Re: [sage-edu] Re: First Sage Education Day!

2009-12-19 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 8:12 PM, kcrisman wrote: >> > good timing. There are any video or other memories to view for this >> > first sage education days? >> >> http://wstein.org/sagedays18/day5/ > > What viewers should open this sort of file - I'm not familiar with > it?  Thanks for pointing out t

[sage-edu] Re: First Sage Education Day!

2009-12-19 Thread kcrisman
> > good timing. There are any video or other memories to view for this > > first sage education days? > > http://wstein.org/sagedays18/day5/ What viewers should open this sort of file - I'm not familiar with it? Thanks for pointing out the link! - kcrisman -- You received this message because

Re: [sage-edu] what should be taught?

2009-12-19 Thread David Joyner
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:51 PM, michel paul wrote: > Since most on this list probably work at the college level, as a high school > teacher I'd be interested in the math expectations you'd have for incoming > high school graduates today?  In an age of ubiquitous computational > technology, what s

[sage-edu] what should be taught?

2009-12-19 Thread michel paul
Since most on this list probably work at the college level, as a high school teacher I'd be interested in the math expectations you'd have for incoming high school graduates today? In an age of ubiquitous computational technology, what should they know? What background skills should they have? B

Re: [sage-edu] How using Sage for high school math effectively?

2009-12-19 Thread calcpage
OOPS, typo: For instance, instead of Smart Notebook to write notes with my tablet's pen I use Xournal (windows and linux) which exports to pdf. Also, imstead of Smart Recorder to make desktop recordings of my class, I use http://screencast-o-matic.com (internet app I use in windows and linux wit

Re: [sage-edu] How using Sage for high school math effectively?

2009-12-19 Thread calcpage
>> 2. I've experimented with Wii interactive boards (built my own infrared pen from a whiteboard marker, for example, and I have several more spare parts around for building several more). I'm interested in what works well for you with the Wii controller. << I tried this out a bit last year and

Re: [sage-edu] First Sage Education Day!

2009-12-19 Thread William Stein
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote: > Hi kcrisman, > > kcrisman wrote: >> We now have a Wiki page (http://wiki.sagemath.org/education1) for the >> first ever Sage Education Day!  I've taken the liberty to add the four >> people who have personally told me they wi

Re: [sage-edu] How using Sage for high school math effectively?

2009-12-19 Thread jason-sage
Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote: > >* Installing the cyn.in software _also_ inside the university's > severs (at this moment it is in a local free software community server). >* Prototyping low cost touch boards with Wii controls, so we can have > them everywhere. >* Integrating M

Re: [sage-edu] How using Sage for high school math effectively?

2009-12-19 Thread Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas
Hi, michel paul wrote: > I can't claim it's effective, but so far this is what I'm doing - [...] Thanks for sharing your practices integrating Sage and maths education. Briefly what I have done this semester with freshmen students in Linear Algebra at university was: * Use my touch screen l

Re: [sage-edu] First Sage Education Day!

2009-12-19 Thread Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas
Hi kcrisman, kcrisman wrote: > We now have a Wiki page (http://wiki.sagemath.org/education1) for the > first ever Sage Education Day! I've taken the liberty to add the four > people who have personally told me they will be in the room for this > (which includes the two organizers), but feel free