[sage-edu] ANN: Sage-Enhanced Abstract Algebra Textbook

2011-08-11 Thread Rob Beezer 
(I posted this on sage-devel but forgot to cross-post on sage-edu.)

My "add Sage to Judson's open-source undergraduate abstract algebra
textbook" project is now done.  Distribution has moved to the book's
web site. There is a PDF of just new content (for a quick peek), but
mostly a zip file of the entire book as Sage worksheets with the new
material present as code cells.  There is also a collection of
worksheets that are just the exercises - for students to use as
vehicles for work they turn in.

http://abstract.ups.edu/sage-aata.html

By the Numbers:

 ~15 Sage patches
  20 chapters supplemented (of 23 total)
  92 exercises
 270 "sageexample" environments
1050 outputs doctested

Thanks again to those who helped with patches to make this possible,
they are credited in the table at  
http://wiki.sagemath.org/devel/LatexToWorksheet

Next up: software to make this type of work possible for other
authors.

Rob

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[sage-edu] Geogebra 4 coming

2011-08-11 Thread kcrisman 
I was mentioning Geogebra to a student today, and decided to see
what's up.

In brief, a lot!  So this is an FYI to the Sage community.

Here, Hohenwarter's abstract on a talk for the upcoming Geogebra 4 at
their big conference - including GeogebraTube
http://ggbconference2011.pbworks.com/w/page/40058998/Hohenwarter-Keynote

A good overview by a fan of the new features - some are very nice,
obviously easier in Java than at the command line :)
http://mathandmultimedia.com/2011/06/12/the-geogebra-4-0-sneak-peek-series/

Especially for the sage-edu folks:  In the meantime Geogebra has a
whole series of "Institutes" where you can get training and even
'certification'.  Here is a sample website for such a place:
http://geogebraithaca.wikispaces.com/

I personally think this is something that would be great for Sage, but
our target clientele is (at the moment) significantly smaller, I think
- mostly college and up, and not the huge HS market.

There is also now a Midwest Geogebra Journal, Geogebra is now (at
least partly) on Google Code...  Anyway, a lot going on, worth
pointing out.

Perhaps this gives additional incentive for people to work on
http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/7489.  Does anyone know what
happened to Bruce Cohen's code where he took the stuff already there
and built a working prototype of the Geogebra integration in the
notebook?  I don't see anything on that ticket.

- kcrisman

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[sage-edu] Re: Geogebra 4 coming

2011-08-11 Thread Rob Beezer 
On Aug 11, 8:49 am, kcrisman  wrote:
> Does anyone know what
> happened to Bruce Cohen's code where he took the stuff already there
> and built a working prototype of the Geogebra integration in the
> notebook?  I don't see anything on that ticket.

Are you thinking of  html.iframe()?

http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11489

Rob

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Re: [sage-edu] Geogebra 4 coming

2011-08-11 Thread Bruce Cohen 
Sounds exciting.

Take a look at 

-Bruce 
(on the road)

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On Aug 11, 2011, at 8:49 AM, kcrisman  wrote:

> I was mentioning Geogebra to a student today, and decided to see
> what's up.
> 
> Perhaps this gives additional incentive for people to work on
> http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/7489.  Does anyone know what
> happened to Bruce Cohen's code where he took the stuff already there
> and built a working prototype of the Geogebra integration in the
> notebook?  I don't see anything on that ticket.
> 
> 

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[sage-edu] Re: Geogebra 4 coming

2011-08-11 Thread kcrisman 


On Aug 11, 1:41 pm, Rob Beezer  wrote:
> On Aug 11, 8:49 am, kcrisman  wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know what
> > happened to Bruce Cohen's code where he took the stuff already there
> > and built a working prototype of the Geogebra integration in the
> > notebook?  I don't see anything on that ticket.
>
> Are you thinking of  html.iframe()?
>
> http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/11489
>

I think so, except for the Geogebra part :)

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[sage-edu] Blogs, Videos, Songs and Documentaries for your viewing pleasure!

2011-08-11 Thread A. Jorge Garcia 
Here's my blogs about Learning and Teaching Math and Computing with 
technology!

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/07/taking-show-on-road.html
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/flipping-classroom-to-flip-or-not-to.html
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/06/screencasting-101-to-be-or-not-to-be.html
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii.html
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-2.html
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-3.html

Here's my preCalculus, Calculus and CompSci screen-casts!
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

Here's some math and computer songs my studemts made for YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/8E2A8DE4C0DA6B2A
http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/FBA85F4CD27E8D4A

Here's some computer documentaries I saved from crumbling VHS tapes for 
YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/35534A5E32FB49A4

Thanx,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009


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Re: [sage-edu] Blogs, Videos, Songs and Documentaries for your viewing pleasure!

2011-08-11 Thread David Joyner 
Are any of these directly related to Sage? If so, can you say which
ones and *only* post
the Sage-related links please?


On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, A. Jorge Garcia  wrote:
> Here's my blogs about Learning and Teaching Math and Computing with
> technology!
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/07/taking-show-on-road.html
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/flipping-classroom-to-flip-or-not-to.html
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/06/screencasting-101-to-be-or-not-to-be.html
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii.html
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-2.html
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-3.html
>
> Here's my preCalculus, Calculus and CompSci screen-casts!
> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>
> Here's some math and computer songs my studemts made for YouTube!
> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/8E2A8DE4C0DA6B2A
> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/FBA85F4CD27E8D4A
>
> Here's some computer documentaries I saved from crumbling VHS tapes for
> YouTube!
> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/35534A5E32FB49A4
>
> Thanx,
> A. Jorge Garcia
> Applied Math and CompSci
> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>
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Re: [sage-edu] Blogs, Videos, Songs and Documentaries for your viewing pleasure!

2011-08-11 Thread William Stein 
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:18 PM, David Joyner  wrote:
> Are any of these directly related to Sage? If so, can you say which
> ones and *only* post
> the Sage-related links please?

And stop using explanation points!

>
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, A. Jorge Garcia  wrote:
>> Here's my blogs about Learning and Teaching Math and Computing with
>> technology!
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/07/taking-show-on-road.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/flipping-classroom-to-flip-or-not-to.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/06/screencasting-101-to-be-or-not-to-be.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-2.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-3.html
>>
>> Here's my preCalculus, Calculus and CompSci screen-casts!
>> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>>
>> Here's some math and computer songs my studemts made for YouTube!
>> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/8E2A8DE4C0DA6B2A
>> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/FBA85F4CD27E8D4A
>>
>> Here's some computer documentaries I saved from crumbling VHS tapes for
>> YouTube!
>> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/35534A5E32FB49A4
>>
>> Thanx,
>> A. Jorge Garcia
>> Applied Math and CompSci
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
>> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>>
>>
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[sage-edu] Re: Calculus Research Lab

2011-08-11 Thread kcrisman 


On Aug 10, 3:49 pm, "A. Jorge Garcia"  wrote:
> I finally got the go ahead at my school to run a course they call
> Calculus Research Lab (CRL). I wanted to call it Scientific Computing
> Lab, but that's beside the point. I have a little experience using
> SAGE in my PC Lab/Classroom as I started using it in my intro Computer
> Science class last year to run a new Discrete Math with Python course.
>
> CRL will be a computer lab course using SAGE that meets one period
> every other day, like a science lab, in addition to the traditional AP
> Calculus class. I'm basing the lab primarily on David Joyner's great
> introductory texts from this 
> site,http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/wdj/teaching/index.html.
> I have to focus on Calculus I (Differential Calculus) and Calculus II
> (Integral Calculus) but I hope to do a little of the Differential
> Equations text too.
>
> I'm curious if anyone out there has had success with using SAGE at
> this level. I'm in a US High School setting, but Freshman or Sophomore
> College level experience would also be helpful. Any pointers or other
> resources you can recommend will be greatly appreciated!

I think there a lot of people who have had success with Sage in
Calculus - there are a number on the web, I like John Perry's notes
myself.

But since you are talking about the "lab" aspect, I would strongly
suggest looking at syllabi from similar courses in colleges that say
they have a "lab" component.  Even if they use Mma or Maple or
something else, they will give ideas.

Unfortunately, I don't have many ideas for you :) but here is one:

Try using chaos-related discovery in the labs.  The best example of
this is Newton's method - finding basins of attraction is fun, I
think.  See http://sagenb.org/home/pub/1317/ for a few other ideas.
Warning: these are just ideas; I ended up making the labs much smaller
than the first year, because we do *not* have a lab component and it
proved too tricky to incorporate lab-like stuff in that situation.

Good luck!

- kcrisman

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Re: [sage-edu] Blogs, Videos, Songs and Documentaries for your viewing pleasure!

2011-08-11 Thread A. Jorge Garcia 
William Stein  wrote:

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:18 PM, David Joyner  wrote:
> Are any of these directly related to Sage? If so, can you say which
> ones and *only* post
> the Sage-related links please?

And stop using explanation points!

>
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM, A. Jorge Garcia  wrote:
>> Here's my blogs about Learning and Teaching Math and Computing with
>> technology!
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/07/taking-show-on-road.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/flipping-classroom-to-flip-or-not-to.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/06/screencasting-101-to-be-or-not-to-be.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-2.html
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2011/08/fare-thee-well-summer-session-ii-part-3.html
>>
>> Here's my preCalculus, Calculus and CompSci screen-casts!
>> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>>
>> Here's some math and computer songs my studemts made for YouTube!
>> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/8E2A8DE4C0DA6B2A
>> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/FBA85F4CD27E8D4A
>>
>> Here's some computer documentaries I saved from crumbling VHS tapes for
>> YouTube!
>> http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#g/c/35534A5E32FB49A4
>>
>> Thanx,
>> A. Jorge Garcia
>> Applied Math and CompSci
>> http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
>> http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
>>
>>
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OK, OK, sorry about that. I suppose these were not SAGE specific posts. I do 
tend to use SAGE a lot in class and blog about SAGE a lot and tell anyone who 
will listen about SAGE. 

Now that you mention it. I tried to show my summer college students a little 
SAGE while doing antiderivatives via substitution. I use http://www.sagenb.org 
but could get any cell to evaluate. At my home school I didn't have this 
problem as I set up my own SAGE server.
Thanx,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
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