Jason: William forwarded your message to me. I've answered inline.
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> From: Jason Smith<[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 9:57 PM
> Subject: SAGE
> To:"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a community college math prof and math enthusiast (Elementary,
> Algebraic Num Theory and algebra). I used MAPLE for my master's
> thesis and have done a bit of programming (Java, C). I am interested
> in Sage for both research (probibly not really new) and pedagogical
> applications.
Great! Those are perfect uses for Sage.
>
> I have never used Python. Do you think that this is a problem?
Not at all. Python is widely-known for how easy it is to learn. Lots
of times, I'll even write pseudocode in python since it's so natural to
read and write.
>
> I would like to install a CAS at the college I work at. We have
> been looking into mathematica and maple, but I would rather use a
> system that is open source. Has sage worked for teaching purposes at
> other institutions?
Definitely. There are lots of places (more every semester) that are
using Sage to teach classes. I've used it for years in different
classes, for example. There are also beginning to be lots of workshops
and other opportunities designed to help faculty learn Sage and
integrate Sage into their classrooms. For example, there is an MAA PREP
program running this summer with that goal, and I believe there are some
MAA workshops at Mathfest this week, for example. People are
increasingly developing and sharing their curriculum materials as well.
A fantastic place you should ask about Sage in education is on the Sage
Education mailing list, which is devoted to discussing Sage in the
classroom and education. It's easy to sign up:
http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu
I've also CC'd this reply there.
Another place to ask for more general help is sage-support:
http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support
Thanks, and welcome to the community!
Jason
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Jason Grout
Mathematics and Computer Science Department
Drake University
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