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PHOTON2 Project Overview
Photonics technology – the practical application of light – is one of
the most pervasive, important new technologies of the twenty-first
century. Lasers, optics, fiber optics, CD players, holograms, bar-code
scanners, LCDs, and satellite imagery are just a few examples of the
practical applications of photonics. In the same way that electronics
changed our lives in the twentieth century, optics will play a critical
role in enabling manufacturing, medical, sensing, telecommunications,
homeland security, and defense technologies in this century.
Funded through a three-year grant from the Advanced Technological
Education (ATE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF),
Project PHOTON2 builds on the highly successful "Alliance" model
developed through the previous Project PHOTON.
In both projects, educators from several geographic locations (four to
six regions nationally) are brought together to facilitate photonics
technology education at their institutions that is intelligently
developed and seamlessly articulated. The “Alliances” consist of four
to six participants per region, including high school and two- and
four-year college science, technology, engineering, and math
instructors, as well as their institution's career and admissions
counselors.
PHOTON2 offers participants:
- Support from local industry
- Web-based professional development course, "Introduction to Photonics"
- "Introduction to Distance-Learning" workshop designed to introduce participants to web-based learning environments
- A field-tested, industry-quality laboratory equipment kit valued
at $4000 per institution (half paid by the grant and half by the
participating institution)
- Instructional materials designed for use by career and guidance
counselors (counselors may also audit the distance learning course)
- Assistance in securing locally-based paid summer externships in the photonics industry for teachers and counselors
- Participation in a final "Showcase" workshop in 2006.
- Participation in a nationwide online learning community
consisting of photonics educators, career and guidance counselors,
industry mentors, and professional optics-related societies.
Additional PHOTON2 Resources
Curriculum Materials
Lab Kit
Careers in Photonics
Photonics Applets & Tutorials
Photonics Societies & Organizations
Project Principals
Conference Papers
Click here for the PHOTON2 Newsletter.
For more information contact:
Fenna Hanes, Senior Director of Programs
New England Board of Higher Education
45 Temple Place
Boston, MA 02111
617.357.9620 x129
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