Implementation Project: Strategic Plan for the Integration of Nanotechnology in Undergraduate Programs (SPIN-UP)

这个项目在J F德雷克州立技术学院建立在一个非常成功的以前的实施项目，并有目标，以扩大学生的STEM教育机会的数量和多样性，扩大少数民族，女性和第一代学生的数量进入并完成中学后STEM教育机会在德雷克州立大学，该项目包括12个要素，以进一步改善学院的STEM课程，并为学生在4-一年的机构和高需求，高工资的职业在干。它们是：纳米技术整合在整个课程，化学计划的发展，教师在纳米技术和化学专业发展，互动，3-D可视化学习对象和3-D教室的STEM课程，夏桥活动强调纳米技术，夏季技术营的中学生，夏季技术研究所介绍纳米技术的中学教育工作者，第一年的学生辅导计划被证明是有效的提高第二年和长期的保留率，补充指令，地方同侪导师和导师在教室里，以协助教师和学生，教师和学生的研究项目，可以在会议上提出，虚拟学习社区利用学院的黑板学习管理系统和各种社会网络系统之间的互连，并对学生辅导，补充教学和互动的有效性进行研究，3D学习对象对少数民族，女性，第一代和经济资源不足的学生的保留和学习成果。该项目将为退伍军人，少数民族，妇女，第一代学生和经济资源不足的学生提供广泛的新的和令人兴奋的，高工资，高需求的STEM职业。

This project at J F Drake State Technical College builds on a very successful previous implementation project and has the goals to expand the number and diversity of STEM educational opportunities for students, to expand the number of minority, female, and first-generation students entering and completing postsecondary STEM education opportunities at Drake State, and to increase the percentage of students retained in and completing postsecondary STEM education programs at Drake State.The project includes twelve elements to further improve the college's STEM programs and to prepare students for study at 4-year institutions and high-demand, high-wage careers in STEM. They are: nanotechnology integrated across the curriculum, development of a chemistry program, faculty professional development in nanotechnology and chemistry, interactive, 3-D visualization learning objects and a 3-D classroom for STEM courses, Summer Bridge activities emphasizing nanotechnology, summer technology camps for middle school students, a Summer Technology Institute to introduce nanotechnology to secondary school educators, a first-year student coaching program shown to be effective in raising second-year and long-term retention rates, supplemental instruction that places peer mentors and tutors in classrooms to assist faculty and students, faculty and student research projects that can be presented at conferences, virtual learning communities utilizing interconnection between the College's Blackboard Learning Management System and various social network systems, and research on the effectiveness of student coaching, supplemental instruction, and interactive, 3-D learning objects on the retention and learning outcomes of minority, female, first-generation, and economically under-resourced students. This project will prepare veterans, minorities, women, first-generation students, and economically under-resourced students for a broad range of new and exciting, high-wage, high-demand STEM careers.