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

网络技术对于应对安全、经济竞争力和创新等国家挑战越来越关键。因此，当务之急是当代和未来几代教师做好准备，以满足多样化的、网络安全的劳动力的需求。佛罗里达国际大学的这个更新的RET网站将继续提供机会，培养教师尚未实现的研究潜力，同时满足在这个快速增长的领域增加多样性的需要。该网站已经接待了78名高中STEM教师，代表迈阿密-戴德区的42所学校，并计划再培训49名教师获得续展奖。通过为期6周的沉浸式暑期计划，高中STEM教师将与教师导师结对开展前沿研究，深化他们的教学知识，构建相关课程和课堂活动，并支持他们的学生在该领域的职业选择。该奖项支持佛罗里达国际大学(FIU)更新一个专注于网络使能技术的教师研究体验(RET)网站。RET网站的主要目标是(1)在K-12 STEM教师和研究社区之间建立长期的合作伙伴关系；(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提高K-12教师的技术能力；以及(4)根据这些经验帮助教师开发班级课程。该网站将为参与者提供一个机会，在教师的指导下，在为期六周的暑期项目中从事高质量的前沿研究。该计划将服务于49名STEM教师，他们教9-12年级，住在FIU的通勤距离内。研究项目集中在新兴的网络使能技术，包括物联网、对抗性机器学习、社交网络和安全。该计划的一个重要目标是让教师将他们的研究经验转移到他们的课堂上。为了实现这一目标，教师每周开会，并与教职员工、学生和彼此密切合作，共同考虑如何向学生传达暑期使用的概念和研究过程，并根据他们在暑期的接触情况开发教育模块。其他职业发展计划活动包括每周研讨会、实地考察、研讨会和学年跟踪。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。

Cyber-enabled technologies are increasingly more critical for addressing national challenges like security, economic competitiveness, and innovation. It is therefore imperative that current and future generations of teachers are prepared to meet the needs of a diverse, cyber-saavy workforce. This renewal RET Site at Florida International University will continue providing opportunities that nurture teachers’ unrealized research potential while meeting the need to increase diversity in this rapidly growing field. The site has already hosted 78 high school STEM teachers, representing 42 schools across the Miami-Dade district, and aims to prepare an additional 49 teachers with this renewal award. Through the immersive 6-week summer program, high school STEM teachers will be paired with faculty mentors to conduct cutting-edge research that will deepen their content knowledge, build related curriculum and classroom activities, and support their students’ career choices in this area.This award supports the renewal of a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on cyber-enabled technologies at Florida International University (FIU). The primary goals of the RET site are to (1) build long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 STEM teachers and the research community; (2) increase K-12 teachers’ knowledge of cyber-enabled technologies; (3) increase K-12 teachers’ technology competency through research and professional development programs; and (4) assist teachers in developing class curriculum based on this experience. This site will provide participants an opportunity to engage in high-quality cutting-edge research during a six-week summer program under the mentorship of faculty. The program will serve 49 STEM teachers who teach grades 9-12 and live within commuting distance of FIU. Research projects are centered on emerging cyber-enabled technologies, including internet of things, adversarial machine learning, social networks, and security. An important objective of the program is for the teachers to transfer their research experience to their classrooms. To accomplish this, teachers meet weekly and work closely with faculty, staff, students, and each other to collectively consider ways to communicate the concepts and research process used during the summer to their students, and to develop educational modules based on their exposure through the summer. Other career development program activities include weekly seminars, field trips, workshops, and academic year follow-ups.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.