EAGER: Empowering Out-of-School Time Educators and Students through 4-H and the Land-Grant System

为响应并配合美国国家科学基金会计算机与信息系统与工程（CISE）理事会为扩大其主要研究人员（pi）对计算（BPC）活动的参与所做的努力，内布拉斯加大学林肯分校（UNL）和全国4-H委员会（4-H）将试点一项工作，支持CISE pi在校外时间让得不到充分服务的青少年参与计算机科学（CS），特别是计算和算法思维。该项目将开发一个计算机科学专业发展（CSPD）工具包，其中包括现实世界的视频学习模块、便利的面对面专业发展机会和远程学习经验，以支持教育工作者鼓励年轻人发展计算机科学技能。工具包中的材料由CISE社区成员开发，在某些情况下由CISE社区成员交付。4-H通过国家赠地大学（LGU）系统为近600万年轻人提供服务，并已开始与谷歌合作，在三所土地赠地大学教授年轻人技术和人际交往技能。本提案将在此基础上进行扩展，在这三个4-H OST CS站点开发、设计和测试CS专业开发资源。然后，这些资源将被打包成一个可转移的工具包，最终可以扩展到60万名志愿者和3500名教育工作者，他们目前正在地方政府部门促进4-H规划，并有可能为CISE社区的许多其他成员打开大门，定期为4-H活动做出贡献。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

In response to and in alignment with an effort undertaken by the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Systems and Engineering (CISE) Directorate to increase broadening participation in computing (BPC) activities among its Principal Investigators (PIs), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and the National 4-H Council (4-H) will pilot an effort to support CISE PIs in engaging underserved youth in computer science(CS) - specifically computational and algorithmic thinking - during out-of-school time settings. The project will develop a CS Professional Development (CSPD) toolkit that includes real-world, video-based learning modules, facilitated in-person professional development opportunities, and distance learning experiences to support educators in encouraging youth to develop their CS skills. Materials in the toolkit with be developed and, in some cases, delivered by members of the CISE community. 4-H reaches nearly six million youth through the nation's land grant university (LGU) system, and has already embarked on a partnership with Google to teach youth both technical and interpersonal skills at three LGUs. This proposal will expand upon that foundation by developing, designing, and testing CS professional development resources at those three 4-H OST CS sites. The resources will then be packaged into a transferable toolkit that can be eventually scaled to reach the 600,000 volunteers and 3,500 educators that currently facilitate 4-H programming within LGUs and potentially opening the door for many additional members of the CISE community to contribute to 4H activities on a regular basis.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.