Thanks for your replies -- this is very helpful. My class is small so I'm going to start with SageMathCloud. So far, I have found translating Maple sheets into Sage sheets to be pretty straightforward.
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Jonathan Gutow <[email protected]> wrote: > I do teach p-chem and have used Sage instead of Maple for a number of > years. I have my own server set up, but would suggest using SageMathCloud > as a starting place. My first exercise with Sage is to have them practice > using it for differentiation and integration (I basically have them do > exercises out of Barrante's book). I have them do it by hand and check > themselves with Sage. I have them save their work on the server and then I > check that they did it. They get a few points for doing it. I provide > almost all answers as screen shots of sage and encourage them to use sage > for their homeworks, but do remind them that they still have to be able to > do standard manipulations by hand on exams (you have to be clear about what > they need to be able to do without the crutch). I essentially am trying to > get them to use Sage as an electronic version of the math tables. > > I do use it for lots of live in class demos, usually to show graphical > information. I ended my last second semester using sage in class to work > our way through Gillespie's 1977 paper on stochastic kinetic modelling to > write a program that did the technique. I think it worked well. Anything > you've done with Maple should translate. We use it for error propagation > and other lab computations as well, although once the algebra is done we > use a data analysis package like LoggerPro. Igor or Origin to process > larger data sets. > > I believe from discussions with him that Steve Singleton at COE college > has converted some of the common Maple/Mathematica/Matlab worksheets into > sage. His web site is http://www.public.coe.edu/~ssinglet/. > > Jonathan > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:14 AM, kcrisman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am teaching the two-semester undergraduate PChem sequence. I have used >>> Maple in the past and would like to switch to Sage. I am hoping some of >>> you will return to this group with brilliant tips! >>> >>>> >>>> >> Awesome! I am not a chemist (cc:ing someone who is!) but I would say >> that the way that our students in pchem seemed to use it most effectively >> was as a "demo in class, modify for homework" strategy. That is, the >> professor would show some sample computations for the in-class >> problems/demos, and then distribute the commands/share a worksheet/give to >> download/whatever distribution method they chose to students to use on >> homework, always assuming that most of the stuff would be similar enough >> they wouldn't need programming instruction or the like. >> >> But that is my fairly uninformed opinion for chem. There are lots of >> ideas for general math classes on this list... >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "sage-edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/sage-edu/kTn6n2I88hw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
