RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Sensor Networks

RET 网站：传感器网络教师的研究经验

• 批准号: 1132585
• 负责人: Miguel Acevedo
• 金额: $ 49.99万
• 依托单位: University of North Texas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-06-15 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1132585&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Research; Experiences; Teachers

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.

该奖项为北得克萨斯大学一个新的教师研究体验(RET)网站提供资金，该网站专注于传感器网络。每年，来自北得克萨斯州学区的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，并将在下一学年的课堂上实施。教师们将组织家庭经营的科技节，与学校周围的社区分享他们的工作。通过参加RET网站，教师将获得更多工程和计算机科学方面的知识基础，并掌握将其转化为课堂实践的技能，从而影响他们的学生，并激发他们对科学、技术、计算机和工程学科的兴趣。智力价值：这个项目的智力价值围绕着研究团队的专业知识和教师将在其中工作的杰出研究环境。该项目是围绕先前的试点项目建立的，因此可以从试点期间吸取的经验教训中受益。该项目利用了通过项目教职员工的研究和推广而发展起来的优秀伙伴学校网络。这些研究项目令人信服，涉及国家利益的领域。更广泛的影响：该项目的更广泛的影响包括对该地区学校的重大影响以及向广大社区的传播。教师将把新的计算和工程主题融入他们的课堂，并开发实践方法将这些主题传授给中学生。教师亦会参与公众推广活动，向公众传达计算机科学和工程的概念和欣赏。通过这个项目，大学和学校之间的长期关系将得到锻造和巩固。将在大学和学校之间建立永久的视频和音频链接，从而使合作伙伴能够共同努力，在其伙伴学校和该区域建立杰出的计算和工程基础。