Pikuni Integration of Instructional Technology into Academics

土著美国人在中小型和微型教育领域，特别是在信息技术学科，以及作为教育工作者的人数仍然严重不足（NCES，1998年）。这项提案旨在以各种方式解决美国印第安人毕业生在中小企业教育中长期代表性不足的问题。该提案的主要目标是：a）增加美国原住民学生进入SMET学科的入学人数，B）增加SMET领域，特别是教育领域的美国原住民毕业生人数，c）在Blackfeet社区学院发展SMET研究基础设施，以及d）在Blackfeet学院建立信息技术计划，作为前两个目标背后的资助力量。随着这些目标的实现，将实施若干目标。新的SMET教师职位将通过该提案创建和部分资助。黑脚社区学院（BCC）和蒙大拿州立大学北方之间的合作关系将得到加强。这两个合作伙伴将开发一个信息技术的联合课程，这是友好的美洲原住民学生。BCC的信息技术学位课程将通过新课程，新功能和额外人员进行增强。专业发展活动将为整个BCC教师进行整合IT课程的目的。BCC的关键SMET项目，如民族植物学温室、天气和水实验室以及DNA图谱实验室，将作为IT支持的研究领域，学生实习生将获得资助，以帮助研究。 研究实习也将设立在密歇根州立大学北部的美国印第安人谁转移到学士学位课程在中小企业和信息技术教育。为黑脚保留地高中和大学生举办的一系列夏季会议桥梁活动将由BCC和MSU北方在MSU北方校园联合主办。这是一个雄心勃勃的项目，将作为一个模型，为其他人谁愿意使用一些或所有的各种活动，这一建议将包括。PIITA项目将是一个五年，$200万美元的努力，将显着影响与小型和微型电子商务相关学位毕业的美国印第安学生的人数。具体而言，项目工作人员将协助至少30名美国印第安学生在未来五年内获得中小企业和技术研究领域的学士学位，重点是信息技术和教育。 这些毕业生将有效地提高蒙大拿州美国印第安人IT教育工作者的人数，增加500%或更多。该提案规定保留一名外部评估员，并对一个咨询委员会给予名义上的支持。 咨询委员会的八名成员将从BCC、密西根州立大学北方分校、黑脚保留区的学区、蒙大拿州其他部落学院和黑脚社区的教育工作者和管理人员中招募。 评价员和委员会将每季度与项目PI会面。

Native Americans continue to be vastly underrepresented in the SMET fields, especially in Information Technology disciplines, and as educators (NCES, 1998). This proposal seeks to address the chronic underrepresentation of American Indian graduates in SMET education in a variety of ways. The primary goals of the proposal are: a) to increase the enrollment of Native American students into SMET disciplines, b) increase the numbers of Native American graduates from SMET fields, especially in education, c) develop the SMET research infrastructure at Blackfeet Community College, and d) build up the Information Technology program at Blackfeet College as the funding force behind the first two goals. Several objectives will be implemented as these goals are realized. New SMET faculty positions will be created and funded in part through the proposal. The collaborative ties between Blackfeet Community College (BCC), and Montana State University-Northern will be strengthened. These two partners will develop a joint curriculum in Information Technology that is friendly to Native American students. The Information Technology degree program at BCC will be enhanced with new courses, new capabilities, and additional personnel. Professional development activities will be conducted for the entire BCC faculty for the purpose of integrating IT across the curriculum. Key SMET programs at BCC, such as the Ethnobotanical Greenhouse, the Weather and Water Lab, and the DNA Mapping Lab, will be targeted as IT supported research areas, and student interns will be funded to help with the research. Research internships will also be set up at MSU-Northern for American Indians who transfer into baccalaureate degree programs in SMET and IT education. A series of Summer Session BRIDGE activities for Blackfeet Reservation high school and college students will be jointly hosted by BCC and MSU-Northern at the MSU-Northern campus in Havre. This is an ambitious project that will serve as a model for others who desire to use some or all of the various activities that this proposal will encompass.The PIITA project will be a five year, $2 million dollar effort that will significantly impact the numbers of American Indian students graduating with SMET related degrees. Specifically, the project staff will assist at least 30 American Indian students to graduate with baccalaureate degrees in SMET fields of study, with an emphasis toward IT and education, during the next five years. These graduates will effectively raise the pool of American Indian IT educators in Montana by 500 percent or more.The proposal has provisions for retaining an external evaluator, and nominal support for an advisory committee. The eight member advisory committee will be recruited from educators and administrators from BCC, MSU-Northern, school disricts in the Blackfeet Reservation area, other Montana tribal colleges, and from the Blackfeet Community. The evaluator and the committee will meet quarterly with the project PI's.