[sage-edu] Re: We need to base math lessons on computers

2009-12-05 Thread Harald Schilly
On Dec 4, 4:11 pm, Hector Villafuerte wrote: > Hi, > some of you might find this article by Conrad Wolfram interesting: > there is also some related material on the wolfram alpha sites http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2009/12/02/wolframalpha-on-campus-chicago-state-university/ and similar ... h --

Re: [sage-edu] Re: We need to base math lessons on computers

2009-12-05 Thread calcpage
Sorry, I don't know why my post got stuck in this thread. I thught I started a new one - something about my mail client and this forum. I don't have this problem with other forums I post to... HTH, A. Jorge Garcia http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & C

Re: [sage-edu] Re: We need to base math lessons on computers

2009-12-05 Thread calcpage
OK, I've been mentoning SAGE a lot on my blog lately. My blog is linked to my website listed below. Enjoy, A. Jorge Garcia http://calcpage.tripod.com Teacher & Professor Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College -- You received this

[sage-edu] Re: We need to base math lessons on computers

2009-12-05 Thread Jonathan
As seems to be the case all too often, Wolfram is full of himself As almost all the comments below the article point out. You cannot use a tool properly or do advanced work with it, if you don't understand what it is doing or at least have a way to evaluate the result. For mathematics it is