http://satchmo.cs.columbia.edu/tip
The TIP project began in 2001 with a three-year NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) grant to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University and to Teachers College. The grant has since been renewed for another five years. Through this grant, graduate students SEAS and Teachers College are working with middle- and high- school teachers throughout New York City. The goals of the project are to:
- Increase access to, and integration of, new technologies in the curriculum of STEM teachers who are working in urban environments.
- Deepen the science, math and engineering content knowledge of these teachers.
- Bring the excitement of emerging STEM research to 5th-12th grade students, offering them a window into future academic and career paths.
- Interest and excite STEM graduate students about education, giving them unique opportunities to improve their teaching and communication skills.
GK-12 Fellows spend a day a week in the classroom. To compensate for the lack of technology in many New York City schools, the project has built a Probe-Mobile and a Robo-Mobile, mini-labs (suitcases) on wheels that include 5 laptops and all the necessary equipment, and can be taken from school to school as needed. The project also holds a series of summer workshops for New York City teachers.
Dr. Susan Lowes is co-PI on the grant, responsible for graduate student and teacher professional development, teacher recruitment, and program evaluation.
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