The ITEST Resource Center

该项目将创建学习中心，以协助ITEST青年和综合项目实现其目标。它在实施最佳实践和建立成就方面提供帮助，以产生可在项目之间和与更广泛的社区共享的知识。中心为每一个ITEST项目提供规划、实施和评估支持。它为复杂的It实践建模，提供技术援助，使受资助者参与行动研究，增加机会，并通过正式和非正式社区的网络传播研究和模型。项目目标如下：1。提供技术援助机会，并将经验教训转化为知识。这包括每年选择四个主题与专家进行在线对话。它包括努力解决妇女、少数民族和代表性不足的人口的特殊需要。缩短研究/实践周期，推动以数据为本的决策。这包括在不同的环境和生命周期的不同阶段研究IT暴露和培训的影响。创建一个全国性的ITEST，作为STEM中IT信息的主要来源。这包括向10,000多名从业人员提供服务。建立受助人使用技术作为学习和工作工具以及领导他人的能力。这包括基于网络的资源、协作、数据集和其他专业知识。

This project will create the Learning Center to assist ITEST projects, both Youth and Comprehensive, in achieving their goals. It provides help in implementing best practices and building on achievements to produce knowledge that can be shared among projects and with the broader community. The center offers each ITEST project support with planning, implementing and evaluating. It models sophisticated IT practices, provides technical assistance, engages grantees in action research, increases opportunities, and disseminates research and models through networks in both the formal and informal communities.The project goals are as follows:1. To provide technical assistance opportunities and leverage lessons learned into knowledge. This includes selecting four topics each year for online dialog with experts. It includes efforts to address the special needs of women, minorities, and underrepresented populations.2. To tighten the research/practice cycle and promote data-based decision making. This includes studying the effects of IT exposure and training in different environments and at different points in its life span.3. To create a national presence for ITEST as a primary source for information on IT in STEM. This includes outreach to more than 10,000 practitioners.4. To build grantee capacity to use technology as a tool for learning and working and to lead others. This includes web-based resources, collaboration, data sets and other expertise.