Hello sage-edu-ers:
Jason Martin http://www.math.jmu.edu/~martin/, Lon Mitchell http://www.people.vcu.edu/~lmitchell2/, and I sat in on a panel session on the above topic yesterday morning. It was part of the Section NExT Session held in the Fall 2009 MAA sectional meeting at Goucher College http://facultyfp.salisbury.edu/despickler/mddcvamaa/Fall2009Meeting.asp http://facultyfp.salisbury.edu/despickler/mddcvamaa/MeetingFiles/Fall2009Meeting/Fall09_Section_NExT.pdf It was organized by Brian Lins http://people.hsc.edu/faculty-staff/blins/ and Craig Larson http://www.people.vcu.edu/~clarson/. There were about 20 teachers from schools in MD, DC, and VA attending. I talked about Sage and teaching differential equations. I bought the Sage tutorial, the book Differential Calculus and Sage, and Rob Beezer's book to show everyone examples of free books you can use supporting Sage. Jason and I tried to explain the mechanics of setting up a Sage server, and Jason shared his own teaching experiences. Lon had not used Sage but talked about his experiences using open source materials in the classroom. Craig Larson, how is a colleague of Lon at VCU, and some others present (whose names I've forgotten) mentioned similar experiences. All in all, a positive day for Sage in education I think! - David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
