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> I also recall there
> being some talks in the evenings that were pitched as professional
> development opportunities.
I hadn't thought of that; I was looking at it more as an informal talk
to let people know about this alternative. A couple of years a
orge Garcia
http://calcpage.tripod.com
Teacher & Professor
Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
-Original Message-
From: Rob Beezer
To: sage-edu
Sent: Thu, Jan 21, 2010 6:19 pm
Subject: [sage-edu] Re: AP Calc rea
On Jan 21, 7:50 am, john_perry_usm wrote:
> Has anyone done this before?
I have graded before, but not given a talk.
> Is anyone else going to the AP reading?
I did this about 10 years ago. My recollections are that it was very
prestigious for the high school teachers that were selected to gra
> opportunity to let more people know about Sage as an educational tool
> in the classroom, instead of expensive, closed-source tools.
I think you might as well ask. You can point out that the MAA is
funding summer workshops on both Sage and Geogebra this summer. In
fact, if you know your way ar
I won't be going, but my department chair will be.
It would be great for her to hear about the issues of closed vs. open source
from someone knowledgeable. She's tired of hearing from me. : )
So I do hope you get to talk about this. It's a message secondary education
really needs to hear.
- M
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:58 AM, john_perry_usm wrote:
> Maybe I gave the wrong impression: the crack about the Tarot reading
> was merely a joke. ETS goes to incredible efforts to make sure the
> reading is very precise and everyone grades the same way.
>
Okay, I clearly don't know how those r
Maybe I gave the wrong impression: the crack about the Tarot reading
was merely a joke. ETS goes to incredible efforts to make sure the
reading is very precise and everyone grades the same way.
I don't want to convince ETS to use sage as part of the reading; I
hadn't contemplated that at all. I wa
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:17 AM, john_perry_usm wrote:
> The annual AP Calculus exam. ETS brings in hundreds of Calculus
> teachers from high school & college to a city (Kansas City MO this
> year) to grade the "essay response" portion. They call that a
> "reading". Kind of like a Tarot reading, b
The annual AP Calculus exam. ETS brings in hundreds of Calculus
teachers from high school & college to a city (Kansas City MO this
year) to grade the "essay response" portion. They call that a
"reading". Kind of like a Tarot reading, but somewhat less
precise. ;-)
Does that help?
john
On Jan 21,
