建立的，因此可以从试点过程中吸取经验教训。该项目利用了通过项目教师的研究和推广而发展起来的优秀合作学校网络。这些研究项目引人注目，涉及国家利益领域。更广泛的影响：这个项目的更广泛的影响包括对地区学校的重大影响和对广泛社区的传播。教师将把新的计算机和工程主题融入到他们的课堂中，并通过实践的方式将这些主题传授给中学生。教师亦会参与公众外展活动，向公众传递计算机科学与工程的概念和鉴赏。通过这个项目，大学和学院之间的长期关系将被锻造和巩固。将在大学和学校之间建立永久的视频和音频连接，从而使合作伙伴能够共同努力，在其合作学校和该地区建立优秀的计算机和工程基础。

This award provides funding for a new Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on Sensor Networks at the University of North Texas. Each year 12 K-12 teachers from school districts in North Texas will participate in research projects at the university. The teachers will also develop modules related to their research which they will implement in their classes in the following school year. The teachers will organize Family Run Tech Fests to share their work with the communities around their schools. Through participation in the RET Site the teachers will have an enhanced knowledge base in engineering and computer science and the skills to translate this into their classroom practices, thus impacting their students and motivating them towards science, technology, computing, and engineering disciplines.Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of this project revolves around the expertise of the research team and outstanding research environment in which the teachers will work. The project is built around a prior pilot project and thus can benefit from lessons learned during the pilot. The project takes advantage of an excellent network of partner schools developed through the research and outreach of the project faculty. The research projects are compelling and are in areas of national interest. Broader Impacts: The broader impacts of this project include substantial impact on the area schools and dissemination to a broad community. Teachers will incorporate new computing and engineering topics into their classes and develop hands-on ways to impart these topics to secondary students. The teachers will also engage in public outreach to convey the concepts and appreciation of computer science and engineering to the public. Through this project, a long-term relationship between the university and the schools will be forged and cemented. A permanent video and audio link between the university and schools will be established thus enabling the partners to work together to build a foundation of outstanding computing and engineering at their partner schools and in the region.