On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:35 AM, Rob Beezer <goo...@beezer.cotse.net> wrote: > A small group is preparing a National Science Foundation education > grant proposal to investigate how to make it easier for faculty to > adopt and integrate mathematics software into undergraduate > mathematics courses. Of course, we think Sage is a great vehicle for > this. We will propose creating a variety of curricular materials > revolving around Sage and typical undergraduate topics, and also > improvements to Sage itself that will directly address classroom needs > at the undergraduate level. If funded, we anticipate having stipends > and small grants for others in the Sage community to participate in > the project. > > We are especially interested in individuals and institutions without > much prior use of Sage that would be interested in commiting to trying > out new materials in their courses, participating in evaluations with > their students, and providing comprehensive reports on their > experiences. A real plus would be physical proximity to one of the > members of the grant group (listed below). We also hope to achieve a > real mix of institutions represented: public/private, big/small, 4- > year/two-year, selective/open-enrollment, etc. Stipends would be > available to compensate for your involvement, and technical support > might also be available.
Can you give a few more details, such as which courses are involved? > > If you are interested please consider sending a short expression of > interest. Or maybe you have a colleague at your institution who does > not read the Sage lists, or know of a colleague at another > institution, and you can alert them to the possibility. Send replies > to Rob Beezer at <bee...@ups.edu>, or post general questions here on > the list. We will follow up with those where it seems the match is > good for the purposes of the grant. Of course, all of this is subject > to eventually having the project funded. > > Rob Beezer, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA > Jason Grout, Drake University, Des Moines, IA > Tom Judson, Stephen Austin Sate University, Nagodoches, TX > William Stein, University of Washington, Seattle, WA > Kiran Kedlaya, UC San Diego (Fall 2010), San Diego, CA > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To post to this group, send email to sage-...@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=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To post to this group, send email to sage-...@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=.
