RET Site: Research Experiences in Cybersecurity for Nevada Teachers (RECNT)

这笔资金更新了内华达大学里诺分校（UNR）的教师研究经验（RET）站点。这个RET网站的主要目标是探索独特的方式，让初中和高中教师参与强调网络安全的暑期研究经验。网络安全是影响所有公民生活的国家重要领域。教师们将在夏季花六周的时间参与研究体验，开发课堂模块和材料，这些模块和材料将在学年期间在课堂上实施。该项目涉及大学、周边内华达县的学区和当地工业之间的合作关系。该项目将建立一个由对网络安全充满热情的教师组成的社区，他们可以通过参与、高质量的研究性学习体验将这种兴奋传递给学生。这个RET网站是由安全与可信网络空间（SaTC）计划共同资助的。该项目以一个对教师和K-12学生具有吸引力和令人兴奋的研究领域为基础，并由一个在研究和教育方面都表现出专业知识的教师团队来支撑。该项目的目标是：招募一批对将网络安全和计算机科学主题引入课堂感兴趣的初中和高中教师；聘请的教师参与各种现代系统和安全应用的研究经验；开发可纳入各种课程的教学模块；向广大初高中教师推广和传播研究成果；并维持RET网站教师参与者，UNR导师团队和大学之间的长期合作伙伴关系，为学生带来计算，解决问题和研究的兴奋，并鼓励他们追求科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）相关的职业。该网站的特色项目是教师可以访问的，并且与当前的研究和实践相关联。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。

This funding renews a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The primary objective of this RET Site is to explore unique ways to engage middle and high school teachers in summer research experiences that emphasize cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is an area of national importance that impacts the lives of all citizens. The teachers will spend six weeks in the summer participating in research experiences and developing classroom modules and materials which will be implemented in their classrooms during the academic year. The project involves a partnership between the university, the school districts in the surrounding Nevada counties, and local industries. The project will develop a community of teachers who are passionate about cybersecurity and who can translate this excitement to their students through engaging, high-quality inquiry learning experiences. This RET Site is co-funded by the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program. The project is anchored by a research area that is compelling and exciting for teachers and K-12 students and by a faculty team that has demonstrated expertise in both research and education. The goals of the project are to: recruit a cohort of middle and high school teachers interested in introducing cybersecurity and computer science topics into their classrooms; engage the recruited teachers in research experiences with applications in various modern day systems and security; develop instructional modules that can be incorporated into a variety of classes; promote and disseminate the results to a large group of middle and high school teachers; and sustain long term partnerships between the RET Site teacher participants, the UNR mentor team and the university to bring the excitement of computing, problem solving and research to students and encourage them to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related careers. The site features projects that are teacher accessible as well as connected to current research and practice.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.