Image Processing for Teaching in Advanced Technological Education: Faculty and Teacher Development and Curriculum Materials

在过去的十年中，联邦倡议改革K-12级的科学和数学教育，导致在大学预科阶段更加强调探究，主动学习和技术的新用途。 现在的学生必须更多地参与科学，数学，工程和技术教育。 教育工作者面临的挑战是开发教学工具，激发学生的想象力，并提供一个平台，将技术融入技术和非技术本科课程。 这个项目是一个为期两年的更新的一个成功的项目开始于1995年的中心图像处理教育。 目前的项目介绍了数字图像处理作为一种学习工具，为教育工作者服务的学生学习职业技术人员。 该项目旨在完成三项活动：为高中和社区大学一级的技术教育教师进行专业发展;在亚利桑那大学图像处理教学项目的基础上，为技术教育编写教材;并建立一个联系基础设施，以举办讲习班和提供材料，提供强有力的后续支持，并接触潜在用户。 更新期的目标包括：1. 继续提供高质量的专业发展机会，以满足高中和社区学院水平的生物技术，环境技术和农业技术等技术导向领域的教育工作者的需求。 2. 继续编写技术教育教材，完成第一个供资期间开始编写的教材，并在教育工作者和项目咨询委员会确定的领域编写新教材。 3. 维持和扩大有效的基础设施，以传播讲习班和材料，并继续提供强有力的后续支助和接触潜在用户。 4. 制定一个强有力的总结性评估计划，有效地利用定量和定性分析。

The federal initiative of the past decade to reform science and mathematics education at the K-12 levels has resulted in greater emphasis on inquiry, active learning and new uses of technology at pre-college levels. It has become imperative that current students be more engaged in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education. Educators are being challenged to develop teaching tools that engage students' imaginations and provide a platform for integrating technology into technical and non-technical undergraduate curricula. This project is a two year renewal of a successful project started in l995 by the Center for Image Processing in Education. The current project introduces digital image processing as a learning tool for educators serving students studying for careers as technicians. The project was designed to accomplish three activities: conduct professional development for technological education faculty at the high school and community college levels; build on the work of the University of Arizona's Image Processing for Teaching project to develop instructional materials for technological education; and establish a linking infrastructure to deliver the workshops and materials, provide strong follow-up support, and reach out to potential users. Objectives for the renewal period include: 1. Continuing to provide high quality professional development opportunities tailored to the needs of educators involved in technology oriented fields such as biotechnology, environmental technology, and agricultural technology at the high school and community college levels. 2. Continuing development of instructional materials for technology education, both completing materials begun during the first period of funding and developing new materials in areas identified by educators and the project's Advisory Board. 3. Maintaining and expanding the effective infrastructure for disseminating workshops and materials, and continuing to provide strong follow-up support and reach out t o potential users. 4. Developing a strong summative evaluation program that effectively employs quantitative and qualitative analyses.