I've been wishing for this. Thanks. I signed up for the mailing list. It turns out that the Java Web Start software is not available for Debian or Ubuntu Linux, so I can't join in tonight.
*<{%{[}}}} On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:43, Maria Droujkova <droujk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wednesday, February 24th 2010 we will meet in the LearnCentral public > Elluminate room at 6:30pm Pacific / 9:30pm Eastern time: > https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=lcevents&password=Webinar_Guest > > This event, in the Research, Grants and Publications Track, is devoted to > the Math in Computer Science community. As a part of the introduction, Maria > Droujkova will interview Peter Henderson, a co-founder of the community, > about their history, goals and projects. We will then take a look at an > active K-12 group within the community, The Teach Group, with Rex Page > answering questions about it. We may touch on some of the currently "hot" > controversies within the community, such as roles of procedural and > functional programming in helping students understand mathematics. > > More information from the community's site http://www.math-in-cs.org/ > > What we are > > Mathematical reasoning is central to computer science. It should therefore > be an integral part of the entire CS curriculum, with special emphasis in > the early courses. This would be a deviation from current practice, > requiring systemic change in CS education. We are a group of computer > scientists, mathematicians, and others interested in fostering such change. > The group "meets" (via e-mail), to discuss topics related to mathematical > reasoning in CS and its teaching. An archive of these discussions is > available on-line. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, which > mathematical concepts are relevant, when and how they can/should be > introduced and reinforced in the curriculum, how they relate to practice, > pedagogical approaches to teaching math foundations, supporting > laboratories, etc. We are undertaking concrete projects designed to raise > awareness of mathematical reasoning in CS and of ways of teaching it. > > Events where community members meet > > CCSC:MW, the 16th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges > Midwestern conference, Oct. 9- 10, 2009, St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL, > USA. > CCSC:NW, the 11th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges > Northwestern conference, Oct. 9 - 10, 2009, Pacific Lutheran University, > Tacoma, Washington, USA. > OOPSLA 2009, the 2009 ACM/SIGPLAN Object Oriented Programming Languages > Systems and Applications conference, Oct. 25 - 29, 2009, Orlando, Florida, > USA. > CCSC:E, the 25th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges > Eastern Conference, Oct. 30 - 31, 2009, Villanova University, Villanova, > Pennsylvania, USA. > SIGCSE 2010, the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, > Mar. 10 - 13, 2010, Milwaukee, WI, USA. > CCSC:CP, the 16th Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges > Central Plains Conference, April 9 - 10, 2010, Park University, Parkville, > Missouri, USA. > ACMSE, the 48th ACM Southeast Conference, April 15 - 17, 2010, Oxford, > Mississippi, USA. > ICSE 2010, the 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering, May 2 > - 10, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa. > PLDI 2010, the 2010 ACM/SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design > and Implementation, June 5 - 10, 2010, Toronto, Canada. > > Cheers, > Maria Droujkova > http://www.naturalmath.com > > Make math your own, to make your own math. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MathFuture" group. > To post to this group, send email to mathfut...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mathfuture+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mathfuture?hl=en. > -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig