The Exploratorium Digital Teaching Box Project: A Professional Development Tool S

Exploratorium数字教学盒项目：专业开发工具S

• 批准号: 8496436
• 负责人: Kristina R Yu
• 金额: $ 25.95万
• 依托单位: EXPLORATORIUM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8496436
• 关键词: Address; Apple; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; Books; Boxing; California; Case Study; Collaborations; Collection; Communities; Development; Economically Deprived Population; Education and Outreach; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Electronics; Enrollment; Ensure; Funding; Health; Image; Institutes; Interview; K-12 Education; Knowledge; Learning; Link; Measurable; Mentors; Microscope; Museums; N.I.H. Research Support; Outcome; Process; Production; Readiness; Recruitment Activity; Research; Resources; Sampling; Science; Scientist; Students; Tablets; Teacher Professional Development; Testing; Text; Textbooks; Time; Translating; Work; base; career; design; digital; experience; high school; improved; innovation; interest; junior high school; meetings; next generation; programs; public health relevance; research and development; skills; social organization; teacher; tool; tool development; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The emerging Next Generation Science Standards will challenge teachers to approach their practice in a new way--engaging students in core concepts, but also the processes of science, and embracing crosscutting themes. To prepare teachers for this transition, the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, assisted by NIH- supported research scientists, will offer innovative professional development to 455 biology teachers of grades 6-12 that will enable them to create Digital Teaching Boxes--topic-specific, tablet-based, digital activity collections--customized for their classrooms. Scientists will work directly with teachers in constructing the teaching boxes, providing images from their labs and information about their research, thus linking classroom biology to ongoing biomedical research. At the same time, the scientists will learn how to translate their research for the new, standards-based classroom. Using Apple's iBooks Author, the teachers will be able to assemble their own collection of microscope images and time-lapse videos, science activities, interviews of scientists, text, hands-on classroom activities, and other resources to teach a complete science unit. The Exploratorium will offer teachers its exceptional collection of high-quality images (from its SEPA-funded Microscope Imaging Station), science activities, teaching tips, and other material from more than 25 years of work with teachers. In addition, the Exploratorium and the research scientists will collaborate with teachers to create new digital assets (microscope images, activities, interviews, classroom activities) that teachers decide will best help them address the new standards. In the final year of the project, the Teacher Institute will offer free webinars about the project-ne version designed for teachers and one for professional developers. They will publicize the webinars nationally through teacher organizations and social media. All digital assets and sample toolboxes created by teachers will be available to educators free on a project website. Six to eight case studies of collaborations between teachers and scientists will highlight how to best work together to address the standards, and what produces the most effective digital teaching boxes for use by teachers in the classroom. Teachers will be recruited from the large pool of Teacher Institute alumni in Northern California, and at least 60 percent will be teachers of underserved students. Classroom experience in life science, informed by the new science standards, is most likely to inspire and prepare underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students to pursue biomedical careers, but teachers need support to make this transition.

描述（由申请人提供）：新兴的下一代科学标准将挑战教师以一种新的方式进行实践 - 使学生以核心概念以及科学的过程以及拥抱跨界主题的过程。为了使教师为这种过渡做好准备，在NIH支持的研究科学家的协助下，Exploratorium教师研究所将为455名6至12年级的生物学教师提供创新的专业发展，这将使他们能够创建数字教学盒 - 基于平板电脑的，基于平板电脑的数字活动集合，为教堂提供了教室。科学家将直接与教师合作构建教学框，提供实验室的图像以及有关其研究的信息，从而将课堂生物学与正在进行的生物医学研究联系起来。同时，科学家将学习如何翻译基于标准的课堂的研究。 使用苹果的iBooks作者，老师将能够组装自己的显微镜图像和延时视频，科学活动，科学家的访谈，文本，动手课堂活动和其他资源，以教授完整的科学单位。 Exploratorium将为教师提供高质量图像（来自其SEPA资助的显微镜成像站），科学活动，教学技巧和其他25年以上与教师合作的材料的特殊收集。此外，Exploratorium和研究科学家将与教师合作创建新的数字资产（显微镜图像，活动，访谈，课堂活动），教师认为最好帮助他们解决新标准。 在项目的最后一年中，教师学院将提供有关专为教师设计的项目的免费网络研讨会，并为专业开发人员提供。他们将通过教师组织和社交媒体在全国范围内宣传网络研讨会。教师创建的所有数字资产和示例工具箱都将在项目网站上免费提供给教育工作者。六到八个关于教师与科学家之间合作的案例研究将突出显示如何最好地共同努力解决标准，以及是什么生成最有效的数字教学盒，以供教师在课堂上使用。 教师将从北加州的大型教师学院校友库中招募，至少有60％的学生将是服务不足的学生的教师。按照新科学标准所告知的生活科学的课堂经验最有可能启发和准备不足的人，并且在经济上处于弱势群体的学生来从事生物医学职业，但是老师需要支持才能实现这一过渡。