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

ICAC构建并测试了与学校课程相关的应用程序，这些课程将小学的科学与数学、计算思维、阅读和写作相结合。 该项目的调查核心是确定如何以支持STEM学习并引导更多城市儿童走上STEM职业道路的方式实现每个孩子一台计算机。通过课程选择和兴趣来衡量，收集了关于收养过程以及学习和进入职业道路的结果的数据。在国家努力向1-5年级的每个儿童提供XO笔记本电脑的基础上，廉署为约160名教师及8000名学生提供计算机资源及技术，并支持采用，以增加STEM的学生人数渠道. 该项目所服务的社区是一个城市，主要是非洲裔美国人，高度贫困的学校系统，学生在STEM管道中的代表性不足。 该项目推进计算，科学和数学技能的第四和第五年级伯明翰市学校（BCS）的教师和学生，与教师合作开发课程，并为教师提供专业发展，并促进参与和管理人员的支持。 此外，廉政公署亦为每所学校的320名学生提供更广泛的培训，让他们成为教师和同学的资源。 ICAC让家长参与，以便他们了解他们的孩子在以STEM为中心的职业生涯中所拥有的机会，并使家长能够支持他们的孩子对STEM教育的兴趣。

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.