RET Site: Wearable Research for In-Service STEM Teachers (WRIST)

该奖项更新了内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校（UNO）关于可穿戴计算研究的示范性教师研究经验（RET）网站。RET网站培育UNO和奥马哈公立学校之间的长期合作伙伴关系，通过为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的高中教师提供尖端的研究经验来推进大学预科科学和工程教育。这些研究项目将专注于新兴的可穿戴技术，并提供动手实验和与积极参与可穿戴计算前沿研究的教师导师的日常互动。参与教师将通过开发教学模块和课程材料，将他们的研究经验和知识转化为课堂实践，他们将在课堂上介绍，并与学区的其他教师分享。这些活动都有助于与UNO教师和行业导师合作形成一个实践社区，这有可能显着提高和改善奥马哈公立学区的STEM教育。参与教师将参加为期6周的暑期研究所，参加尖端研究项目，并由计算机科学教师指导，他们领导充满活力的可穿戴计算研究项目。这个可再生能源技术网站项目将为参与的教师提供一个平台，以开发基于实际问题的教学材料和实验模块，他们将在学年研讨会期间与所在学区的其他教师分享。教师创建的模块和课程将通过www.example.com在全国范围内传播，这是一个全国公认的可搜索，基于标准的工程课程库。 RET网站项目将提高奥马哈公立学校的教学质量并加强课程。学习创新计算技术的兴奋可以激励学生进一步追求计算教育和相关职业。 WRIST计划将加强内布拉斯加大学和奥马哈公立学校之间正在进行的合作伙伴关系，并协同社区计算机科学教育计划，为学校的高质量计算教育奠定基础，并为社区未来的计算劳动力需求提供支持。

This award renews an exemplary Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site on wearable computing research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). The RET site nurtures a long-term partnership between UNO and Omaha Public Schools to advance pre-college science and engineering education by providing cutting-edge research experiences to cohorts of high school teachers in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The research projects will focus on emerging wearable technologies and provide hands-on experiments and daily interactions with faculty mentors who are actively involved in leading-edge research on wearable computing. The participating teachers will translate their research experiences and knowledge into classroom practice by developing instructional modules and course materials that they will introduce in their classrooms and share with other teachers in their school district. These activities all contribute to the formation of a community of practice in partnership with UNO faculty and industry mentors that has the potential to significantly enhance and improve STEM education in the Omaha Public School District.The participating teachers will attend a 6-week summer institute to participate in cutting-edge research projects with mentoring from computer science faculty who lead vibrant wearable computing research programs. This RET Site project will provide a platform for the participating teachers to develop practical problem-based instructional materials and laboratory modules that they will share with other teachers in their school district during an academic year workshop. The teacher-created modules and lessons will be disseminated nationally through TeachEngineering.org, a nationally recognized repository for searchable, standards-based engineering curricula. The RET Site project will boost the quality of instruction in the Omaha Public Schools and strengthen the curricula. The excitement of learning about innovative computing technologies can inspire the students to pursue further computing education and related careers. The WRIST program will strengthen ongoing partnerships between the University of Nebraska and Omaha Public Schools and synergize community computer science education initiatives that lay the foundation for quality computing education in the schools and provide for the future computing workforce needs of the community.