Just a reminder - deadline is coming very soon now.
Deadline is a just a month away for submitting abstracts! > > http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm2017/2180_maacall > > Here are some relevant sessions to Sage educational folks you may want to > submit to - among others! (Reply to sage-edu if you have any comments.) > > Mathematical Technology in the Calculus Classroom, organized by Joel Kilty > and Alex M. McAllister, Centre College; Thursday morning. > The modern calculus classroom often employs technology to enrich the > learning process and to help bring the ideas to life. Many types of > mathematical software and physical platforms are available to instructors > and they can be deployed in a myriad of different ways. However, many > instructors have questions about how best to utilize technology and which > software best suits their needs. This session invites academic instructors > to share their pedagogical perspectives on technology choices for their > calculus classroom, how they effectively incorporate technology to increase > student understanding, and a candid assessment of both the advantages and > disadvantages of their choices. > > Me and My Gadgets—Teaching with Technology, organized by Karl R. B. > Schmitt, Valparaiso University; John Travis, Mississippi College; Thomas > Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey; and Michael Scott, California State > University at Monterey Bay; Saturday morning. > Constantly changing technology presents an exciting and shifting > opportunity to engage students and improve learning. This electronic poster > session will consist of live, interactive demonstrations of applets, > widgets or other technology for teaching mathematics. Rather than preparing > a traditional printed poster, presenters will showcase how students engage > mathematics through their application using some electronic device such as > a tablet, smartphone, or laptop. Preference will be given to presenters > demonstrating their own or new applications or to novel approaches in using > existing ones. In addition to the active displays, all participants will > give a 3-5 minute “Lightning Talk” to demonstrate their application, > highlighting where it fits into a mathematics curriculum. These will be > scheduled in the middle of the session, and included in the program. > Abstracts should include a short description of the application/software > (or a web-link to it) and explain the pedagogical use of the application. > Sponsored by the MAA Committee for Technology in Mathematics Education > (CTiME) and Web SIGMAA. > > The Advancement of Open Educational Resources, organized by Benjamin > Atchison, Framingham State University; and Jeremy Russell, The College of > New Jersey; Saturday morning. > This session will showcase the increasing popularity of open educational > resources (OER) in mathematics and statistics. Examples may include, but > are not limited to, the development or adoption of open source or open > access course texts and related materials, the creation and/or > implementation of course technological enhancements, such as instructional > apps and video tutorials, and experiences with the inclusion of low or > no-cost homework platforms or mathematics software systems in a particular > course. Presenters should attempt to address the effectiveness (formally or > informally assessed) of the adoption of such resources in their courses. > Preference will be awarded to presentations from community college and > four-year undergraduate institutions. > > Cryptology for Undergraduates, organized by Robert Lewand, Goucher > College; Joshua Holden, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; and Chris > Christensen, Northern Kentucky University; Wednesday morning. > Cryptology courses are now a part of the undergraduate mathematics > curriculum. For mathematics majors, cryptology fits into the curriculum in > much the same way that number theory does. In addition, cryptology is > appearing as a topic in mathematics courses for non-majors, as it is a hook > to interest these students in mathematics. This contributed paper session > solicits presentations of cryptologic topics that would be of interest to > faculty who teach undergraduate cryptology courses or presentations of > cryptologic topics that could be used in undergraduate courses. > Presentations that describe classroom experiences and that report on their > outcomes are invited. > > Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra, organized by Megan > Wawro, Virginia Tech; Gil Strang, MIT; and David Strong, Pepperdine > University; Friday morning. > Linear algebra is one of the most interesting and useful areas of > mathematics, because of its beautiful and multifaceted theory, as well as > the enormous importance it plays in understanding and solving many real > world problems. Consequently, many valuable and creative ways to teach its > rich theory and its many applications are continually being developed and > refined. This session will serve as a forum in which to share and discuss > new or improved teaching ideas and approaches. These innovative and > effective ways to teach linear algebra include, but are not necessarily > limited to: (1) hands-on, in-class demos; (2) effective use of technology, > such as MATLAB, MAPLE, MATHEMATICA or FLASH; (3) interesting and > enlightening connections between ideas that arise in linear algebra and > ideas in other mathematical branches; (4) interesting and compelling > examples and problems involving particular ideas being taught; (5) > comparing and contrasting visual (geometric) and more abstract (algebraic) > explanations of specific ideas; (6) other novel and useful approaches or > pedagogical tools. > > -- 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. 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