Ocean Explorers: GIS, IPA, and Ocean Science for IT Literacy and Skills

该项目将向大洛杉矶地区的60名初中和高中教师提供与海洋生境研究有关的信息技术和应用方面的培训。教育中的图像处理中心将与海峡群岛国家海洋保护区和环境系统研究所合作，在三年的时间里与教师和200名学生合作，开发和试点基于海洋研究的信息技术课程单元。教师和学生的目标人群将来自目前在技术工作场所代表性不足的人群。该项目由科学家、教育工作者和技术专家组成，他们将在为期8天的学年研讨会和为期7天的圣克鲁斯岛研究设施夏季实地体验期间，指导教师学习地理成像系统和图像处理应用。教职员工和教师将共同设计课程单元，并将在为期4天的当地学生实地体验中进行试点。这些单位经过实地测试和修订后，将通过收费讲习班在全国传播。

This project will provide 60 middle and high school teachers from the greater Los Angeles area with training in information technology and applications related to the study of ocean habitats. The Center for Image Processing in Education, in collaboration with the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the Environmental Systems Research Institute, will work with the teachers and 200 of their students over a period of three years to develop and pilot information technology-based curriculum units based upon ocean study. The target population of teachers and students will be drawn from populations currently underrepresented in the technology workplace. The project leadership, consisting of scientists, educators and technology specialists, will instruct the teachers in Geographic Imaging Systems and Image Processing Applications during 8-days of school year workshops and a 7-day summer field experience at a Santa Cruz Island research facility. Staff and teachers will work together designing the curriculum units, which will be piloted during a 4-day field experience with local students. These units, following field tests and revisions, will be disseminated nationally through fee-based workshops.