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

这笔资金更新了内华达州大学里诺（UNR）的教师研究经验（RET）网站。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体验。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时间参与研究经验，并开发课堂模块和材料，这些模块和材料将在学年期间在他们的课堂上实施。该项目涉及大学、周围内华达州县的学区和当地产业之间的合作。该项目将开发一个教师社区，他们对网络安全充满热情，并且可以通过引人入胜的高质量探究学习体验将这种兴奋转化为学生。 本网站由安全和值得信赖的网络空间（SaTC）计划共同资助。 该项目是由一个研究领域，这是令人信服的和令人兴奋的教师和K-12学生和教师团队，已证明在研究和教育的专业知识锚定。 该项目的目标是：招募一批有兴趣将网络安全和计算机科学主题引入课堂的初中和高中教师;让招募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;向广大初中和高中教师宣传和传播研究成果;并维持RET Site教师参与者、UNR导师团队和大学之间的长期合作伙伴关系，以带来计算的兴奋，解决问题和研究的学生，并鼓励他们追求科学，技术，工程和数学（干）相关的职业。该网站的特点是教师可以访问的项目，以及连接到当前的研究和实践。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

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.