cross-post, in case some don't subscribe to edu-sig On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, A. Jorge Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: > I teach two courses that are new to my school this year using SAGE and by > extension python. I also teach AP CompSci (used to be AB now A). > > The first is a rewrite of my "Computer Math" course using Maria and Gary > Litvin's new text "Mathematics for the Digital Age." This course used to be > an intro to computer science and is a pre-requisite to AP Computer Science > the following year. Now its more of a Discrete Math class but we use SAGe > and do plenty of python. Mainly Regents track Juniors and Honors track > Sophomores take this. > > The second is a lab course, "Calculus Research Lab" (I wanted to call > "Scientific Computing Lab," but my boss changed it), that meets every other > day like a science class for my AP Calculus BC students. We use several > free pdf texts from http://www.sagenath.org to do Calculus in a computer lab > setting and we use some python. These students are very over scheduled, so > this new lab is not required. To get enough kids to sign up for this new > course, I had to open it up to the AP Calculus AB students too so there's a > lot of review for my BC kids which ain't all bad. > > HTH, > A. Jorge Garcia > http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com > http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009 > > Teacher & Professor > Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science > Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >
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