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| Each day is a total of four hours online, broken into two 2-hour sessions. Please get setup in Elluminate a few minutes before the start time. We will post links to recordings of each session to the course email list shortly after the conclusion of the session. | Each day is a total of four hours online, broken into two 2-hour sessions. Please get set up in Elluminate a few minutes before the start time, paying special attention to the [[prep/2010/TeleConference|guidelines]] (especially about your session name and headphones). We will post links to recordings of each session to the course email list shortly after the conclusion of the session. |
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| Our goal on the first day is to get everybody comfortable enough in the notebook interface that they can begin to productively explore their own interests in Sage independently. So we will concentrate on the basic use and the various ways to get help and learn more. Questions are encouraged! | Our goal on the first day is to get everybody comfortable enough in the notebook interface that they can begin to productively explore their own interests in Sage independently. So we will concentrate on basic use and the various ways to get help and learn more. Questions are encouraged! With that in mind, note that we have ample time for addressing questions that come up during the presentations. You should feel free to message in Elluminate anything that comes to mind, and we'll be sure to address as many as possible during the actual session. |
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| * Review "PREP Intro Tutorial" worksheet (Karl, 45 min) | * Review and Expand on "PREP Intro Tutorial" worksheet (Karl, 45 min) |
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| * Very basic plotting * Documentation through the notebook * Questions (Rob, 15 min) * Demonstration of Interacts (Jason, 30 min) |
* Finding Help and Documentation through the notebook * Annotating your Worksheets * Questions (Rob, 25 min) * Looking to the Outcomes (Jason, 20 min) * Making Your Own Worksheets * Demonstration of Interacts |
Session Schedule: MAA PREP Workshop
Each day is a total of four hours online, broken into two 2-hour sessions. Please get set up in Elluminate a few minutes before the start time, paying special attention to the guidelines (especially about your session name and headphones). We will post links to recordings of each session to the course email list shortly after the conclusion of the session.
- Session I: 8-10 Pacific, 11-1 Eastern
- Session II: Noon-2 Pacific, 3-5 Eastern
Saturday, May 22
Our goal on the first day is to get everybody comfortable enough in the notebook interface that they can begin to productively explore their own interests in Sage independently. So we will concentrate on basic use and the various ways to get help and learn more.
Questions are encouraged! With that in mind, note that we have ample time for addressing questions that come up during the presentations. You should feel free to message in Elluminate anything that comes to mind, and we'll be sure to address as many as possible during the actual session.
Session I - Getting Started
- Introductions: Organizers and Participants (Rob, 30 min)
- Review and Expand on "PREP Intro Tutorial" worksheet (Karl, 45 min)
- Evaluating commands
- Symbolic functions
- Finding Help and Documentation through the notebook
- Annotating your Worksheets
- Questions (Rob, 25 min)
- Looking to the Outcomes (Jason, 20 min)
- Making Your Own Worksheets
- Demonstration of Interacts
Session II - Sage Community
- Resources (45 minutes, Jason)
- Google Groups
- sage-support
- sage-edu
- sage-devel
- MAA list (versus Google Groups)
- Sage wiki (Interacts, Quickrefs)
- sagemath.org
- Reference manual (stand-alone PDF, HTML)
- IRC Demo (??), with irssi or similar simple universal client
- Questions
- Google Groups
- Review "Sage Tutorial for Symbolics and Plotting" (Karl, 30 min)
- Questions (Rob, 30 min)
- Homework: Preparation for next sessions (Rob, 10 min)
- Announcements: Office Hours, June Sessions (Rob, 5 min)
Tuesday, June 8
Wednesday, June 9