Agricoding: Broadening Rural Participation in Computer Science

农业编码：扩大农村对计算机科学的参与

• 批准号: 2318339
• 负责人: Joseph Wiggins
• 金额: $ 28.87万
• 依托单位: KATABASIS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2318339&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Agricoding; Broadening; Rural; Participation; Computer

This project is supporting the early establishment of a Research Practice Partnership (RPP) focused on the preK-8 strand of CSforAll which focuses on designing, developing, and piloting instructional materials that integrate CS (computer science) and CT (computational thinking) into preK-8 classrooms. The RPP is comprised of (1) educational and agricultural technology companies, (2) researchers in the fields of agriculture, computer science, and education, and (3) district level leadership in the Granville and Jones County Public School Systems in North Carolina. The RPP is named the "Rural North Carolina Computer Science + Agriculture Alliance." The Alliance will develop a curriculum for 4th thru 7th grade students that fuses CS and agriculture content together in a game-based learning platform that prepares students to succeed in future careers both in technology and agriculture.The Rural North Carolina Computer Science + Agriculture Alliance brings together a unique mix of research and practitioner interests to collaborate on novel research projects while also creating several artifacts that aid in the integration of computer science materials into rural classrooms. The initial phase of the project formalizes a grounded theory of opportunities and pitfalls for computer science materials in rural classrooms. This in turn informs the design of Agricoding, a game-based learning platform that teaches 4th through 7th grade children about the basics of computer science, while tying the content to the agricultural industry that is a core pillar of rural communities. The system has students use block-based programming to control drones on a plot of farmland that complete various objectives tailored around sustainable agriculture practices aligned with earth science curriculum. The Alliance facilitates co-design of a set of professional development materials that enhance rural teachers' computer science education skills and facilitate the adoption of the game-based learning platform. The Rural North Carolina Computer Science + Agriculture Alliance is setting the stage for full development of a novel curriculum that prepares all students to succeed in the technology infused workplaces of the future and bring together diverse stakeholders in these distant locales to collaborate on solutions that foster prosperous communities across the region. This project is funded by the CS for All: Research and RPPs program.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.

该项目支持早期建立一个研究实践伙伴关系（RPP），重点是CSforAll的preK-8链，其重点是设计，开发和试点将CS（计算机科学）和CT（计算思维）整合到preK-8教室的教学材料。RPP由（1）教育和农业技术公司，（2）农业，计算机科学和教育领域的研究人员，以及（3）北卡罗来纳州格兰维尔和琼斯县公立学校系统的地区领导层组成。RPP被命名为“农村北卡罗来纳州计算机科学+农业联盟”。“该联盟将为4至7年级的学生开发一个课程，将CS和农业内容融合在一个基于游戏的学习平台中，为学生在未来的技术和农业职业生涯中取得成功做好准备。农业联盟汇集了研究和从业者兴趣的独特组合，在新颖的研究项目上进行合作，同时还创造了几个工件，帮助将计算机科学材料纳入农村课堂。该项目的初始阶段正式确定了农村课堂计算机科学材料的机会和陷阱的基础理论。这反过来又为Agricoding的设计提供了信息，Agricoding是一个基于游戏的学习平台，向四年级到七年级的儿童教授计算机科学的基础知识，同时将内容与作为农村社区核心支柱的农业产业联系起来。该系统让学生使用基于块的编程来控制一块农田上的无人机，完成围绕与地球科学课程相一致的可持续农业实践量身定制的各种目标。该联盟促进共同设计一套专业发展材料，以提高农村教师的计算机科学教育技能，并促进采用游戏学习平台。农村北卡罗来纳州计算机科学+农业联盟正在为全面开发新课程奠定基础，该课程为所有学生在未来的技术注入工作场所取得成功做好准备，并将这些偏远地区的不同利益相关者聚集在一起，共同制定促进该地区繁荣社区的解决方案。该项目由CS for All：Research and RPPs计划资助。该奖项反映了NSF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。