RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site for Machine Learning, Big Data and Computer Science Principles

该奖项在德雷克塞尔大学建立了一个新的教师研究经验网站。德雷克塞尔团队计划为费城市和大费城都会区的STEM高中教师和两年制大学教师创建一个计算机科学暑期研究所。 教师将花时间与教师和学生在相关实验室进行研究，并启动在他们的家庭机构使用的教育模块的工作。他们将准备海报介绍和视频，概述他们的项目，初步成就，进一步的期望和描述他们的模块。 参与者将通过参加Teacher 2 Teacher讨论组全年参与，由数学论坛@Drexel提供便利。他们还将访问校园季度会议，在春季为期1天的展示活动达到高潮，展示成果，材料和海报，并邀请他们的同事和学生。 该计划的目标是建立高中，社区学院和大学之间的合作伙伴关系，向教师介绍计算机科学界的前沿研究，告知并激发他们对计算机科学原理和计算思维的兴趣，制作用于高中和社区学院STEM课程的学习材料，并扩大学生在大学学习STEM和计算课程的渠道。智力优势：智力的优点是在参与研究的教师的强大的研究专业知识，以及他们的重要经验，与前，大学教育。 重点是大数据和机器学习的重要主题，这是当前和所有公民的重要领域。将研究经验翻译成与计算机科学原理兼容的模块，也应该增加将基础计算机科学与课堂实践和应用联系起来的重要工作。 更广泛的影响：该项目使人口超过500万的大费城大都市区和美国第八大学区得到了显著的推广。数学论坛涉及大量的数学教师和专业人士，提供各种服务和资源。通过与这些组织的伙伴关系以及通过其他广泛使用的服务进行传播，该小组期望对这些活动产生重大影响。

This award establishes a new Research Experiences for Teachers site at Drexel University. The Drexel team plans to create a summer research institute in computer science for STEM high school teachers and 2-year college faculty in the City of Philadelphia and Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. Teachers will spend the time performing research with faculty and students in the associated labs and initiating work on educational modules for use at their home institutions. They will prepare poster presentations and videos summarizing their projects, initial accomplishments, further expectations and descriptions of their modules. Participants will remain engaged year-round by participating in Teacher2Teacher discussion groups, facilitated by the Math Forum@Drexel. They will also visit campus for quarterly meetings, culminating in a 1-day showcase event in the spring to present results, materials and posters, and to which their colleagues and students are invited. The objectives of the program are to build partnerships between high schools, community colleges and the university, introduce teachers to cutting edge research in the computer science community, inform and excite them about computer science principles and computational thinking, produce learning materials for use in high school and community college STEM curricula, and expand the pipeline of students studying STEM and computing curricula in college.Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit is in the strong research expertise of the participating faculty in research as well as their significant experience with pre-college education. The focus is on important themes of big data and machine learning which are areas that are current and of importance all citizens. The translation of the research experiences into modules compatible with Computer Science Principles should also add to the significant body of work linking fundamental computer science to classroom practice and applications. Broader Impacts: The project makes significant outreach to the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area, with a population exceeding 5 million, and the eighth largest school district in the USA. The Math Forum involves a substantial community of mathematics teachers and professionals, providing a variety of services and resources. Through the partnership with these organizations and dissemination through other widely used services, the team expects to provide significant impact for these activities.