[sage-edu] Re: MathFest Report

2009-08-20 Thread calcpage
Well, funny you should ask for pictures! I was teaching Harvard Calulus II (text by Deborah Hughes-Hallett) at the local college this past July. Since I had been working a lot with PC Tablets and PC Projectors all year to give my lessons at my High School, the college let me use their new lec

[sage-edu] Re: MathFest Report

2009-08-20 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 1:11 PM, wrote: > Oh, OK, that sounds like fun! I'll let you know when we're ready. We > don't start classes until after Labor Day. What kind of picture do you > want? A picture of the computer lab with the kids using Sage perhaps? > Yes, that's what I would like. Th

[sage-edu] Re: MathFest Report

2009-08-20 Thread CalcPage
Oh, OK, that sounds like fun! I'll let you know when we're ready. We don't start classes until after Labor Day. What kind of picture do you want? A picture of the computer lab with the kids using Sage perhaps? HTH, A. Jorge Garcia _http://calcpage.tripod.com_ (http://calcpage.tripod.com

[sage-edu] ANN: FuncDesigner 0.15RC, DerApproximator 0.15RC, OpenOpt 0.25RC

2009-08-20 Thread dmitrey
Hi all, I would like to inform you about new packages - FuncDesigner and DerApproximator. They have been extracted from OpenOpt into standalone Python modules. FuncDesigner is a convenient tool for building functions and getting their derivatives via Automatic differentiation (http://openopt.org/

[sage-edu] Re: MathFest Report

2009-08-20 Thread William Stein
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:10 AM, wrote: > > Well its a lab, so we will use Sage every other day! Once you get going could you post a picture and some more information? I would like to use it in an NSF grant proposal to improve Sage support for educational applications at all levels (very much

[sage-edu] Re: MathFest Report

2009-08-20 Thread calcpage
Well its a lab, so we will use Sage every other day! HTH, A. Jorge Garcia http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College -Original Message- From: calcp...@aol.com To: sage-edu@googlegr