As David Joyner mentioned, I think its important to set up a server locally so that students don't have to install Sage themselves. Sagenb is under pretty heavy load these days, so a local server can be faster and perhaps more reliable (you can always use sagenb as a backup).
I'm not sure how to convince people to switch from a proprietary product they know well. I haven't had too much luck with that, although lately I think I've made a little progress. Putting together a good demo to show faculty helps. In my experience students don't have any more trouble learning and using Sage than they do with Mathematica. If you reach students early enough some will probably advocate for you - e.g. they might ask later professors if they can do their homework in Sage, or show their friends. Showing interacts in class (some examples at http://wiki.sagemath.org/interact) can be a good way to show students what sage is capable of, and you can use them as opportunities to give minor programming/usage tips. I find that many small doses is much better than bombarding them with lots of help before they need it. That's it off the top of my head. -Marshall Hampton On Nov 15, 5:12 pm, Colin Macdonald <macdon...@maths.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for success stories from people who have used Sage in > their undergraduate teaching, particularly at the lower years. > > Also, any advice in convincing one's peers and institution that Sage > is an appropriate path to take? In particular, in switching away from > a proprietary product. > > My department is moving away from Maple as a component in our first > year teaching, and I may be in a position to influence what we start > using next September. I haven't looked over the ciriculum of the > current course but it might include calculus, linear algebra, > differential equations and various pure maths. > > thanks, > Colin > > -- > Colin Macdonald > University Lecturer in Numerical Analysis > Tutorial Fellow at Oriel College > University of Oxford --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
