RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Big Data

该奖项在内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校(UNLV)建立了一个新的教师研究体验(RET)网站，专注于大数据。该项目涉及联合国志愿人员组织与当地克拉克县学区(CCSD)之间的伙伴关系。计算机科学和技术领域的一批高中教师将与UNLV教师导师一起参加暑期研究项目，他们积极参与当前使用大数据的研究。研究项目将重点关注用于下一代交通系统的大数据分析和用于移动健康的多模式数据分析等主题。参与的教师将通过开发教学模块和课程材料将他们的研究经验和知识转化为课堂实践，他们将在课堂上介绍这些模块和课程材料，并与所在学区的其他教师分享。这些活动都有助于在UNLV教职员工和当地教育工作者之间形成一个实践社区，有可能显著加强和改进克拉克县学区的计算机科学和技术教育。RET参与者将参加UNLV校园内一个为期6周的暑期学院，在领导涉及大数据技术和分析的项目的计算机科学教员的指导下参与尖端研究项目。RET网站的研究主题集中在涉及数据收集、数据表示、数据可视化和机器学习等活动的项目上。在我们这个以数据为中心的世界里，这些都是对教师和K-12学生来说越来越重要的领域。RET网站项目将为参与的教师提供一个平台，以开发以问题为基础的教学材料和实验室模块，他们将与所在学区的其他教师共享。学习大数据和相关研究的兴奋可以激励高中生继续深造计算教育和相关职业。RET SITE计划将加强UNLV和克拉克县学区之间的持续伙伴关系，为学校的高质量计算教育奠定基础，并满足社区未来的计算劳动力需求。

This award establishes a new Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site focused on Big Data at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas (UNLV). The project involves a partnership between UNLV and the local Clark County School District (CCSD). Cohorts of high school teachers in the areas of computer science and technology will participate in summer research projects with UNLV faculty mentors who are actively involved in current research that uses Big Data. The research projects will focus on topics such as Big Data analytics for the next generation of transportation systems and multimodal data analytics for mobile health. The participating teachers will translate their research experiences and knowledge into classroom practice by developing instructional modules and course materials that they will introduce in their classrooms and share with other teachers in their school district. These activities all contribute to the formation of a community of practice between UNLV faculty and local educators that has the potential to significantly enhance and improve computer science and technology education in the Clark County School District.RET participants will attend a 6-week summer institute on the UNLV campus to participate in cutting-edge research projects with mentoring from computer science faculty who lead projects that involve Big Data techniques and analytics. The RET Site research topics focus on projects which involve activities such as data collecting, data representation, data visualization, and machine learning. These are all areas that are of increasing importance in our data-centric world for teachers and K-12 students. The RET Site project will provide a platform for the participating teachers to develop problem-based instructional materials and laboratory modules that they will share with other teachers in their school district. The excitement of learning about Big Data and related research can inspire the high school students to pursue further computing education and related careers. The RET Site program will strengthen ongoing partnerships between UNLV and the Clark County School District and lay the foundation for quality computing education in the schools and provide for the future computing workforce needs of the community.