TALPA: Technology Applications and Learning for Professional Achievement

0332690施罗德该奖项授予阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇分校，以支持下述活动36个月。该提案是对创新伙伴计划征集(国家科学基金会-03521)的响应。合作伙伴包括阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇大学(牵头机构)、夏威夷马诺阿大学、华盛顿大学、阿拉斯加技术中心、Halau Ku Mana高中、Mt.Kotzebue高中。Edgecumbe高中、西北北极行政区学区、Wellpinit高中、白天鹅高中、雅卡民族邦联乐队和部落、惠普、Nana/Colt Engineering、Nana/Dowl Engineering、西门子建筑技术公司和阿拉斯加土著部落健康协会。该项目旨在通过现代最先进的计算机实验室和远程学习，将阿拉斯加、夏威夷和华盛顿的偏远地区与大学数学和科学课程联系起来，并在阿拉斯加大学安克雷奇大学、阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学、华盛顿大学和夏威夷大学维持一个项目，以留住和培养科学和工程课程的学生。由教育工作者、土著组织、工程公司、承包商和研究实验室组成的团队正在努力为土著美国人提供机会，让年轻人走上职业道路，成为工业界和学术界的领导者。该项目为农村社区的学生提供了一条通往大学和行业合作伙伴的渠道，这些学生准备在毕业后聘用他们。该项目将在五年内吸引325名学生。合作伙伴承诺在2006年前提供约500万美元，以支持这项活动。该计划可以复制到美国其他地区和土著社会。潜在的经济影响该活动的智力价值在于在非常偏远的地方建立最先进的计算机实验室，与当地土著高中系统合作建立科学和数学课程，为学生上大学做准备，培训当地教师使用计算机系统并指导学生，以及与工业合作伙伴合作，后者在学生大学毕业时为他们提供设备、奖学金和就业机会。该计划将计算机技术带到偏远社区，为高中生提供科学和工程职业愿景，将学生与工业界和学术界的专业人员联系起来，为工业伙伴提供受过技术培训的劳动力，并开发必要的有利基础设施，以长期维持这一努力。

0332690SchroederThis award is to University of Alaska Anchorage to support the activity described below for 36 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF-03521).PartnersThe partners include University of Alaska Anchorage (Lead Institution), University of Hawaii Manoa, University of Washington, Alaska Technical Center, Halau Ku Mana High School, Kotzebue High School, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Northwest Arctic Borough School District, Wellpinit High School, White Swan High School, Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, Hewlett-Packard, NANA/Colt Engineering, NANA/Dowl Engineering, Siemens Building Technologies, and Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.This project seeks to connect remote regions of Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington to college curriculum in mathematics and science via modern state-of-the-art computer laboratories and distance learning and to maintain a program at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Washington, and University of Hawaii to foster and retain the students in science and engineering curricula. The team of educators, Native organizations, engineering firms, contractors and research laboratories is working to provide opportunities for Indigenous Americans to put young people on career paths to leadership in industry and academia. The program is a pipeline for students from rural communities to universities and industry partners ready to hire them upon graduation. The program will engage 325 students in five years. The partners have committed approximately $5 million through 2006 to support the activity. This program can be replicated for other regions and indigenous societies in America.Potential Economic ImpactThe intellectual merit of the activity lies in establishment of state-of-the-art computer laboratories in very remote locations, working with local indigenous high school systems to establish the science and mathematics curriculum to prepare the students for college, training the local teachers to use the computer systems and tutor the students, and collaborating with industrial partners who provide equipment, scholarships and job opportunities for the students when they graduate from college.The program brings computer technology to remote communities, provides high school students with a vision of a career in science and engineering, connects students with professionals in industry and academia, provides industrial partners with a technologically trained workforce, and develops the enabling infrastructure necessary to sustain the effort long term.