HI-TEC Forums on Technology Education 2012

这个项目部分支持HI-TEC全国会议和会议内关于技术教育的特别论坛（http://www.highimpact-tec.org/）。论坛的重点是确定关键问题和技术教育的挑战。重要的是，这些论坛旨在向国家科学基金会和其他利益相关者提供必要的反馈，以帮助制定应对已确定的国家和全球挑战的举措。论坛将吸引来自社区大学教育工作者、技术人员和行业人员的参与者进行坦诚的讨论，旨在突出现代技术教育面临的挑战和优先事项，并为利益相关者提供有关支持这些挑战的资金机会的信息。这次活动通过吸引新的支持者参与STEM和劳动力教育，大大扩大了ATE计划的影响。该项目的一个具体目标是让学生和技术人员参加会议，以扩大他们的经验，并征求他们对工作场所所需的技能和能力的反馈。这次会议，比任何其他单一的活动，是一个亮点，展示了基金会长期以来的努力和倡议，以支持社区大学的技术教育。

This project is partially supporting the HI-TEC national conference and special forums on technology education within the conference (http://www.highimpact-tec.org/). The forums focus on the identification of critical issues and the challenges of technology education. Importantly these forums are designed to provide necessary feedback to the NSF and other stakeholders to help shape initiatives in response to identified national and global challenges. The forums are expected to engage participants from the ranks of community college educators, technicians, and industry personnel in frank discussions designed to highlight challenges and priorities faced by modern technology education and provide stakeholders information on funding opportunities to support these challenges. This event significantly broadens the impact of the ATE program by engaging new constituencies in STEM and workforce education. One specific objective of this project is bringing students and technicians to the conference to broaden their experience and solicit their feedback concerning skills and competencies needed within the workplace. This conference, more than any other single event, is a highlight and showcase for the Foundation's long-standing efforts and initiatives to support technician education at community colleges.