On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:36:15PM -0800, Rob Beezer wrote:
> A small group is preparing a National Science Foundation education
> grant proposal to investigate how to make it easier for faculty to
> adopt and integrate mathematics software into undergraduate
> mathematics courses. Of course, we think Sage is a great vehicle for
> this. We will propose creating a variety of curricular materials
> revolving around Sage and typical undergraduate topics, and also
> improvements to Sage itself that will directly address classroom needs
> at the undergraduate level. If funded, we anticipate having stipends
> and small grants for others in the Sage community to participate in
> the project.
>
> We are especially interested in individuals and institutions without
> much prior use of Sage that would be interested in commiting to trying
> out new materials in their courses, participating in evaluations with
> their students, and providing comprehensive reports on their
> experiences. A real plus would be physical proximity to one of the
> members of the grant group (listed below). We also hope to achieve a
> real mix of institutions represented: public/private, big/small, 4-
> year/two-year, selective/open-enrollment, etc. Stipends would be
> available to compensate for your involvement, and technical support
> might also be available.
>
> If you are interested please consider sending a short expression of
> interest. Or maybe you have a colleague at your institution who does
> not read the Sage lists, or know of a colleague at another
> institution, and you can alert them to the possibility. Send replies
> to Rob Beezer at <bee...@ups.edu>, or post general questions here on
> the list. We will follow up with those where it seems the match is
> good for the purposes of the grant. Of course, all of this is subject
> to eventually having the project funded.
>
> Rob Beezer, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
> Jason Grout, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
> Tom Judson, Stephen Austin Sate University, Nagodoches, TX
> William Stein, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
> Kiran Kedlaya, UC San Diego (Fall 2010), San Diego, CA
Does this concern institutions abroad as well?
Cheers,
Nicolas
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http://Nicolas.Thiery.name/
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