k - 12外展
CAE IA计划: USA was re-designated as a National 学术卓越中心 in Information Assurance / Cyber Defense Education (CAE-IA/CD) designation December 2014. 这个名称 is awarded to institutions after a rigorous review of programs that have demonstrated their commitment to academic excellence in Information Assurance education. 美国CFITS supports the educational and research endeavors of the CAE-IA/CD program. CFITS教员 support the undergraduate Information Assurance program curriculum development and 研究项目. We have established research groups in Information Security, Computer Forensics, and Healthcare 信息系统. 欲了解更多有关 USA Cyber学者 program visit USA Cyber学者.
K-12 STEM计划: Implementation of our SoC K-12 Initiative: Math, Science, and Computing Initiative 项目(4.1) is intended to increase the pool of qualified high school graduates in the area from which to recruit undergraduate students. 吸引行业合作伙伴 that showed specific interest in K-12 math and science education, allowed accelerated the development of our program, with implementation in the Fall of 2012.
合作学校实地考察: “Hands On Learning Lab Activities” (HOLLA) Partner Schools agree to participate in “whole grade” CS STEM learning interventions with CFITS and the USA 计算机学院. These HOLLA’s are provided at no charge to the Partner School, and deliver high quality CS STEM learning in our K‐12 STEM Learning Lab at Shelby Hall. 这个装备精良, modern facility has a state of the art laptop PC for each student, a larger screen controlled by the SoC faculty delivering the content at the table to each group of five students, plus one 60” screen at each end of the lab. 点击这里查看更多信息.
CIS Dual Enrollment in Alabama Public High Schools: CFITS is fully engaged in the broad effort to improve education in Science, 技术, Engineering and Math, the STEM disciplines. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that over two in three new STEM related jobs will be in computing. 这个现实 our commitment to help bring about inclusion of 计算机科学 dual enrollment as a science requirement option for graduation in public high schools across Alabama.
k - 12的机器人: Support for robotics learning experiences in K-12 has and continues to be utilized as a tool to enhance the integration of STEM educational concepts into our schools. We continue to support such activities as BEST, FIRST, LEGO, as well as various tech 集市和夏令营. Our investigators also participate as judges and educators in many robotics educational and competitive activities.