Application deadline is this Friday, September 2, 2016. Please direct questions to Rory McFadden: rmcfad...@carleton.edu<mailto:rmcfad...@carleton.edu>.
Apply today for the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB workshop focused on building students' ability to solve problems with computation using MATLAB in their STEM courses. Participants will share their successes developing computational skills using MATLAB in the undergraduate classroom and discuss best practices for the community. By attending the workshop, you will be part of a community effort to bring together best practices and teaching materials that will be made freely available through the SERC website. MathWorks (makers of MATLAB) is sponsoring the workshop. Details Workshop: Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Location: Carleton College, Northfield, MN Date: October 23-25, 2016 (5 PM Sunday to 2 PM Tuesday) Learn more from the workshop website: http://serc.carleton.edu/matlab_computation2016/index.html Workshop Description: This workshop will bring together faculty from the sciences, including Chemistry, Geoscience, Physics, Biology, and allied fields, who teach computation and quantitative thinking skills using MATLAB. Computation is broadly defined as using computers in scientific work to understand and solve problems, or formulating problems in ways that can be computed. Learning how to process data and develop quantitative models are critically important for students to perform calculations, analyze data, create numerical models and visualizations, and more deeply understand complex systems, ?all essential aspects of modern science. These skills require students to have comfort and skill with languages and tools such as MATLAB. To achieve comfort and skill, computation and quantitative thinking must build over a 4-year degree program across courses and disciplines. Participants will help build a collection of teaching activities that showcase computation, quantitative thinking, and applied math using MATLAB and design approaches to integrating these skills throughout science degree programs. The workshop target is 30 college educators (by application). There is no registration fee to attend. To apply, go to: http://serc.carleton.edu/matlab_computation2016/application.html<http://serc.carleton.edu/matlab_computation2016/application.html> We hope to see you there! If you have additional questions, direct them to Rory McFadden (rmcfad...@carleton.edu<mailto:rmcfad...@carleton.edu>). Thank you, Lisa Kempler MATLAB Community Strategist, MathWorks https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/data_models/toolsheets/MATLAB.html Cathryn A. Manduca Director, Science Education Resource Center Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers Kristin Jenkins Executive Director, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium Kelly Roos Professor, Department of Engineering Physics, Bradley University PICUP Leadership Council Frederik J. Simons Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Wendy Thomas Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teresa Teresa Mourad Director, Education and Diversity Programs ESA Office of Education and Diversity Programs<http://www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=250> SEEDS - Diverse People for a Diverse Science<http://www.esa.org/seeds> EcoEd Digital Library (beta) – Advancing Outstanding Ecology Education<http://esa.org/ecoed/index.php> Ecological Society of America 1990 M Street, NW Suite 700 Washington DC 20036 202.833.8773 x 234 202.833.8775 Fax
