On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Brad Burkman <bburk...@lsmsa.edu> wrote: > I proposed a Sage session for the National Council of Teachers of > Mathematics meeting in New Orleans next April, and it was rejected. Did > someone else propose a similar session, or did they just reject the idea of > a Sage session? I gave a session (different topic) at the 2013 NCTM > meeting, and two other sessions on which I am either lead or co-speaker were > accepted for 2014. > > Thoughts?
Something like that was rejected for an AMS-MAA meeting as well. They suggested to re-title as "open source math software". That was accepted. Good idea though and thanks for trying. Hope you get it next time! > > Brad > > J. Bradford Burkman > Instructor in Mathematics, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts > XSEDE Campus Champion, Louisiana Scholars' College > bburk...@lsmsa.edu > > Title: > Using Sage, a FREE Mathematics Software System, in High School > > Description of Presentation: > Sage is a FREE alternative to Mathematica, Maple, and Matlab. Learn how to > use it in high school algebra and calculus classes to graph (2D or 3D), > animate, calculate limits numerically, and introduce Python programming. The > new single-cell Sage server at aleph.sagemath.org makes use in class and by > students easy, on a desktop, tablet, or phone. > > Objectives of Presentation: > The session will expose participants to the capabilities of Sage to help > students visualize and calculate. A hands-on session would take several > hours and require technical support not available, so the Burst session is > most appropriate. > > Grade Band/Audience: > 9 to 12, Higher Education > > Topic: > Technology > > Focus on Math: > We will cover bracket-and-halving and Euler's method, limits, derivatives > and areas under a curve, parametric and piecewise graphing, and how to use > Sage to help students better understand these topics by making calculation > and visualization easy. > > Speaking Experience: > Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics 2012 Louisiana EPSCoR > Research Symposium 2012 LSU Center for Computation and Technology Summer > Research Symposium 2012 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-edu" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
