Students That Are Ready for Technology (S.T.A.R.T.)

利哈伊大学提出“S.T.A.R.T.（学生，该地区准备好技术）”计划将促进学术成就的信息技术（IT）的风险初中和高中学生在大利哈伊谷的宾夕法尼亚州。 “START“将包括为七至十二年级学生提供的暑期和学年信息技术课程。“START“将建立在成功的课程开发的利哈伊谷伙伴关系的教学研究员，一个NSF GK-12项目。 夏季和全年课程将包括编程远程控制的移动的机器人在一个模拟的火星景观（7日8年级学生），创建一个基于网络的音乐点唱机盒使用Macromedia Flash（9日10年级学生），并加强“设计第一”的方法来学习Java（11日12年级学生），为他们准备在两年内的AP计算机科学考试的意图。 数学技能将在基于网络的“24”游戏的帮助下不断发展。这些措施将包括自我指导的多媒体、智能辅导以及大学本科生和研究生经常提供的指导，以鼓励更多的妇女和少数民族从事计算机科学并进入信息技术劳动力市场。 “START”该计划将完全融入利哈伊现有的学术基础设施，为“S.T.A.R.”。“以确保新的资讯科技外展活动能长期持续。

Lehigh University proposes "S.T.A.R.T. (Students That Area Ready for Technology)" program will promote academic achievement in information technology (IT) for at-risk middle and high school students in the Greater Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. "S.T.A.R.T." will include summer and academic year programs on information technology for seventh through twelfth grade students. "S.T.A.R.T." will build on successful curricula developed for the Lehigh Valley Partnership for Teaching Fellows, an NSF GK-12 project. Summer and year round curricula will include programming remotely controlled mobile robots in a simulated Martian landscape (7th & 8th grade students), creating a web-based music juke box using Macromedia Flash (9th & 10th grade students), and enhancing a "design-first" approach to learning Java (11th & 12th grade students) with the intent of preparing them for the AP Computer Science test in two years. Math skills will be developed continually with the help of the web-based "24" game. They will include self-directed multimedia, intelligent tutoring and frequent mentoring by college undergraduate and graduate students to encourage more women and minorities to pursue computer science and enter the information technology workforce. The "S.T.A.R.T." program will be completely integrated into Lehigh's existing academic infrastructure for "S.T.A.R." to ensure the new IT outreach activities are sustainable long term.