RET in Engineering and Computer Science SITE: Research Experience for Teachers on Cyber-Enabled Technologies

该奖项更新了一个专注于网络技术的教师研究经验(RET)网站。每年夏天，来自迈阿密-戴德县公立学校的13名高中科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教师将与佛罗里达国际大学的教职员工一起参加暑期研究活动。这些研究项目集中在新兴的网络使能技术，如云计算、社交网络以及网络安全和隐私，所有这些都是当前感兴趣和重要的主题。参与的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这些模块和课程材料，并与所在学区的其他教师分享。这些活动都有助于在教师和教师导师之间形成一个实践社区，有可能显着加强参与学区的STEM教育。RET网站围绕一个核心的多学科研究团队，探索下一代网络使能技术的理论设计、网络、应用和软件问题。它补充了当前解决方案中缺失的核心研究主题，包括用于稳健、安全、情景感知、可重新配置和可适应的网络使能技术的优化方法和软件。这种综合的方法应该有助于教师了解他们研究活动的背景和范围，并作为一个队列与其他人互动。拟议的RET网站的主要目标是(1)在幼儿园至12年级(K-12)的STEM教师与研究社区之间建立长期的合作关系；(2)增加K-12教师对网络使能技术的知识；(3)通过研究和专业发展计划建立K-12教师的技术能力；以及(4)帮助教师根据他们的经验制定班级课程。该项目将帮助培养一支能够将网络技术带入课堂的核心教师群体，并使高中生对网络技术的应用和未来许多可能的相关职业道路感到兴奋。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award renews a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on cyber-enabled technologies. Each summer, thirteen high school Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) teachers from Miami-Dade County Public Schools will participate in summer research activities with faculty at Florida International University. The research projects center on emerging cyber-enabled technologies such as cloud computing, social networks, and cyber security and privacy, all topics of current interest and importance. 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 districts. These activities all contribute to the formation of a community of practice in partnership between the teachers and the faculty mentors that has the potential to significantly enhance STEM education in the participating school districts. The RET Site revolves around a core multidisciplinary research team exploring theoretical design, networking, application, and software issues for next-generation cyber-enabled technologies. It augments core research themes missing from current solutions including optimization methods and software for robust, secure, context aware, reconfigurable, and adaptable cyber-enabled technologies. This integrated approach should help the teachers understand the context and scope of their research activities and interact with others as a cohort. The primary goals of the proposed RET site are to (1) build long-term collaborations between Kindergarten-through-12th grade (K-12) STEM teachers and the research community; (2) increase K-12 teachers' knowledge of cyber-enabled technologies; (3) build K-12 teachers' technology competency through research and professional development programs; and (4) assist teachers in developing class curriculum based on their experience. This project will help develop a core group of teachers who can bring cyber-enabled technologies into their classrooms and excite high school students about applications of cyber-enabled technologies and the many possible related career paths of the future.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.