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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