On 10/24/13 10:02 PM, Theron Hitchman wrote:
I am posting this in several places, I apologize for hitting some of you
repeatedly.
I am soon going to run a workshop for a college that is considering
adopting Sage full scale (they have an expensive Mathematica license,
and want to switch to something they can afford.)
My target audience has requested help in "envisioning their future use
of Sage in the classroom." This seems a perfectly reasonable request.
I know how I have tried to use Sage with classes, but I am certain there
are people out there with other set-ups, some of which would be
interesting to this group of potential new users.
So,
How do you use some version of Sage in a class?
The more detail about your particular use, the better. I would be happy
to get examples that vary widely: use of the cell server, a notebook
server, or the cloud service, or whatever else you have.
I've been using the Sage Cell server a lot. I have links and interacts
embedded in notes for my calc 3 class [1], my advanced linear algebra
class [2], etc. I've been working a lot recently on using Sage to write
online homework (Webwork) problems---either using Sage to generate the
data for webwork problems, or embedding Sage cells into webwork
problems. For example, last week I wrote some online homework problems
that asked a student to compute a matrix derivative. Webwork asks Sage
(through the cell server) to generate a random function and compute the
derivative, and then Webwork can display the function and check the
student's answer.
I've also been using the Sage cloud in my modeling class for various
in-class labs.
Jason
[1] html: http://artsci.drake.edu/grout/calc3-fall2013/; pdf:
http://artsci.drake.edu/grout/lib/exe/fetch.php/courses/calculus_iii/spring_2013/ch12.pdf
[2] http://jasongrout.github.io/applied-linear-algebra/
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