Integrating Computing Across the Curriculum (ICAC): Incorporating Technology into STEM Education Using XO Laptops

廉署编制和测试与学校课程有关的应用程序，这些课程将小学的科学与数学、计算思维、阅读和写作结合起来。该项目的调查核心是确定如何以支持STEM学习和引导更多城市儿童走上STEM职业道路的方式实施每个孩子一台计算机。通过课程选择和兴趣来衡量，数据收集了录取过程以及学习和进入职业道路的结果。在国家为1至5年级的每个孩子提供XO笔记本电脑的基础上，廉政公署为大约160名教师和8000名学生提供电脑资源和技能，并支持采用，以增加STEM学生的人数。该项目服务的社区是一个城市，主要是非裔美国人，高度贫困的学校系统，学生在STEM管道中的代表性不足。该项目提高了伯明翰城市学校（BCS）四年级和五年级教师和学生的计算机、科学和数学技能，与教师一起开发课程，为教师提供专业发展，并促进管理人员的参与和支持。此外，廉署从每所学校抽取320名学生，为他们提供更广泛的培训，让他们成为老师和同学的资源。廉署与家长沟通，让他们了解子女从事STEM相关职业的机会，并支持子女对STEM教育的兴趣。

The ICAC builds and tests applications tied to the school curriculum that integrate the sciences with mathematics, computational thinking, reading and writing in elementary schools. The investigative core of the project is to determine how one-computer-per-child can be implemented in such a way as to support STEM learning and lead more urban children to STEM career paths. Data are collected both on the process of adoption and on the outcomes of learning and entering career paths, as measured by course selection and interests.Building on a state effort that has provided XO laptop computers to every child in grades 1-5, ICAC provides approximately 160 teachers and 8000 students with computer resources and skills and supports the adoption so as to increase the number of students in the STEM pipeline. The community served by the project is an urban, predominantly African American, high poverty school system where students are underrepresented in the STEM pipeline. The project advances computing, science, and mathematics skills of 4th and 5th grade Birmingham City Schools (BCS) teachers and students, works with teachers to develop curriculum, and provides professional development for teachers, and facilitates participation and support by administrators. In addition, ICAC provides more extensive training to 320 students, drawn from each school, who become resources for the teachers and their fellow students. ICAC engages parents so that they understand the opportunities available for their children in STEM-centered careers and so that the parents can be supportive of their child's interest in STEM education.