BPC-DP: BTU: "Build it, Trust it, Use It" Project

北肯塔基州大学提出，建立它-信任它-使用它(BTU)示范项目将在两年内为肯塔基州北部/俄亥俄州西南部地区的拉美裔青少年提供以家庭为中心的强化计算机信息技术培训，目的是将他们的长期教育和职业决策导向计算机和信息科学。北肯塔基大学的教职员工和学生来自计算机信息技术、计算机科学、社会工作和西班牙语等专业，他们将组成团队，担任为期12周的研讨会的负责人。这些双语研讨会将在下班后和周末在当地的拉美裔社区中心和大学校园举行，中学生和他们的父母将参加非正式但有条理的计算机硬件和软件介绍。在研讨会的开始几周内，家庭将共同努力，用现成的组件制造自己的个人电脑；这些电脑是由该计划免费提供的。接下来的几周将涉及对一些问题的调查，如维护和故障排除、互联网使用、计算机安全、父母控制、面向拉美裔的网络资源以及计算机职业。该计划将聘请当地公司的拉美裔专业人士担任该计划的导师。计划团队将在每次研讨会之前和之后对参与者对IT的态度进行调查并进行分析。预计参与的学生将增加他们对信息技术的技术知识和信心，以及他们在与计算机相关的学科中继续深造的兴趣。

The University of Northern Kentucky proposes the Build it - Trust It - Use It ("BTU") demonstration project will, over a two year period, provide Hispanic teens in the Northern Kentucky / Southwest Ohio region with intensive hands-on family-centered training in computer information technology, with the aim of directing their long-term educational and career decisions toward the computer and information sciences. Faculty and students at Northern Kentucky University, drawn from majors such as Computer Information Technology, Computer Science, Social Work, and Spanish, will team up to serve as leaders of twelve-week workshops. Offered after hours and on weekends at a local Hispanic community center and on the university campus, these bilingual workshops will involve middle school students and their parents in informal but structured introductions to computer hardware and software. During the opening weeks of the workshop, families will work together to build their own personal computer from off-the-shelf components; individual computers provided free of charge by the program. Subsequent weeks will involve surveys of issues such as maintenance and troubleshooting, Internet usage, computer security, parental control, Hispanic-oriented web resources, and careers in computing. The program will engage Hispanic professionals from local corporations to serve as mentors in the program. Program teams will conduct and analyze surveys of participant attitudes toward IT before and after each workshop. It is expected that participating students will increase their technical knowledge and confidence in IT, as well as their interest in pursuing further education in the academic disciplines related to computing.