InTech National Dissemination

“将技术融入小学数学和科学课程(InTech)”是迈阿密科学博物馆在佛罗里达州教育部的支持下为小学教师开发的一项在职计划。Intech培训教师在课堂上培训其他教师使用微型计算机、探头、数据库、CD-ROM、视盘和模拟软件。到目前为止，来自佛罗里达州27个学区的200名教师培训员已经使用州资金进行了培训。InTech项目总监朱迪·陈博士现在计划将这一培训工作扩大到全国观众。美国教育部的四个地区教育研究实验室(网络、北中心实验室、SERVE和远西实验室)将利用最近成立的跨实验室国家科学和数学合作实验室作为传播代理。陈博士还将开发一个额外的研讨会模块(关于电信)，从而将InTech培训研讨会延长到整整一周。每个区域实验室将为该区域的国家举办一次研讨会。将对来自24个州(每个地区6名)的96名教师培训员进行四人一组(科学监督员、大学教员、地区技术协调员、州教育协会代表)的培训。每个参与者将被要求进行至少9天的培训，他们的雇主必须在申请研讨会时承诺支持这一在职培训。相对较少的小学教师对计算机和与计算机相关的教学感到满意。因此，拟议的培训和传播努力将解决全国各地小学的迫切需求。创建教师培训者网络将产生一个不断扩大的能够将技术融入课堂教学的教师队伍。费用分担占NSF捐款的62%。

"Integrating Technology into the Elementary Mathematics and Science Curriculum (InTech)" is an inservice program for elementary teachers developed by the Miami Museum of Science through support by the Florida Department of Education. InTech trains teachers to train other teachers in the classroom use of microcomputers, probes, databases, CD-ROMs, videodiscs, and simulation software. To date, two hundred teacher trainers from 27 Florida school districts have been trained using state funds. Dr. Judy Chen, InTech project director, now plans to expand this training effort to a national audience. Four of the US Department of Education's Regional Educational Research Labs (the NETWORK, North Central Lab, SERVE, and the Far West Lab) will act as dissemination agents using the recently established Inter-Lab National Science and Math Collaborative. Dr. Chen will also develop one additional workshop module (on telecommunications), thereby extending the InTech training workshop to a full week. Each Regional Lab will host one workshop for states in that region. A total of 96 teacher trainers will be trained in teams of four (science supervisors, university faculty, district coordinators for technology, representatives of state education associations) from 24 states (six per region). Each participant will be expected to conduct at least of nine days of training, and their employers must commit support for this inservice training in the application to the workshop. Relatively few elementary school teachers are comfortable with computers and computer-related instruction. Therefore, the proposed training and dissemination effort will address a pressing need in elementary schools across the country. Creating a network of teacher-trainers will generate an ever-expanding pool of teachers capable of integrating technology into their classroom instruction. Cost sharing represents 62% of the NSF contribution.