This is coming together very nicely -- good work! I'll integrate some code snippets into the SlugMath wiki, as we discussed. As I carry out this integration, I'll let you know about any modifications I make, and give some feedback on the worksheets you've written.
- Marty On Mar 2, 4:39 pm, Erik Jacobson <erikdjacob...@gmail.com> wrote: > This project is in part a repackaging of "Sage for Newbies" in a > modular, more contribution-friendly form. The smart_calculator primer > covers most of what Ted had in his chapters on Sage computations and > symbolic manipulations. I hope his programming chapter will get > subsumed in the programming primer, to be developed. > > No need for us to stop! Hop on board whenever inspiration strikes. In > general, a primer is a great way to collect Sage functionality around > *any* topic as you learn it with the great bonus of preserving your > research efforts for your future self and others. > > We are all graduate students and there's been some talk of > primer-izeing courses as we take them, something of immediate use to > other students and instructors. There are many possibilities... a > collection of your classroom examples organized around some theme > might make a very nice primer! > > Erik > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:15 PM, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Great idea! I have long thought about this, as well as the fact that > > the tutorial is not really appropriate for most introductory students > > who are scared of anything non-clickable, but have ended up doing what > > I needed to in class or on a worksheet specific to the project > > involved, nothing systematic due to lack of time. I particularly like > > goals # 4 and 5, which I try to emulate in my own introductions. > > > You may also want to look at the "Sage for Newbies" project, which is > > I believe now defunct but still may have some useful perspectives and > > is somewhere on the main website under documentation. > > > Please post here again when you run out of steam; by that point some > > of the rest of us might have built enough energy to take on a few of > > the ones you still need! > > > - kcrisman --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
