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Information technology education for k-12 students and teachers: from sensor network to comprehensive and customized web interaction

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SIGITE '08: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGITE conference on Information technology education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1414558.1414580

Published: 16 October 2008 Publication History

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This paper presents an e-learning system to provide comprehensive and customized information technology (IT) education for K-12 students and teachers across science and mathematics disciplines. Supported by a current three-year NSF ITEST grant, we have designed and developed the system with the goal to provide students with education pathways leading to IT careers. The proposed system includes two IT tracks: sensor network track and field guide track. Different from current IT education systems and activities, our project is specifically tailored for K-12 students and teachers through a series of systematic IT-related activities conducted on a unique local barrier island. Preliminary project activities and user feedback indicate that our project is rather effective to give students the knowledge, encouragement, and self confidence to gain further IT competencies later on in high school and beyond.

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Feaster YZhai JHallstrom JSettle ASteinbach TBoisvert D(2015)Serious ToysProceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education10.1145/2808006.2808037(3-8)Online publication date: 29-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2808006.2808037
Feaster YAli FZhai JHallstrom JCajander ÅDaniels MClear TPears A(2014)Serious toysProceedings of the 2014 conference on Innovation & technology in computer science education10.1145/2591708.2591732(69-74)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2591708.2591732

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Information technology education for k-12 students and teachers: from sensor network to comprehensive and customized web interaction
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DOI:10.1145/1414558

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Feaster YZhai JHallstrom JSettle ASteinbach TBoisvert D(2015)Serious ToysProceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education10.1145/2808006.2808037(3-8)Online publication date: 29-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2808006.2808037
Feaster YAli FZhai JHallstrom JCajander ÅDaniels MClear TPears A(2014)Serious toysProceedings of the 2014 conference on Innovation & technology in computer science education10.1145/2591708.2591732(69-74)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2591708.2591732

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