Workshop on Scientific
Workplace and Scientific Notebook
Roger Hunter
President
TCI Software Research Inc.
rhunter@tcisoft.com
Jonathan Lewin
Professor of Mathematics
Kennesaw State University
lewins@mindspring.com
Abstract
This three hour workshop will provide
a hands-on experience in the use of
the important products Scientific
Workplace and Scientific Notebook
and describe some pedagogical applications
of these products. No prior experience
with the use of these products is
required. Among the topics to be covered
will be the following:
- The workshop will demonstrate
the role of Scientific Workplace
and Scientific Notebook as friendly
front ends to the computing engine
Maple. Participants will learn
how to perform a variety of mathematical
operations and how to sketch two
and three dimensionsional graphs.
The workshop will suggest some
interesting pedagogical applications
of the computing ability of Scientific
Workplace and Scientific Notebook.
- The workshop will discuss the
process of preparing documents
using Scientific Workplace and
Scientific Notebook. In addition,
the workshop will discuss some
ways in which this document making
ability can be used in the classroom
in place of the traditional method
of teaching at a blackboard. The
workshop will suggest ways in
which homework assignments, lecture
notes and other handouts can be
made available to students with
the help of Scientific Workplace
and Scientific Notebook.
- The workshop will describe
the ability of Scientific Notebook
to access documents that have
been placed in a site on the World
Wide Web or on an FTP site.
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