Teacher's iPod

描述（由申请人提供）：SBIR第一期项目定义并实施了一个新的技术型科学和环境健康科学（EHS） 9-12教师支持课程。这项被提议的创新被称为教师iPod或TiP。TiP的目标是：(1)使教师在课堂上传授特定的课程、内容和/或活动时更有效、更有知识、更专业；(2)克服教师对采用和有效使用新学习技术的残余阻力；(3)随时随地按需提供教师支持；(4)高价值、低成本和稳健。美国科学教育正处于十字路口，这一事实反映了对TiP的需求。国家和国际评估表明，9-12年级科学（和EHS）教育交付系统存在一些系统性弱点。从历史上看，课堂教师一直是主要的学习促进者，但今天许多9-12岁的科学教师在科学和技术领域，特别是EHS方面的正式培训和证书有限。TiP将使用一种最新的技术创新，称为播客，自动向教师提供及时的重点指导和帮助，使教师能够更高效、更有力、更有效地在课堂上讲授特定课程的内容。TiP播客为教师提供了对课堂上将要呈现的主题材料的核心理解，以及建议的讲师改进，支持活动和推荐的评估策略。播客的按需交付是在老师的控制下，可以随时随地进行交易（例如，早晨上下班）。第一阶段TiP研究将计划、设计和实施一系列原型播客。在第一阶段，将编写和制作播客，以支持将由奥兰治县公立学校（佛罗里达州奥兰多）科学教师讲授的特定EHS课程。开发的播客将以电子方式自动交付给大约100名奥兰多科学教师，以支持他们在课堂上交付特定课程。将测量和分析TiP的有效性、效率、可比性、所需技能集以及在真实的特定课程实例中的实际使用情况的数据。预期的结果将是对TiP概念的验证，并证明TiP可以作为跨众多科学学科的可行和有价值的教师支持技术进行商业开发。结果将是更成功的9-12岁的学习成果和更多的ehs意识的人群。项目描述：建议的TiP教师支持环境可以提高9-12年级科学教育的质量，从而促进公共卫生事业。该项目预计将产生更多开明的毕业生，并扩大有资格从事公共卫生事业的人才储备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This SBIR Phase I project defines and implements a new class of technology-enabled science and environmental health science (EHS) 9-12 teacher support. The proposed innovation is called Teachers iPod or TiP. The goals of TiP are to: (1) prepare teachers to be more effective, knowledgeable, and professional in their delivery of specific lessons, content, and/or activities in the classroom, (2) overcome teachers' residual resistance to adopting and effectively using new learning technologies, (3) provide teacher support on-demand, anywhere, anytime, and (4) be high-value, low-cost, and robust. The need for TiP is reflected in the fact that US science education is at a crossroads. National and international assessments indicate a number of systemic weaknesses in the 9-12 science (and EHS) educational delivery system. Historically, the in-class teacher has been the primary learning enabler, but today many 9-12 science teachers have limited formal training and credentials in scientific and technical fields, especially EHS. TiP will use a recent technological innovation, called podcasting, to automatically deliver just-in-time focused instruction and assistance to teachers, to prepare the teachers to in turn deliver in class, lesson-specific content more efficiently, forcefully, and effectively. TiP podcasts provide teachers with a core understanding of the topical material to be presented in-class, along with suggested lecturer enhancements, supporting activities, and recommended assessment strategies. The on-demand delivery of the podcasts is under teacher control and can be transacted anytime and anywhere (e.g., morning commute). The Phase I TiP study will plan, design, and implement a collection of prototype podcasts. In Phase I, the podcasts will be scripted and produced to support specific EHS lessons that will be delivered by Orange County Public School (Orlando, FL) science teachers. The developed podcasts will be electronically and automatically delivered to ~100 Orlando science teachers to support their delivery of the specific lesson in-class. Data on TiP's efficacy, efficiency, comparability, required skill set, and actual usage in authentic lesson-specific instances will be measured and analyzed. The expected outcome will be a validation of the TiP concept and a demonstration that TiP can be commercially developed as a viable and valuable teacher support technology across a multitude of science disciplines. The result will be more successful 9-12 learning outcomes and a more EHS-aware population. Project Narrative: The proposed TiP teacher support environment advances the cause of public health in that it can improve the quality of 9-12 science education. The project is expected to result in more enlightened graduates and an expanded the pool of those qualified to pursue public health careers.