RET Site: Collaborative Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Experiences for Teachers (CoMET)

这一工程和计算机科学领域的教师研究体验(RET)网站由中佛罗里达大学(UCF)主办，题为《教师多学科协作工程设计体验(COMET)》，将为K-12 STEM教师提供涵盖物联网(IoT)所有方面的实践工程设计体验，从传感器的制造到允许其连接到互联网的硬件和软件。互联网的传统观点是相互连接的计算机、平板电脑和智能手机的集合，用户可以通过这些设备通过浏览器和其他程序访问信息。然而，最近物联网的出现从根本上改变了这一概念。现在，联网的设备不仅是电脑，还有家用电器、可穿戴的健康监测器和大量可以相互交谈的小型传感器。这一创新正在迅速改变我们日常生活的面貌。教师学员将通过应用科学知识和动手实验，对这一前沿工程研究有一个新的见解，并开发他们的教学模块，这将丰富他们的课堂教学。受过培训的教师将能够激发学生对科学在现代技术中的实际应用的兴趣，这些技术与他们日常使用的网络设备真正相关。这种级联的教育影响将成为催化剂，通过K-12科学课程在年轻人头脑中播种科学兴趣，并培养能够进一步推进物联网数字革命的未来科学家和工程师。在为期三年的时间里，将招聘30名K-12 STEM教师，为塞米诺尔县、奥兰治县和布里瓦德县公立学区代表人数不足的人群服务，那里有20,000多名教师和310,000名学生，他们将在明年夏天参加为期8周的暑期研究方案和为期1周的培训员培训讲习班。该计划将培养合格的教师培训者，通过提供与物联网设备和系统当前技术发展相关的多学科经验，确保优质的职前和在职教师教育。将实施培训者培训模式，通过这种模式，教师将成为有效的导师，并促进其他教师在K-12教育环境中获得和应用知识。为了支持培训者培训模式--“通用的学习设计”，将利用一个设计和实施教学材料的框架，通过主动绕过课程障碍来满足个人的需要。参与者将轮流到四个不同的实验室，在那里他们将在教师导师的指导下学习在不同学科中的工程实践。教师将开发教学模块，以课堂讲稿、演示工具包和原型的形式部署在课堂上。该RET计划将为教师提供探索科学在工程应用中的实际应用的学习机会，并提供一个环境，让课堂上的学生在认识到科学、工程和技术之间的相互作用的同时，测试他们自己的科学知识。该计划的结果将在地区、国家和国际会议上公布，并发表在教育期刊上。

This Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site, entitled, Collaborative Multidisciplinary Engineering Design Experiences for Teachers (CoMET), hosted by the University of Central Florida (UCF), will provide K-12 STEM teachers with a hands-on engineering design experience covering all aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT), from the manufacturing of a sensor, to the hardware and software that allows it to connect to the internet. The traditional view of the internet is a collection of interconnected computers, tablets, and smartphones by which users can access information through browsers and other programs. However, the recent emergence of IoT radically changes this concept. Now the connected devices are not just computers but also home appliances, wearable health monitors and a very large number of small sensors that can talk to each other. This innovation is rapidly changing the landscape of our daily life. The teacher participants will gain a new insight into this cutting-edge engineering research through the application of scientific knowledge and hands-on experiments, and develop their teaching modules, which will enrich their classroom teaching. The trained teachers will be able to peak students' interest in the practical use of science in modern technologies that are truly relevant to their daily use of networked devices. This cascading educational impact will become the catalyst for seeding scientific interest in young minds through K-12 science classes and raising future scientists and engineers who can advance the IoT digital revolution further. Over a three year period, thirty K-12 STEM teachers, serving underrepresented populations in the Seminole, Orange and Brevard county public school districts, in which there are over 20,000 teachers and 310,000 students, will be recruited and participate in an eight week summer research program and a one week Train-the-Trainer workshop in the following summer. This program will create competent teacher trainers who will ensure quality pre-service and in-service teacher education, by providing multidisciplinary experiences that are relevant to the current technical development in IoT devices and systems. The Train-the-Trainer model will be implemented by which teachers will become effective mentors and facilitate knowledge acquisition and application in K-12 educational settings for other teachers. To bolster the Train-the-Trainer model the "Universal Design for Learning", a framework for the design and implementation of instructional materials will be utilized, meeting the needs of individuals by proactively circumventing curriculum barriers. The participants will rotate to four different laboratories, where they will learn about the practice of engineering in various disciplines under the guidance of faculty mentors. Teachers will develop teaching modules to deploy in the classroom in the form of lecture notes, demonstration kits and prototypes. This RET program will give teachers learning opportunities to explore the practical use of science for engineering applications, and provide a context in which students in their classroom can test their own scientific knowledge as they recognize the interplay among science, engineering and technology. The program findings will be presented at regional, national, and international conferences, and published in educational journals.