Computer Engineering Course for K-12 Teachers Assisted by First-Year ECE Undergrads

将设计一个教师级课程，在高度互动的动手环境中，使用积极的合作学习方法，向职前科学和数学教师介绍计算机工程基础。与现有的努力合作，它也将被调整，以吸引在职教师寻求科学或数学教育硕士学位。它将说明如何使用基于微处理器的微型数据采集系统，和机器人技术来创建项目，展示满足缅因州学习结果和其他国家教育标准的物理和数学概念。这些材料将通过网络分发。这项工作的一个独特方面将是招聘和聘用一年级的电气和计算机工程和预科生。服务教育学院的学生，帮助开发课程内容，将感兴趣的初中和高中学生。在职教师将被包括在教学法的发展，有效地传达工程材料，以未来的科学和数学教师。该项目将介绍科学和数学的工程应用，以及提供一个桥梁，如第一机器人，第一乐高联盟，机器人球等非正式的科学创新和课堂环境。然而，对工程机构的主要好处将是工程概念在科学/数学K-12基础设施中的应用和强调。通过本课程，职前和在职教师将配备的工具，以说明工程原理以及它们如何与传统的科学和数学课程通常教的概念。

A sophomore-level course will be designed that introduces computer engineeringfundamentals to pre-service science and math teachers in a highly interactive, hands-onenvironment, using active, cooperative learning methods. In cooperation with existingefforts, it will also be adapted to appeal to in-service teachers seeking a Masters degree inscience or math education. It will illustrate how to use microprocessor based, mini-dataacquisition systems, and robotics to create projects demonstrating physics and mathconcepts satisfying the Maine Learning Results and other national education standards.These materials will be distributed over the web.A unique aspect of this effort will be the recruitment and engagement of honors-levelfirst-year Electrical and Computer Engineering and pre-service College of Educationstudents to help develop curricular content that will interest middle and high schoolstudents. In-service teachers will be included in the development of pedagogy thatefficiently conveys the engineering material to future science and math teachers.This project will introduce the engineering application of science and math, as well asproviding a bridge between such informal science innovations as First Robotics, FirstLego League, Bot Ball, etc. and the classroom environment. The major benefit, however,to the engineering establishment will be the application of and emphasis on engineeringconcepts to the science/math K-12 infrastructure. Through this course, pre-service andin-service teachers will be equipped with the tools to illustrate engineering principles andhow they relate to concepts normally taught in conventional science and math courses.