Probes and Models Across the Curriculum: Information Technology in Science Instruction (IT-SI)

这个为期三年的综合ITEST项目的目标是让不同的初中生和高中生为信息技术(IT)职业生涯做好准备，让他们参与设计基于探究的科学活动，使用计算模型和实时数据采集和分析。该项目为90名教师提供了126个小时的基于实验室的学分活动，并支持课堂实施。参与者在2007年夏天会面两周，在学年期间两次面对面加在线，第二年夏天再次会面，为期一周。该计划在三个地点提供，每个地点支持30名参与者：加利福尼亚州沙漠桑兹、肯塔基州奥拉西和马萨诸塞州波士顿。选择这三个地点是为了让该项目从一开始就包括地理和种族多样性，从而使该项目覆盖全国。这些学校参与了该项目的发展，并打算在筹资后继续并扩大该项目。更多的传播努力，包括一个项目网站和协和联盟一年两次的通讯出版物，将惠及更多的人。参与的教师学习基本的电子、编程和设计技能，使他们的学生能够安装、配置和使用各种传感器，用于用计算机测量实验。他们还学习教学生使用、修改和创建计算模型。设计这些活动的团队在教育中使用探测器和计算模型方面提供了全国公认的领导地位。教师在这个项目中学到的技能加强了科学教学，同时为学生在计算机硬件和软件工程方面以IT为基础的职业奠定了坚实的基础。该项目将向学生、教师和专业发展培训人员广泛提供材料。

The goal of this three-year, comprehensive ITEST project is to prepare diverse middle- and high-school students for careers in information technologies (IT) by engaging them in designing inquiry-based science activities that use computational models and real-time data acquisition and analysis. The project provides 126 hours of lab-based, credit-bearing activities for 90 teachers and support for classroom implementation. Participants meet for two weeks in the summer of 2007, twice face-to-face plus online during the academic year, and again the following summer for one week. The program is offered at three sites, each supporting 30 participants: Desert Sands, CA; Olathe, KS; and Boston, MA. The three sites were selected to give the project a national reach by including geographic and ethnic diversity from the start. The schools participated in the development of the project and intend to continue and expand it post-funding. Additional dissemination efforts, including a project website and publication in the Concord Consortium's biannual newsletter, will reach many more. Participating teachers learn basic electronics, programming and design skills that will enable their students to install, configure and use a wide range of sensors for measuring experiments with computers. They also learn to teach students to use, modify and create computational models. The team designing these activities provides a nationally recognized leadership in the use of probes and computational models in education. The skills teachers learn in this program enhance science teaching while giving students a solid foundation for IT-based careers in computer hardware and software engineering. The project will make its materials widely available to students, teachers and professional development trainers.