On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:29 AM, David Joyner<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 10:04 AM, John Faig<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> > > ... > >> >> 1. Improve the interface so that students can explore more easily. >> This could be a dropdown box that lists all mathematical operations >> by concept. For example, there could be an "arithmetic group" with >> add, subtract, multiply and divide. There could be a "change >> representation" to convert among percents, decimals, fractions, and >> scientific notation. There could be a "circle" group with "calculate >> radius", "calculate area", "calculate circumference", etc. The >> "circle" calculations would only work if students have defined the >> necessary variable. Lastly, I envision a library of formal >> definitions. > > > This sounds like a much expanded form of a help system? I wonder if a > javascript form of a "tutorail for middle schoolers" could be created > and then run > separately in another tab of the notebook FF browser? Run Sage in one tab, > the interactive explore MS tutorial in another? > > >
This FF toolbar for blender reminds me of what you want (for Blender, rather than for Sage). It is installed separately from Blender but provides a nice some interface to some functionality Blender has. I wonder how hard it would be to create a Sage toolbar? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
