CYBERCHASE

摘要：WNET正在进行为期6个月的开发阶段，邀请一位首席数学顾问、一个咨询委员会和制片人为一个名为Cyberchase的电视项目开发更完整的格式、个人节目内容和扩展组件，这是一个多组件项目，旨在激发、激励和参与9-11岁儿童的数学。该项目目前计划包括每周半小时的电视连续剧、各种教育印刷品和在线活动。该系列的概念围绕着一群多种族的朋友，他们沉迷于一款名为Cyberchase的吸引人的电脑游戏。在节目开始时，演员们被拉进电脑，与节目的观众一起成为主角，完成有趣的任务，展示数学在现实世界中的应用。为了进入下一个冒险，主人将面对玩家必须面对的挑战。在计划阶段，项目工作人员将召集学者、教育工作者和编程人员一起参加计划会议，以发展和完善项目理念和推广策略。工作范围将包括三个主要领域的研究：节目内容；程序设计（图形、动画）；互动、多媒体和教育推广。首席PI将由鲁斯·安·伯恩斯担任，她是WNET教育资源中心副总裁兼主任，也是PBS Mathline中学数学项目的执行制片人。首席数学顾问将是公共广播公司Mathline的中学数学项目主任凯里·波瑟。WNET的教育视频服务总监Sandra Sheppard将担任项目总监，并监督项目中相互关联的教育媒体组件的研究和开发阶段的所有方面。他们将与一个咨询委员会合作，该委员会包括所罗门·加芬克尔、艾瑞斯·卡尔、吉米·里奥斯和伊芙·霍尔。

AWARD NUMBER: 96-12533 Ruth Ann Burns ABSTRACT: WNET is conducting a six-month development phase to engage a lead mathematics consultant, an advisory committee, and producers to develop more fully the format, individual program content, and outreach components for a television-based project called Cyberchase, a multi-component project designed to excite, inspire, and involve 9-11 year olds in mathematics. The project currently is planned to include a weekly half-hour television series, a variety of educational print materials, and on-line activities. The series concept revolves around a multi-ethnic group of friends who are hooked on a riveting computer game call Cyberchase. At the start of the show, cast members are pulled into the computer and, with the program's viewers, become protagonists on intriguing missions that demonstrate real world applications of mathematics. A host confronts the players with challenges that must be met in order to progress onto the next adventure. During the planning phase, the project staff will bring scholars, educators, and programmers together in planning sessions to develop and refine program ideas and outreach strategies. The scope of work will include research in three primary areas: Program Content; Program Design (graphics, animation); and Interactivity, Multi-media, and Educational Outreach. The PI will be Ruth Ann Burns, Vice-President and Director of WNET's Educational Resource Center, and Executive Producer of the PBS Mathline Middle School Math Project. The Lead Math Consultant will be Carey Bolster, Director of the Middle School Math Project, a service of PBS Mathline. Sandra Sheppard, WNET's Director of Educational Video Services, will serve as Project Director and supervise all aspects of the research and development phase for the inter-related educational media components of the project. They will work with an advisory committee that includes Solomon Garfunkel, Iris Carl, Jimmie Rios, and Eve Hall.