ITEST Projects

Five higher education institutions and one school system will work collaboratively with 90 college and high-school faculty (working in teams) to learn Alice—a software program—to build understanding of object-based programming.

Sixty-six high school science teachers from the New York City Schools integrate photonics content into physical science lessons for 3,000 students during the school year and in summer sessions.

Community for Rural Education, Stewardship and Technology (CREST), a comprehensive project for students and teachers, currently networks the Island Institute, the University of Maine at Machias, Bowdoin College, and Maine’s island and coastal schools to form a learning community of 55 students, 44

In indigenous communities in the northeastern peninsula of Alaska, 375 teachers and 5,100 students blend Native traditional knowledge with modern science to prepare for careers that can be conducted from rural areas.

Sixty middle and high school teachers and 45 students in central California, using the vehicle of lesson study, conduct marine science research experiments using biotechnology and bioinformatics.

In the San Francisco Bay area, 300 middle school students are using technology to build and experiment, according to design and engineering principles. This project also provides professional development for the afterschool leaders of the program.

In Alameda County, California, 150 middle school female students are learning about communications technology, engaging in software design and creating small mobile devices by working on projects as design partners with software engineers.

In Boston, 100 middle and high school teachers and 100-400 of their students are developing, evaluating and disseminating IT materials for integration into field-based urban ecology modules.

Four hundred grade 8-12 students in Honolulu, Hawaii are learning about and creating electronic adaptive devices that meet the needs of persons with disabilities and the elderly in the community.

One hundred 9th grade students in the communities of Durham and Orange Counties in North Carolina learn computer modeling and simulation, and participate in Apprenticeships on four projects: National Digital Science Library (meta tagging and web design), Digital Durham (postcard database), SUCCEED (website design/web applications) and Sigma Xi (web support).