Authoring Online Interactive Materials in Mathematics

Draft of Schedule

July 18, 2003

 

Workshop Week

All times in the schedule are given in Eastern Daylight Savings Time!

Day 1 (Monday, July 14)

·        10:00 AM -10:20 AM Introductions, overview of the workshop

·        10:20 AM -11:20 AM Examples of online interactive materials in mathematics
Opinions by the workshop leaders on what works, what doesn’t, and why.

·        11:20 AM -12:20 PM Working with applets, Part 1
Applets in general, introduction to Lite Applets

·        2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Forms and Javascript, Part 1: Basics

·        3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Individual team conferences with workshop leaders
Preliminary decision on a project

Day 2 (Tuesday, July 15)

·        10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Working with applets, Shockwave Parameters/ Case Study: Linear Transformations

·        10:20 AM – 10:40 AM Working with Excel, Case Study: Inverse Functions

·        10:40 AM – 11:00 AM Designing Effective and Practical Interactive Visualization, Case Study: Linear Programming

·        11:00 AM – Noon Working with images

·        2:00 PM – 2:30 PM The Interaction of Lite Applets/Shockwave with Excel/CAS Case Study: Absorbtion of Light by Water at Fermat's Reef

·        2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Using Forms and Javascript Together with Lite Applets/Shockwave, Case Study: Fermat's Reef Continued

·        3:00 PM – 3:30 PM  Geometer's Sketchpad (Dick Lane)

·        3:30 PM – 6:00 PM Individual team conferences with workshop leaders, final decision on a project

Day 3 (Wednesday, July 16)

·        10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Working with MathML

·        11:00 AM – Noon Working with computer algebra systems

·        2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Discussion of issues raised by participants

·        3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Individual team conferences with workshop leaders
Progress report on project

Day 4 (Thursday, July 17)

·        Work on project. Frank, David, and Lang will be available in the Meeting Rooms at the times listed below. (Try Room A first.)

·        Post first version (See David's email message for instructions.)

·        Review other teams’ projects (Details will be posted later Thursday.) Go to the posted pages and the corresponding comment pages.

Day 5 (Friday, July 18)

·        Formal presentations of team projects: 10:00-12:00 and 1:00-2:00. Sign up for a time at Friday Sign-up Page

·        2:30 Online workshop evaluations

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