On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:45 PM, David Joyner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Brad Burkman <[email protected]> wrote: >> I proposed a Sage session for the National Council of Teachers of >> Mathematics meeting in New Orleans next April, and it was rejected. Did >> someone else propose a similar session, or did they just reject the idea of >> a Sage session? I gave a session (different topic) at the 2013 NCTM >> meeting, and two other sessions on which I am either lead or co-speaker were >> accepted for 2014. >> >> Thoughts? > > > Something like that was rejected for an AMS-MAA meeting as well. They > suggested to re-title as "open source math software". That was accepted. > Good idea though and thanks for trying. Hope you get it next time!
Maybe I should change the name from Sage to OpenSourceMathSoftware or OSMS for short :-). You type osms on the command line to start it. Maybe it could be pronounced "awesomes". William > >> >> Brad >> >> J. Bradford Burkman >> Instructor in Mathematics, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts >> XSEDE Campus Champion, Louisiana Scholars' College >> [email protected] >> >> Title: >> Using Sage, a FREE Mathematics Software System, in High School >> >> Description of Presentation: >> Sage is a FREE alternative to Mathematica, Maple, and Matlab. Learn how to >> use it in high school algebra and calculus classes to graph (2D or 3D), >> animate, calculate limits numerically, and introduce Python programming. The >> new single-cell Sage server at aleph.sagemath.org makes use in class and by >> students easy, on a desktop, tablet, or phone. >> >> Objectives of Presentation: >> The session will expose participants to the capabilities of Sage to help >> students visualize and calculate. A hands-on session would take several >> hours and require technical support not available, so the Burst session is >> most appropriate. >> >> Grade Band/Audience: >> 9 to 12, Higher Education >> >> Topic: >> Technology >> >> Focus on Math: >> We will cover bracket-and-halving and Euler's method, limits, derivatives >> and areas under a curve, parametric and piecewise graphing, and how to use >> Sage to help students better understand these topics by making calculation >> and visualization easy. >> >> Speaking Experience: >> Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Louisiana EPSCoR >> Research Symposium 2012 LSU Center for Computation and Technology Summer >> Research Symposium 2012 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sage-edu" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
