CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Cyberinfrastructure for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers (CyberQUEST)

这个CI-TEAM实施项目，为学生和教师提供高质量的理解和参与的网络基础设施（CyberQUEST）正在实施之前CI-TEAM示范项目的成功策略：San Diego CyberTeam（OCI #0753422，05/2008 - 10/2010），通过教师网络基础设施（CI）专业知识的发展和学生CI，扩大参与网络活动，支持中学一级的地球科学学习经验。CyberQUEST项目正在吸引16名科学教师参加为期两年的计划，其中包括为期一周的夏季学院，协作课程研究（CLS）轮换，持续的指导和课堂支持。该项目培养了一批带头教师，他们将负责在CyberQUEST讲习班上教授未来的教师。这些首席教师还将有助于迭代开发和改进创新的CI增强的中学地球科学课程。课程单元，被称为TechQuest课程，提供技术（技术）支持的查询和概念（任务）的调查。加州州立大学圣马科斯分校（CSUSM）的计算机科学和信息系统（CSIS）学生将与教育、地球科学和计算专家合作，开发利用现有CI投资的资源，并为TechQuest课程提供定制的CI工具。CyberQUEST项目与加州（滨江、洛杉矶和萨克拉门托）以及亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州的教育领导人合作，通过CyberQUEST讲习班传播TechQuest。CyberQUEST研讨会的目标是11组16名科学教师，被称为探索教师，来自合作伙伴教育领导人确定的当地学校。所有教师参与者在他们的教室里实施TechQuest课程，从而扩大了项目和影响。TechQuests专注于基于探究的解决问题的科学活动，以提高学生？抽象科学概念的学习。通过这种方式，CyberQUEST项目吸引了来自不同人群的中学生创新地使用新兴的CI工具。智力优势：CyberQUEST的领导层和合作伙伴包括一支高素质的教育，技术和科学专家团队，在设计和实施CI增强的课堂活动方面取得了五年多的成功，这些活动影响了科学学习，并使学生和教师成为网络就绪的劳动力。这些TechQuest课程强化了STEM主题，提高了学生和教师的CI技能，并由专家开发，实地测试，审查，并在项目期间进行了改进，并通过合作伙伴关系进行了维护。研究和学习的结合被纳入该项目的关键组成部分。该项目的创新方面包括：（1）定制的教学单元，使学生使用通过网络基础设施访问的实时数据进行科学调查，（2）大学，研究机构，国家和州立公园以及中学之间的合作，以利用CI投资，（3）质量控制的开发和传播课堂准备，CI增强，教师创建的地球科学课程，（4）使用开放源码的学习管理系统Moodle，提供支持协作学习社区的社交网络元素。更广泛的影响：CyberQUEST项目直接为加州、亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州的192多名科学教师提供专业发展，这些教师来自中学，为STEM职业中代表性不足的群体的高比例学生提供服务。超过10，000名中学生将参与CI增强的科学学习活动，并发展21世纪世纪的劳动力技能，因为他们的教师将从他们的专业发展中获得的教学策略和CI技能融入课堂活动。教师将继续影响劳动力的准备，为更多的学生超过项目期限，并将进一步传播资源给教师在他们的网站。TechQuest课程将在教室中进行实地测试和改进，这些教室为大约50%的女性和50%的少数民族学生提供服务。该计划旨在促进对来自代表性不足群体的学生如何学习科学并准备从事STEM职业的理解。通过讲习班和项目门户网站广泛传播TechQuest课程，提供了获取传播和信息资源的途径，这些资源有助于提高对未来青少年科学概念的理解。该项目是强有力的伙伴关系的典范，支持多学科群体和组织之间的综合研究和学习。

This CI-TEAM Implementation Project, Cyberinfrastructure for Quality Understanding and Engagement for Students and Teachers (CyberQUEST) is implementing the successful strategies of a previous CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: San Diego CyberTEAM (OCI #0753422, 05/2008 - 10/2010) for broadening participation in cyber-activities through both teacher cyberinfrastructure (CI) expertise development and student CI-supported geosciences learning experiences at the middle school level. The CyberQUEST project is engaging 16 science teachers in a two-year program that includes week-long summer academies, Collaborative Lesson Study (CLS) rotations, ongoing mentoring and classroom support. The project nurtures a cadre of Lead Teachers who will be tasked with teaching future teachers in the CyberQUEST workshops. These Lead Teachers will also contribute to the iterative development and refinement of an innovative CI-enhanced geosciences curriculum for middle school. The curriculum units, referred to as TechQuest Lessons, provide technology (Tech) supported inquiries and investigations of concepts (Quests). Computer Science and Information Systems (CSIS) students at California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) will work with education, geosciences, and computing experts to develop resources that leverage existing CI-investments and provide customized access to CI-tools for TechQuest Lessons. The CyberQUEST project has partnered with education leaders within California (Riverside, Los Angeles and Sacramento) as well as in Arizona and New Mexico, to disseminate TechQuests through CyberQUEST Workshops. The CyberQUEST Workshops target eleven cohorts of 16 science teachers, referred to as Quest Teachers, from respective local schools identified by the partner education leaders. All teacher participants implement TechQuest Lessons in their classrooms, thus extending the project and impact. TechQuests focus on inquiry-based problem-solving science activities to enhance students? learning of abstract science concepts. In this way the CyberQUEST project engages middle school students from diverse populations in innovative use of emerging CI-tools. Intellectual Merit: The CyberQUEST leadership and partners comprise a highly qualified team of educational, technology, and science experts with proven successes spanning over five years in designing and implementing CI-enhanced classroom activities that impact science learning and prepare students and teachers as a cyber-ready workforce. Reinforcing STEM topics, these TechQuest lessons enhance CI skills for students and teachers and are developed, field tested, reviewed by experts, and refined over the project duration and sustained through partnerships. The integration of research and learning is incorporated into key components of the project. Innovative aspects of the project include: (1) customized units of instruction that engage students in scientific investigations using real-time data accessed over cyberinfrastructure, (2) collaboration among university, research institutions, national and state parks, and middle schools, to leverage CI investments, (3) quality controlled development and dissemination of classroom ready, CI-enhanced, teacher-created geosciences curriculum, (4) use of the open source Learning Management System, Moodle, to provide social networking elements that support collaborative learning communities. Broader Impacts: The CyberQUEST project directly provides professional development for more than 192 science teachers in California, Arizona, and New Mexico from middle schools that serve high percentages of students from groups that are underrepresented in STEM careers. More than 10,000 middle school students will be engaged in CI-enhanced science learning activities and develop 21st century workforce skills as their teachers adopt the instructional strategies and CI skills gained from their professional development into classroom activities. Teachers will continue to impact workforce preparedness for additional students beyond the project duration and will further disseminate resources to teachers at their sites. TechQuest Lessons will be field-tested and refined in classrooms that serve populations of approximately 50% females and 50% minority students contributing to NSF?s initiatives of advancing understanding of how students from underrepresented groups learn science and are prepared to pursue STEM careers. The broad dissemination of the TechQuest Lessons through workshops and the project Web portal provide access to CI resources that enhance understanding of science concepts for adolescence far into the future. The project serves as a model for strong partnerships that supports integrated research and learning among multi-disciplinary groups of people and organizations.