From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Sat Jan 1 03:11:35 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: 12:00+, 2000 Message-ID: Hi, folks. If the televised celebrations are any indication, most of you have already seen in the new millenium in style (and what style!). It's just turned midnight here in Vancouver, and my neighbourhood is full of the sounds of fireworks and horns, despite the predictable Vancouver rain. My best wishes to you all for the New Year and all that comes with it. With luck, this year will see MathML in browsers and all sorts of other interesting mathematical web doings - all, of course, reported and discussed right here on the WebMath list. Thanks to all 300 or so of you for getting this list off to a great start. Your WebMath host, June Lester ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From m.coward at react.org.uk Tue Jan 4 03:26:27 2000 From: m.coward at react.org.uk (Monty Coward) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: 12:00+, 2000 Message-ID: <028EB9D59B60D311BAF000902771A14D013DE7@COMMS_SERVER> Dear June, The very best to you too. Have an excellent New Year ! Regards > -----Original Message----- > From: June Lester [SMTP:jalester@cecm.sfu.ca] > Sent: 01 January 2000 08:12 > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: 12:00+, 2000 > > Hi, folks. > > If the televised celebrations are any indication, most of you have > already > seen in the new millenium in style (and what style!). It's just > turned > midnight here in Vancouver, and my neighbourhood is full of the sounds > of > fireworks and horns, despite the predictable Vancouver rain. My best > wishes to you all for the New Year and all that comes with it. With > luck, > this year will see MathML in browsers and all sorts of other > interesting > mathematical web doings - all, of course, reported and discussed right > here > on the WebMath list. Thanks to all 300 or so of you for getting this > list > off to a great start. > > Your WebMath host, > > June Lester > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Sun Jan 16 16:05:11 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Improved Puzzles at Math Goodies Message-ID: <38823285.9B18D8A9@mathgoodies.com> Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive math lessons. We also offer homework help, message boards, puzzles, and more. We have improved our Puzzle Library for better and faster display of each puzzle image. --Each puzzle image has been optimized for faster loading. --Each puzzle image has been reformatted for a clearer display in the AOL browser. --Each puzzle page now has printing instructions. We hope you will join us at: http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/ Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Robby at orst.edu Sat Jan 22 19:25:04 2000 From: Robby at orst.edu (Robby@orst.edu) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Subject Classification Message-ID: <33FEA12D4ABFD1119D9000A0C9699E0006CE6D45@hercules.nws.orst.edu> We have made some reasonable progress towards a subject classification for school and college mathematics. This is part of a larger mathematics metadata project. "Reasonable progress" means that some draft work is ready for review. We would greatly appreciate it if you could go to http://mathmetadata.org/feedback, check out what we are doing, and to fill out an online feedback questionnaire or send email with your comments. Input at this early stage will be especially valuable and could have a substantial effect on the final trajectory. Thanks, and (by the way) thanks to June Lester for helping to support this wonderful community. Robby Robson http://osu.orst.edu/~robsonr ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From grviers at csupomona.edu Sun Jan 23 00:24:52 2000 From: grviers at csupomona.edu (Dr. Gerald R. Viers) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Subject Classification In-Reply-To: <33FEA12D4ABFD1119D9000A0C9699E0006CE6D45@hercules.nws.orst.edu> References: <33FEA12D4ABFD1119D9000A0C9699E0006CE6D45@hercules.nws.orst.edu> Message-ID: >We have made some reasonable progress towards a subject classification for >school and college mathematics. This is part of a larger mathematics metadata >project. "Reasonable progress" means that some draft work is ready >for review. >We would greatly appreciate it if you could go to >http://mathmetadata.org/feedback, check out what we are doing, and to fill out >an online feedback questionnaire or send email with your comments. Input at >this early stage will be especially valuable and could have a >substantial effect >on the final trajectory. http://mathmetadata.org/taxonomies/level2_draft_0_5.html and http://mathmetadata.org/taxonomies/overview.html return: File not found. Return to Mathmetadata. ========================= Cal Poly Pomona ======================== Dr. Gerald R. Viers mailto:grviers@CSUPomona.edu Assistant Professor: Educational Multimedia gerry@calvary-pv.org 3801 West Temple Avenue http://www.csupomona.edu/~grviers/ Pomona, CA 91768-4049 Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Robby at orst.edu Sun Jan 23 12:49:09 2000 From: Robby at orst.edu (Robby@orst.edu) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Subject Classification Message-ID: <33FEA12D4ABFD1119D9000A0C9699E0006CAD872@hercules.nws.orst.edu> Thanks. A symbolic link was missing. Everything works now. Robby Robson http://osu.orst.edu/~robsonr -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Gerald R. Viers [mailto:grviers@csupomona.edu] Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 9:25 PM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Math Subject Classification >We have made some reasonable progress towards a subject classification for >school and college mathematics. This is part of a larger mathematics metadata >project. "Reasonable progress" means that some draft work is ready >for review. >We would greatly appreciate it if you could go to >http://mathmetadata.org/feedback, check out what we are doing, and to fill out >an online feedback questionnaire or send email with your comments. Input at >this early stage will be especially valuable and could have a >substantial effect >on the final trajectory. http://mathmetadata.org/taxonomies/level2_draft_0_5.html and http://mathmetadata.org/taxonomies/overview.html return: File not found. Return to Mathmetadata. ========================= Cal Poly Pomona ======================== Dr. Gerald R. Viers mailto:grviers@CSUPomona.edu Assistant Professor: Educational Multimedia gerry@calvary-pv.org 3801 West Temple Avenue http://www.csupomona.edu/~grviers/ Pomona, CA 91768-4049 Deus propitius esto mihi peccatori ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Fri Jan 28 20:33:04 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Fwd: MathML and Open EBook (OEB)? OEB style language adequate? Message-ID: Of possible interest to math publishers et al. From the Mozilla list. Haven't looked at it yet, so can't comment. June > >Hello, > >There is interest in using MathML in "extended OEB" documents. OEB is a >recently released, XML-conforming open e-book formatting specification. OEB >is shorthand for, you guessed it, "Open EBook". Details on OEB, and links to >download version 1.0 of spec, can be found at http://www.openebook.org . If >you have difficulty in accessing that site (there are some network problems >currently being fixed), contact me privately and I'll happily e-mail to you >the Word version of the spec. > >Some definitions: > >"Basic OEB" uses a default DTD that is essentially a slightly reduced subset >of HTML 4.0. > >"Extended OEB" allows extensions to the default element set, or to use an >entirely new DTD, so long as the elements used are mentioned in the supplied >OEB-conforming CSS style sheet. Thus, MathML can be used in extended OEB >documents, at least from the element side of the house. > >OEB-conformant "browsers/readers" of high typographical capability are now >being considered to render both basic and extended OEB documents. (Microsoft >is supposedly building their e-book Reader to be fully OEB-conformant, but of >this I am not certain.) > >Regarding MathML, the specific question has been asked if the basic OEB CSS >style language is adequate to properly render MathML expressions on >OEB-conforming readers. > >Here's general information on the OEB CSS style language, taken from section >1.4.4 of the spec: > > "This specification defines a style language based on CSS 1 and CSS 2, > with a media type of "text/x-oeb1-css". The OEB Authoring Group is aware > that this definition of a media type goes against the recommendation of > the CSS Working Group (see http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1), but has > chosen to do so due to practical considerations. > > "The CSS-based stylesheet constructs in this specification have been > included to define baseline rendering functionality. To minimize the > burden on reading system developers and device manufacturers, not all > CSS 1 or CSS 2 properties are included. A few additional properties and > values have been added for supporting page layout, headers, and footers." > >Chapter 4 of the spec fully details the OEB CSS style language. > > >So, to restate the question, is the current OEB style language adequate to >properly render MathML expressions on OEB-conformant browsers/readers? Or is >it missing some essential properties, and if so, what could it use? If the >OEB CSS style language is adequate, how difficult would it be to build style >sheets for using MathML? > >I guess the answer requires someone with experience in building style sheets >for MathML to look over the OEB CSS style language (Chapter 4 of the spec.) > >Thanks in advance for your help! > >Jon Noring >Exemplary Technologies > >-- >_________________________________________________________________ >Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana *** Perfumed Garden of Sheik Nefzaoui > http://www.exemplary.net/publishing/index.html >----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Sat Jan 29 09:40:01 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Goodies reviewed in the Washington Times! Message-ID: <3892FBC0.6B222D4C@mathgoodies.com> Dear Colleagues, I am so excited, I must share this with you! Math Goodies was reviewed in the Family Times section of The Washington Times, Washington, D.C. on Sunday, January 23! Joseph Szadkowski is the journalist who reviewed Math Goodies in his WebWise column for the Family Times Sunday section. I am thrilled to receive an "A+" rating! I have placed some of the highlights of this detailed review at this URL: http://www.mathgoodies.com/awards/wash_times.shtm Excited in New York, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Mon Feb 7 12:04:26 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: Fwd: Word2TeX 1.3 Message-ID: Of possible interest to members of the list. June ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Kirill A. Chikrii" Subject: Complete Microsoft Word to LaTeX conversion solution -- Word2TeX 1.3 Date sent: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 04:39:19 +0200 Complete Microsoft Word to LaTeX conversion solution -- Word2TeX 1.3 Chikrii SoftLab Word2TeX version 1.3 -- New! Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Chikrii SoftLab. Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Kirill A. Chikrii, Anna V. Chikrii. All rights reserved. Available at Word2TeX official product support site: http://www.vcom.kiev.ua/~chik/ mailto: chik@mw.kiev.ua ******************************************************************* >From Microsoft Word to LaTeX document conversion complete solution ******************************************************************* Intelligent 32-bit External converter for Microsoft Word 6.0/95, Word97, Word2000 (or any other 32-bit Microsoft Word) also compatible with Japanese Word and mostly all native 32-bit Microsoft Word's. 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FEATURES OF Word2TeX 1.3: * State-of-the-art user interface * Auto-installing into Microsoft Word * Supports both OLE1 & OLE2 * Produces LaTeX, LaTeX2e, AMS-LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX2e documents * output document uses only standard packages for the appropriate target LaTeX * Converts Microsoft Equation 2, Microsoft Equation 3, Design Science MathType 4.0 embedded objects to equations * equation auto-numbering, auto-referencing algorithm * recognizes whether equation is inline or display * corrects some typing mistakes * built-in Equation Translation Manager (ETM) - visual tool for redefining equation translation rules * ETM can produce MathType 4.0 Translator Definition Language(TDL) scripts * Converts figures * converts all embedded OLE objects (except Microsoft Equation & MathType objects which are handled as equations, see above) to figures * converts bitmaps and metafiles * Converts tables (even very complicated) * supports pictures in tables * supports equations in tables * supports multipage tables * supports tables of an arbitrary structure, even with hanging cells * Intelligent auto-formatting * recognizes paragraphs with no indentation * supports footnotes * paragraph styles (heading1, heading2, heading3) * character attributes (bold,italic,underline,subscript,superscript) * font-family intelligent translation * full Greek charset support inside text * supports multibyte character encodings (Japanese Word) * supports ANSI, OEM target encodings * Readable and good-looking output With respect, Kirill A. Chikrii, Anna V. Chikrii Chikrii SoftLab http://www.vcom.kiev.ua/~chik/ mailto: chik@mw.kiev.ua FEEL FREE TO FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCE TO INTERESTED PERSONS. PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE CONTENTS OF THIS MESSAGE. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Tue Feb 8 18:09:29 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition Message-ID: WebMathers - For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online mathematical exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for examples of pages that actually use online media to present mathematics - hypertext, interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or can't be done as well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show off a technology, but pages that show how a technology can be used for innovative mathematical communication, in an educational context, a research publication context or another context I haven't thought of yet. Web pages that aren't just "ported paper". Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any comments, opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good online mathematical presentation. Cheers June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From plouffe at math.uqam.ca Tue Feb 8 19:04:54 2000 From: plouffe at math.uqam.ca (Simon Plouffe) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: 2 sites on math. Message-ID: <200002090004.TAA25575@cogito.math.uqam.ca> About WEbmath and some sites that have interesting mathematics on the internet. There are 2 sites I know : Eric WEisstein site at www.mathworld.com and the one of Steve Finch (Favorite Math Constant). The first one is a good example because some of the topics like archimedian solids do contain special code. If you go there you can see those solids on the screens as well as turning them with the mouse. The second site is more traditional of course but still uses a lot of graphics, and an extensive list of links on each chapter in the bibliography. Simon Plouffe Simon Plouffe Professeur Associ? Associate Professor LaCIM, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al http://www.lacim.uqam.ca/pi http://www.lacim.uqam.ca/plouffe plouffe@math.uqam.ca (514) 841-1960 ? la maison (514) 573-7881 cell. (514) 987-8274 fax ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From rusin at math.niu.edu Tue Feb 8 19:27:42 2000 From: rusin at math.niu.edu (Dave Rusin) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition Message-ID: <200002090027.SAA26654@vesuvius.math.niu.edu> I will be interested to hear of your conclusions. For the most part I don't think there has been great use made of these tools for the purposes of exposition. It's just too time-consuming to do it well, I suppose. I can vouch for many uses of the web for math using the tools you mentioned to perform things which don't work well in print; but it's stretching things a little to call this "exposition". I think the most progress has been made in the use of hypertext: there are now ample opportunities to say, "click here for more information about..." I use this a lot in my web pages (math-atlas.org). I think you could point to the "encyclopedia" at mathworld.com as an example of hypertext run amok. (Surely not _every_ occurence of a work needs to be highlighted?) There are also plenty of websites which take advantage of interactivity in a way not possible with a printed resource. I'm thinking of the search engines at Mathematical Reviews for example (first class! even handles multi-alphabet searches reasonably) which allow me to search for papers in ways I could never do with paper. Also MathSearch (www.maths.usyd.edu.au) is a good example of automated, up-to-date, filtered searches for web material. I have high hopes for the Euler project in this direction too (www.emis.ams.org/projects/EULER/) I don't know that I think animation helps very much except I suppose for exposition of something like dynamical systems, and I don't know of any sites which actually do that! I suppose it could be handy to be able to manipulate geometric objects and so to really "see" them. There's a polyhedron site which tries this (www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html) but I never succeeded in loading a VRML viewer so I can't tell you if it really works! Likewise you can judge for yourself whether these graphics help to understand maps on a complex domain: http://www.math.psu.edu/dna/complex-j.html Many of the textbook publishers are pushing websites to complement their calculus (say) books. I don't think these are going to improve our students' performance, but in principle they do can illustrate some things well. I can't remember the URLs but I've seen them illustrate convergent sequences, linearity of graphs seen sufficiently close up, that sort of thing. dave ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From liberandos at yahoo.com Tue Feb 8 19:57:24 2000 From: liberandos at yahoo.com (Pat McKeague) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition Message-ID: <20000209005724.23028.qmail@web123.yahoomail.com> Try http:\\cogito.ecollege.com pat --- June Lester wrote: > WebMathers - > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of > good online > mathematical exposition. Please note the word > "online": I'm looking for > examples of pages that actually use online media to > present mathematics - > hypertext, interactivity, animation, etc. - things > that can't be done or > can't be done as well with ordinary paper media. > Not pages that just show > off a technology, but pages that show how a > technology can be used for > innovative mathematical communication, in an > educational context, a > research publication context or another context I > haven't thought of yet. > Web pages that aren't just "ported paper". > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also > welcome are any > comments, opinions, discussion, etc. on what > actually constitutes good > online mathematical presentation. > > Cheers > > June > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: > http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to > majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From mathwrig at gte.net Wed Feb 9 01:58:29 2000 From: mathwrig at gte.net (James White) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear June, The New Mathwright Library http://www.mathwright.com may have what you are looking for. It was recently very favorably reviewed in MAA's Focus Magazine (Dec. '99) and in the College Mathematics Journal (Nov. '99) and it is a free Library that contains more than 150 interactive "WorkBooks" that cover a range of Mathematical topics from arithmetic to differential geometry. I am the author of the language/platform in which these WorkBooks were written and are delivered, and the WorkBooks themselves are all written by teachers of Mathematics and Science, including myself. I will let the recent reviews of the Library speak for it, adding only that Mathwright is quite different from anything that I have seen available on the web. The reason for that is that it was written (over the course of fifteen years) precisely to allow teachers to encourage their students to experiment with and actively to explore the mathematics in the stories that they create. It goes far beyond hypertext authoring systems such as Macromedia or ToolBook because, while it allows authors to use animations, video, audio, and other multimedia devices, these animations are live, generated in response to student input and interactive with it. For that, it contains a dedicated computer algebra and graphics language (including also Logo, I might add), as well as an artificial-intelligence based mathematics scripting language. It also makes it easy for authors to create displayed mathematical formulas in WYSIWYG windows that also display pictures, screen snapshots, matrices, etc. These formulas may be edited by students. They may of course also be generated by scripts as the result of student input. And Mathwright goes beyond dedicated "supercalculators" such as Mathematica, Maple, or MathCad because it takes the user interface seriously, that is, it provides an environment in which students can focus on the mathematical content, the story. I will include below a brief synoptic overview of the Library, taken from one of its pages, below, and I invite you and your readers to visit. Sincerely, James E. White, Ph.D. On the Mathwright Library This Library is an experiment in computer-based pedagogy. Its aim is to invite students to come into the world of mathematics and science through structured microworlds (called WorkBooks) that will allow them to ask their own questions, to read at their own pace, and to experiment and to play with those topics that interest them. Teachers may guide these explorations, but they will not really be able to control them. Each Mathwright WorkBook attempts to place the player, the learner, in the driver's seat. All WorkBooks have been created by teachers at the Undergraduate and Secondary levels, with the exception of a few in the Young Players category that were created by students. In order to encourage active exploration, the WorkBooks are designed (to the limits of our ability) to be easy for students to use, but at the same time, to be truly interactive. The computational environment recedes into the background so that the mathematical or scientific topic of interest comes under the spotlight. This means that students may often ask questions or explore ideas that even the author of the WorkBook did not anticipate. It requires an expressive and flexible reading environment. So we place that environment, an object-oriented computer algebra and graphics language, on the player's machine. It is called the Mathwright Library Player. The Mathwright Library uses the web, not principally as a repository of "information," but as a source of "experiences." Thus, the Library is the web conduit to a collection of interactive explorations that are brought to the Player's machine. Once on the Player's machine, each WorkBook has full access to the language that will bring it to life. While there has been much speculation about the possibility of delivering genuinely interactive mathematical content over the web in the form of ... simple "appliances," it seems that the realization of this idea lies far in the future. Players create structure as they read Mathwright WorkBooks, and that structure requires the full services of a complete language if the players will be allowed to transform and compare what they build, view it from different viewpoints (i.e. algebraic and geometric as an example) and to ask their own questions. Also, players read at their own pace. Genuine learning requires time and reflection. It is much more natural for them to print the documentation, read it, and then to experiment and play on their own (or on lab) machines, rather than to be required to log in to the internet each time they want to explore another page in a WorkBook. Library WorkBooks are hypertext documents. They vary in size from 1 page to 25 pages, and more. Many of them look and feel like web pages, and that fact leverages the experience that many already have with the web. But in our WorkBooks, students will be able to do very interesting and exciting things. They may place a satellite into geosynchronous orbit, launch a space shuttle, create an airline routing system and ask it to find routes satisfying conditions they set, or ask for step-by-step explanations as the program solves an equation they create. They may, in fact, teach the program how to implement new functional identities (such as the Pythagorean identity) to simplify an expression or to solve an equation. They might define a differential operator such as the Laplacian, and then draw the level sets of the Laplacian applied to functions of their choosing. Or they might define a "curl" operator and draw integral curves of the curl of a vectorfield they choose. Such performances are far beyond the reach of "appliances." And while some of these examples may appear unlikely, it is a fact that an author may choose to lead her students in exciting and perspicuous directions. An experienced author may create most of the interactions described above in a few minutes using the built-in language tools! The "space shuttle" or "satellite" simulations might take a few hours, depending on the degree of realism required (See the Gravitation WorkBook for the spacecraft examples, the Discrete Mathematics 2 WorkBook for the Airline Routing example, or the Expert Systems WorkBook for the Functional Identities example.) Another important fact about authoring in Mathwright is that all Library WorkBooks are available to be modified and extended if an author wants to improve one. Mathwright Author 2000 allows authors to "cut and paste" whole pages of a WorkBook, or individual objects and scripts. Many authors base their own new WorkBooks on existing Library books, cutting and pasting objects and pages as they see fit. This is OK. The authors of Library books provide their WorkBooks as "clipmath" and give their permission to other authors to modify those books if they desire. Of course, courtesy dictates that authors acknowledge their sources. Thus, the Library is an evolving and dynamic entity, not a static one. The WorkBooks that authors create with Mathwright Author 2000 are immediately distributable to their students since they can be read with the Mathwright Library Player, which is freely downloadable from the Library site. We have also attempted to make it easy for teachers or students to find what they want in the Stacks. One may search the stacks in a variety of ways to locate items of interest. The Library is continually growing, and while it presently has holdings in a wide range of topics, we hope in coming years to enrich and enlarge these holdings to fill out many of the lacunae that still exist. For that, we will depend on teacher/authors to build ever more exciting and engaging WorkBooks. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From sarah at forum.swarthmore.edu Wed Feb 9 06:50:19 2000 From: sarah at forum.swarthmore.edu (Sarah Seastone) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:23 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: See Alexander Bogomolny's interactive columns using Java applets, "Cut the Knot," hosted by the MAA. The archive of past columns is at http://www.maa.org/editorial/knot/knot-index.html ; most recent work can be found at http://www.maa.org/news/columns.html . And see http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dynamic/one-corona/, Catalog of Isohedral Tilings by Symmetric Polygonal Tiles, by Doris Schattschneider, written to accompany the article "One Corona is Enough for the Euclidean Plane" (published in "Quasicrystals and Discrete Geometry," J. Patera, editor, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences Monograph Series, Vol. 10, AMS, Providence, RI, 1998, pp. 207-246). Scroll to the bottom of the Web page, enter the catalog of tilings at one of the pages, and select a "Play Java" link. - Sarah At 3:09 PM -0800 2/8/00, June Lester wrote: >WebMathers - > >For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online >mathematical exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for >examples of pages that actually use online media to present mathematics - >hypertext, interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or >can't be done as well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show >off a technology, but pages that show how a technology can be used for >innovative mathematical communication, in an educational context, a >research publication context or another context I haven't thought of yet. >Web pages that aren't just "ported paper". > >Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any >comments, opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good >online mathematical presentation. > >Cheers > >June >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From David.Bowers at suffolk.ac.uk Wed Feb 9 07:01:07 2000 From: David.Bowers at suffolk.ac.uk (David Bowers) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition Message-ID: <43EC1BC31C8ED211BC3500104B074C5608FC1B@MONARCH> June You might like to look at my paper "Animating Web Pages with the TI-92", on my professional home page (URL below). I admit it is more of a "what could be done" than a coherent set of learning resources. David ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Bowers, BSc, MSc, PGCE, AFIMA Senior Lecturer in Mathematics & Statistics Faculty of Learning Development Suffolk College Rope Walk Ipswich IP4 1LT Tel: (+44) 1473 296339 United Kingdom Fax: (+44) 1473 230054 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/davidbowers/ > -----Original Message----- > From: June Lester [SMTP:jalester@cecm.sfu.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 11:09 PM > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > > WebMathers - > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online > mathematical exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking > for > examples of pages that actually use online media to present > mathematics - > hypertext, interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done > or > can't be done as well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just > show > off a technology, but pages that show how a technology can be used for > innovative mathematical communication, in an educational context, a > research publication context or another context I haven't thought of > yet. > Web pages that aren't just "ported paper". > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any > comments, opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good > online mathematical presentation. > > Cheers > > June > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From David.Bowers at suffolk.ac.uk Wed Feb 9 07:01:07 2000 From: David.Bowers at suffolk.ac.uk (David Bowers) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition Message-ID: <43EC1BC31C8ED211BC3500104B074C5608FC1B@MONARCH> June You might like to look at my paper "Animating Web Pages with the TI-92", on my professional home page (URL below). I admit it is more of a "what could be done" than a coherent set of learning resources. David ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ David Bowers, BSc, MSc, PGCE, AFIMA Senior Lecturer in Mathematics & Statistics Faculty of Learning Development Suffolk College Rope Walk Ipswich IP4 1LT Tel: (+44) 1473 296339 United Kingdom Fax: (+44) 1473 230054 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/davidbowers/ > -----Original Message----- > From: June Lester [SMTP:jalester@cecm.sfu.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 11:09 PM > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > > WebMathers - > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online > mathematical exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking > for > examples of pages that actually use online media to present > mathematics - > hypertext, interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done > or > can't be done as well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just > show > off a technology, but pages that show how a technology can be used for > innovative mathematical communication, in an educational context, a > research publication context or another context I haven't thought of > yet. > Web pages that aren't just "ported paper". > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any > comments, opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good > online mathematical presentation. > > Cheers > > June > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Martin.Greenhow at brunel.ac.uk Wed Feb 9 07:09:23 2000 From: Martin.Greenhow at brunel.ac.uk (Martin Greenhow) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition In-Reply-To: <200002091110.LAA29170@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> Message-ID: Have a look at online assessment at: http://L62.csm.port.ac.uk/mathletics.html On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:10:24 +1100 Pam Bishop wrote: > The following message comes from the WebMath mailing list - apologies if you > are already on that list > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:09:29 -0800 > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > From: June Lester > Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > > WebMathers - > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online mathematical > exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for examples of pages > that actually use online media to present mathematics - hypertext, > interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or can't be done as > well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show off a technology, but > pages that show how a technology can be used for innovative mathematical > communication, in an educational context, a research publication context or > another context I haven't thought of yet. Web pages that aren't just "ported > paper". > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any comments, > opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good online > mathematical presentation. > > Cheers > > June > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Greenhow Brunel University, UK mastmmg@brunel.ac.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From hgreenbe at carbon.cudenver.edu Wed Feb 9 08:10:06 2000 From: hgreenbe at carbon.cudenver.edu (Harvey Greenberg) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition In-Reply-To: <200002091110.LAA29170@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> Message-ID: You might browse "Using the Web to Teach Mathematics" at http://www-math.cudenver.edu/w4t/, especially the Undergraduate links. I hope this helps. Harvey hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu http://www.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/ :) Degauss often. On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Pam Bishop wrote: > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:10:24 +1100 > From: Pam Bishop > Reply-To: webmath@camel.math.ca > To: cti-maths@mailbase.ac.uk > Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition > > The following message comes from the WebMath mailing list - apologies if you > are already on that list > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:09:29 -0800 > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > From: June Lester > Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > > WebMathers - > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online mathematical > exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for examples of pages > that actually use online media to present mathematics - hypertext, > interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or can't be done as > well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show off a technology, but > pages that show how a technology can be used for innovative mathematical > communication, in an educational context, a research publication context or > another context I haven't thought of yet. Web pages that aren't just "ported > paper". > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any comments, > opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good online > mathematical presentation. > > Cheers > > June > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From m.coward at react.org.uk Wed Feb 9 09:39:16 2000 From: m.coward at react.org.uk (Monty Coward) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition Message-ID: <028EB9D59B60D311BAF000902771A14D0FCF9C@COMMS_SERVER> Have you tried www.mupad.de and then look around the site and related links ( University of Paderborn, Germany ) > -----Original Message----- > From: Harvey Greenberg [SMTP:hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu] > Sent: 09 February 2000 13:10 > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: Re: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition > > You might browse "Using the Web to Teach Mathematics" at > http://www-math.cudenver.edu/w4t/, especially the Undergraduate links. > > I hope this helps. > Harvey > hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu http://www.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/ > :) Degauss often. > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Pam Bishop wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:10:24 +1100 > > From: Pam Bishop > > Reply-To: webmath@camel.math.ca > > To: cti-maths@mailbase.ac.uk > > Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition > > > > The following message comes from the WebMath mailing list - > apologies if you > > are already on that list > > > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:09:29 -0800 > > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > > From: June Lester > > Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > > > > WebMathers - > > > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online > mathematical > > exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for examples > of pages > > that actually use online media to present mathematics - hypertext, > > interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or can't > be done as > > well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show off a > technology, but > > pages that show how a technology can be used for innovative > mathematical > > communication, in an educational context, a research publication > context or > > another context I haven't thought of yet. Web pages that aren't just > "ported > > paper". > > > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any > comments, > > opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good online > > mathematical presentation. > > > > Cheers > > > > June > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > To unsubscribe: > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From thedyes at freeuk.com Wed Feb 9 14:56:39 2000 From: thedyes at freeuk.com (Bryan Dye) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition In-Reply-To: <200002091110.LAA29170@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> Message-ID: Try Mathsnet for interactive curriculum pages www.anglia.co.uk/education/mathsnet/ At 11:11 09/02/00 +0000, you wrote: >The following message comes from the WebMath mailing list - apologies if you >are already on that list > >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:09:29 -0800 >To: webmath@camel.math.ca >From: June Lester >Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > >WebMathers - > >For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online mathematical >exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for examples of pages >that actually use online media to present mathematics - hypertext, >interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or can't be done as >well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show off a technology, but >pages that show how a technology can be used for innovative mathematical >communication, in an educational context, a research publication context or >another context I haven't thought of yet. Web pages that aren't just "ported >paper". > >Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any comments, >opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good online >mathematical presentation. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From debutler at argonet.co.uk Thu Feb 10 10:51:33 2000 From: debutler at argonet.co.uk (Douglas Butler) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition References: <028EB9D59B60D311BAF000902771A14D0FCF9C@COMMS_SERVER> Message-ID: <020001bf73f4$790d6a40$6b6845c2@cruiser> To members of the WebMath list: I have collected quite a rich list of resources, catalogued: http://www.argonet.co.uk/oundlesch Follow the links to Mathematics (or music is that's your interest!) Enjoy Douglas Butler Tel: (44) 0-1832 273444 Fax: -272760 33 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4EJ, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Home - debutler@argonet.co.uk Away: debutler@hotmail.com iCT-Training Centre (Oundle) - www.argonet.co.uk/oundlesch ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Monty Coward To: Sent: 09 February 2000 14:39 Subject: RE: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition > Have you tried www.mupad.de and then look around the site and related > links ( University of Paderborn, Germany ) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Harvey Greenberg [SMTP:hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu] > > Sent: 09 February 2000 13:10 > > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > > Subject: Re: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition > > > > You might browse "Using the Web to Teach Mathematics" at > > http://www-math.cudenver.edu/w4t/, especially the Undergraduate links. > > > > I hope this helps. > > Harvey > > hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu http://www.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/ > > :) Degauss often. > > > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Pam Bishop wrote: > > > > > Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:10:24 +1100 > > > From: Pam Bishop > > > Reply-To: webmath@camel.math.ca > > > To: cti-maths@mailbase.ac.uk > > > Subject: (Fwd) WebMath: mathematical exposition > > > > > > The following message comes from the WebMath mailing list - > > apologies if you > > > are already on that list > > > > > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > > Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:09:29 -0800 > > > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > > > From: June Lester > > > Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition > > > > > > WebMathers - > > > > > > For a potential project, I'm looking for examples of good online > > mathematical > > > exposition. Please note the word "online": I'm looking for examples > > of pages > > > that actually use online media to present mathematics - hypertext, > > > interactivity, animation, etc. - things that can't be done or can't > > be done as > > > well with ordinary paper media. Not pages that just show off a > > technology, but > > > pages that show how a technology can be used for innovative > > mathematical > > > communication, in an educational context, a research publication > > context or > > > another context I haven't thought of yet. Web pages that aren't just > > "ported > > > paper". > > > > > > Any and all relevant URLs gratefully accepted. Also welcome are any > > comments, > > > opinions, discussion, etc. on what actually constitutes good online > > > mathematical presentation. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > June > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > > To unsubscribe: > > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > To unsubscribe: > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Wed Feb 16 17:11:38 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Teachers Needed Message-ID: <38AB209A.633FD2A3@mathgoodies.com> Please forgive any cross postings... Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive math lessons. We need Math Teachers to volunteer time answering questions on our Homework Help Message Board. This message board is free and is intended to assist students with specific math homework problems. E-mail notification is sent when messages are posted. Please visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/private-cgi-bin/homework_help.cgi Thank you, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From m.coward at react.org.uk Thu Feb 17 10:48:32 2000 From: m.coward at react.org.uk (Monty Coward) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Teachers Needed Message-ID: <028EB9D59B60D311BAF000902771A14D0FCFC5@COMMS_SERVER> Hi .. I'll gave a hand ... Regards, Lewis M Coward > -----Original Message----- > From: Gisele Glosser [SMTP:info@mathgoodies.com] > Sent: 16 February 2000 22:12 > To: webmath@mail.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: Math Teachers Needed > > Please forgive any cross postings... > > Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive > math lessons. We need Math Teachers to volunteer time answering > questions on our Homework Help Message Board. This message board > is free and is intended to assist students with specific math > homework problems. E-mail notification is sent when messages are > posted. Please visit: > > http://www.mathgoodies.com/private-cgi-bin/homework_help.cgi > > Thank you, > Gisele Glosser > -- > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % > % Your Destination For Math Education! % > % % > % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From sgefelix at techst02.technion.ac.il Fri Feb 18 13:15:09 2000 From: sgefelix at techst02.technion.ac.il (Goldberg Felix) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Heuristics for cryptarithm solution Message-ID: <38AD8C2C.999C5E38@t2.technion.ac.il> Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I am currently working on a project in Prolog that is to solve multiplication cryptarithms. Of course, in the normal case when different letters represent different digits and vice versa, the solution may be obtained quickly by simple brute force search. However, the idea of the project is to solve the cryptarithm in more or less the way a human being would, that is, not with brute force, but rather using heuristics derived from humans experience. Could anybody be so kind as to point out to me some existing work in the field and/or some useful references? Thanks in advance, Felix Goldberg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/webmath/attachments/20000218/944ddc72/attachment.htm From bsquire at metz.une.edu.au Sun Feb 20 18:19:37 2000 From: bsquire at metz.une.edu.au (Barry Squire) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Heuristics for cryptarithm solution In-Reply-To: <38AD8C2C.999C5E38@t2.technion.ac.il> Message-ID: Dear Felix, If you haven't already accessed the volumes, Andree, J & Andree, R.V: Cryptarithms; 1978, U of Oklahoma - there's a student course text, and an Insturctors Manual - are very useful in the studies my students have done into alphametics, or cryptarithms. Is their "possibilities table" an heuristic which you are seeking? Cheers, Barry Squire Dept of Curriculum Studies ph 61 (02) 6773 5076 home 61 (02) 6772 8199 FEHPS fax 61 (02) 6773 5078 UNE Armidale NSW 2351 bsquire@metz.une.edu.au AUSTRALIA ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From m.coward at react.org.uk Mon Feb 21 03:37:48 2000 From: m.coward at react.org.uk (Monty Coward) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Heuristics for cryptarithm solution Message-ID: <028EB9D59B60D311BAF000902771A14D0FCFC8@COMMS_SERVER> Greetings, I think that there is some work being done on it at the University of Paderborn, in Germany. I cannot recall if this is the correct University ... but maybe give it a try. If I am incorrect, I apologise for the misleading information. Yours, Lewis M Coward > -----Original Message----- > From: Goldberg Felix [SMTP:sgefelix@techst02.technion.ac.il] > Sent: 18 February 2000 18:15 > To: cti-maths@mailbase.ac.uk; webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: Heuristics for cryptarithm solution > > Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, > I am currently working on a project in Prolog that is to solve > multiplication cryptarithms.? Of course, in the normal case when > different letters represent different digits and vice versa, the > solution may be obtained quickly by simple brute force search.? > However, the idea of the project is to solve the cryptarithm in more > or less the way a human being would, that is, not with brute force, > but rather using heuristics derived from humans experience.? Could > anybody be so kind as to point out to me some existing work in the > field and/or some useful references? > > Thanks in advance, > Felix Goldberg. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From D.K.Smith at exeter.ac.uk Mon Feb 21 03:59:09 2000 From: D.K.Smith at exeter.ac.uk (David K Smith) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Heuristics for cryptarithm solution In-Reply-To: <38AD8C2C.999C5E38@t2.technion.ac.il> Message-ID: <000801bf7c49$ea24cb80$c34fad90@ex.ac.uk> Have you looked at Steven Kahan's three books? Have some sums to solve At Last! Encoded totals, second addition. Take a look at a good book where Have+ some +sums +to =solve At+ Last!+ Encoded+ totals,+ second= addition. Take+ a +look+ at+ a+ good= book which present such problems and discuss their solution. available from Baywood http://baywood.com David Smith Dr David K Smith, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK email:D.K.Smith@exeter.ac.uk My homepage has now moved to: http://www.maths.ex.ac.uk/staff/DKSmith/HomePage.html I imagine that were we to meet, we would disagree on many points. However, I like to think that we would be united in what matters ? a love for God, a respect for truth and a passion for words. You were indeed a remarkable pilgrim. (Terry Waite, in his Millennium Letter to John Bunyan) -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Goldberg Felix Sent: 18 February 2000 18:15 To: cti-maths@mailbase.ac.uk; webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: WebMath: Heuristics for cryptarithm solution Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, I am currently working on a project in Prolog that is to solve multiplication cryptarithms. Of course, in the normal case when different letters represent different digits and vice versa, the solution may be obtained quickly by simple brute force search. However, the idea of the project is to solve the cryptarithm in more or less the way a human being would, that is, not with brute force, but rather using heuristics derived from humans experience. Could anybody be so kind as to point out to me some existing work in the field and/or some useful references? Thanks in advance, Felix Goldberg. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/webmath/attachments/20000221/5799e049/attachment.htm From dougce at ecollege.com Fri Feb 25 14:48:40 2000 From: dougce at ecollege.com (Douglas Curran-Everett) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:24 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators Message-ID: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.com> Dear All, I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting math/stats up on the Web. I have a couple questions: What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? Thanks! Regards, Doug Curran-Everett, PhD ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Fri Feb 25 11:35:16 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators References: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.com> Message-ID: <38B6AF41.F699314B@mathgoodies.com> Dear Douglas Curran-Everett, For putting math on the web, I recommend MathType. To see examples, visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/software/mathtype.shtm I am using it to create interactive math lessons for the web. Best wishes, Gisele Glosser Douglas Curran-Everett wrote: > > Dear All, > > I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print > only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting > math/stats up on the Web. > > I have a couple questions: > > What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? > By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jeremy at jboden.demon.co.uk Fri Feb 25 16:56:22 2000 From: jeremy at jboden.demon.co.uk (Jeremy Boden) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators In-Reply-To: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.com> References: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.com> Message-ID: In message <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.co m>, Douglas Curran-Everett writes >Dear All, > >I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print >only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting >math/stats up on the Web. > >I have a couple questions: > > What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? > By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? > >Thanks! > >Regards, >Doug Curran-Everett, PhD > When it comes to putting maths on the web, it's been pretty poor for some time. Some people turn every non-ascii symbol into a graphic - but this has big problems for many users as it relies on both you and them running their browsers at about the same window sizes (and resolutions). Since you use Latex, you could either provide simplified Latex and let the user utilise the techexplorer plugin, or provide .dvi or postscript segments which could be saved or displayed. .pdf files would be a good if rather expensive option. Soon (!) MathML will start to become available on the major browsers and ought to be the way to things in the future. Probably some rather tacky combination of several methods will be necessary for the immediate future. -- Jeremy Boden ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From mathwrig at gte.net Sat Feb 26 16:59:09 2000 From: mathwrig at gte.net (James White) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators In-Reply-To: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.com> Message-ID: Doug, You might like to visit www.mathwright.com The Mathwright Library makes freely available over 150 Interactive WorkBooks (roughly 2000 pages of interactive math) at all levels written by Mathematics teachers. The authoring software (Mathwright: My Way) is available at http://www.mathwright.com/BookStore.htm Jim White -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Douglas Curran-Everett Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:49 AM To: 'webmath@mail.math.ca' Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators Dear All, I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting math/stats up on the Web. I have a couple questions: What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? Thanks! Regards, Doug Curran-Everett, PhD ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From bmoss at clemson.edu Sat Feb 26 14:04:32 2000 From: bmoss at clemson.edu (Bill Moss) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators Message-ID: <01BF8062.6BE0ACE0.bmoss@clemson.edu> http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss/math_on_web/math.htm -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Boden [SMTP:jeremy@jboden.demon.co.uk] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:56 PM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators In message <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.co m>, Douglas Curran-Everett writes >Dear All, > >I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print >only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting >math/stats up on the Web. > >I have a couple questions: > > What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? > By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? > >Thanks! > >Regards, >Doug Curran-Everett, PhD > When it comes to putting maths on the web, it's been pretty poor for some time. Some people turn every non-ascii symbol into a graphic - but this has big problems for many users as it relies on both you and them running their browsers at about the same window sizes (and resolutions). Since you use Latex, you could either provide simplified Latex and let the user utilise the techexplorer plugin, or provide .dvi or postscript segments which could be saved or displayed. .pdf files would be a good if rather expensive option. Soon (!) MathML will start to become available on the major browsers and ought to be the way to things in the future. Probably some rather tacky combination of several methods will be necessary for the immediate future. -- Jeremy Boden ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From cmonahan at uic.edu Mon Feb 28 09:28:25 2000 From: cmonahan at uic.edu (Colleen Monahan) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators In-Reply-To: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege. com> Message-ID: <4.1.20000228062749.00960520@tigger.cc.uic.edu> We use MathType. It is more sophisticated than the equation editor and lets you save to jpg or gif. At 12:48 PM 2/25/00 -0700, you wrote: >Dear All, > >I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print >only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting >math/stats up on the Web. > >I have a couple questions: > > What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? > By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? > >Thanks! > >Regards, >Doug Curran-Everett, PhD > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- Colleen Monahan, DC, MPH Director, Center for the Advancement of Distance Education Director, Information Technology UIC School of Public Health http://www.uic.edu/sph http://www.uic.edu/sph/cade ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From fswalton at raptor.lethbridgec.ab.ca Mon Feb 28 12:15:27 2000 From: fswalton at raptor.lethbridgec.ab.ca (Frank Walton) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators In-Reply-To: <1F65B84ED796D3119307009027DE0A51B5E819@pikespeak.ecollege.com> Message-ID: I'm currently using tth, a program to convert tex to html using whatever table features and fonts that the browser can interpret, to display the equations etc. Until MathML becomes available it will have to do. Frank Walton. Here is a short abstract. TtH: a ``TeX to HTML'' translator. Version 2.33 Abstract TtH translates TeX source that uses the Plain macro package, or LaTeX, into a near equivalent in HTML. It is extremely fast and completely portable. It produces web documents that are more compact and managable, and faster-viewing, than those from other converters, because it really translates the equations, instead of converting them into images. -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Douglas Curran-Everett Sent: February 25, 2000 2:07 PM To: 'webmath@mail.math.ca' Subject: WebMath: Math presentation software and translators Dear All, I have done quite a bit of statistical teaching and writing but in print only. I use LaTeX and am investigating the possibilities of getting math/stats up on the Web. I have a couple questions: What software do you all use for mathematical publishing? By what means do you all get mathematics on the Web? Thanks! Regards, Doug Curran-Everett, PhD ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From ncoburn at selkirk.bc.ca Mon Feb 28 15:29:43 2000 From: ncoburn at selkirk.bc.ca (Neil Coburn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Putting "graph"-ics on the Web Message-ID: <01BF81E7.7E3FC480.ncoburn@selkirk.bc.ca> I'm creating some web pages for a math. course. Text is fine. For math. symbols and statements I am using MathType until I can use MathML. But what about graphs? I'm currently using Maple to produce graphs and MSWord pictures for diagrams but neither of these is very satisfactory --- too pernickety and not enough control. It may be that I just don't know enough about using these pieces of software. In which case, do you have any pointers, etc.? Otherwise, do you have any better alternatives? Thanks, Neil ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Mon Feb 28 11:01:22 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Putting "graph"-ics on the Web References: <01BF81E7.7E3FC480.ncoburn@selkirk.bc.ca> Message-ID: <38BA9BCF.816A398B@mathgoodies.com> Hi Neil, I would suggest that you create graphs with Gus and Gertie's Graphin' Gadget. You can then take a screenshot to place the graph on the web. For more information, visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/software/gandg.shtm Note: You can download a free trial version of this app. Best wishes, Gisele Neil Coburn wrote: > > I'm creating some web pages for a math. course. Text is fine. For math. > symbols and statements I am using MathType until I can use MathML. But > what about graphs? I'm currently using Maple to produce graphs and MSWord > pictures for diagrams but neither of these is very satisfactory --- too > pernickety and not enough control. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Mon Feb 28 22:01:30 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: Putting "graph"-ics on the Web In-Reply-To: <01BF81E7.7E3FC480.ncoburn@selkirk.bc.ca> Message-ID: Neil - I'm developing a Calc I course, with *lots* of graphs. I'm using LiveMath to make them - quick, intuitive and easy . You can export to EPS or PICT - since I'm making PDF files, I export to EPS and modify things like axes, grid colour and even the shape of the graph in Illustrator. Before I learned to hate Word (don't ask - "pernickety" is a gross understatement!), I was using its drawing features to modify the graphs (there's a particular combination of settings I don't remember at the moment that lets you import a LiveMath graph as a Word picture which can be ungrouped into separate grid lines, curves, etc.) I've been using MathType to do the labels and other annotations - works well, especially with drag and drop. If you want more info, let me know. June >I'm creating some web pages for a math. course. Text is fine. For math. >symbols and statements I am using MathType until I can use MathML. But >what about graphs? I'm currently using Maple to produce graphs and MSWord >pictures for diagrams but neither of these is very satisfactory --- too >pernickety and not enough control. > >It may be that I just don't know enough about using these pieces of >software. In which case, do you have any pointers, etc.? Otherwise, do >you have any better alternatives? > >Thanks, >Neil > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Tue Feb 29 20:44:22 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: online math communication Message-ID: First of all, a thank you to all of you who replied to my "mathematical exposition" post a while back - lots of interesting stuff there. I meant to get back to this sooner, but time is getting scarcer every day, it seems. For those interested, I'll append a list of the contributed URLs at the end of this email. What I'm trying to get a handle on is how we use the new technologies to present/communicate mathematics effectively. I'm using "communication" here to mean "directed communication", in the sense of "I have an idea/concept/train of thought in my head and I want to induce the same or a reasonable facsimile of it in yours." As opposed to a resource, which says "Here's a collection of material that you can explore to look for information you need or just for fun." A print analogy would be a textbook instead of an encyclopedia. (This is not a hard and fast distinction - directed communication can contain examples of resources and vice versa - and is not meant as a valuation of either.) More than instances of the *inclusion* of technology, I'm looking for examples of good *integration* of the technology with what is being communicated. The aim is to develop criteria for effective online mathematical exposition - maybe a sort of Strunk & White for mathematical hypermedia. (Is S&W known outside North America? - if not, it's a "how to use english to communicate effectively" classic, .) We all learned in school to write paragraphs with topic sentences, to outline essays, etc. in order to communicate more effectively - what new skills and rules do we need to communicate mathematics with the new media? Or are we still learning to spell with it? To elaborate a bit on two facets of the question: HYPERTEXT. How do we structure hypertext to communicate mathematics effectively? For an expository mathematical paper in the "theorem-proof" style, for example, one obvious option would be to have the main sequence of ideas and theorem statements on the first page, with linked proofs to the theorems on subsidiary pages and sublinks to proofs of lemmas, etc. Another would be an introductory section on the main page and the remaining sections as sequential links. Is either better than the other, and why? Are there other ways of organizing expository mathematics hypertextually? Or, for more educationally-oriented material, is there something more we can do with hypertext beyond the "click here to step through the details of the example" model? The only analysis of how hypertext works that I've been able to find is the 1989 book "Mapping Hypertext" by Robert Horn. Interesting book (haven't read it all yet), but not mathematics specific or even education specific, so a bit too general for what I want. Anyone have more relevant references/links/resources? MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY. What makes a mathematical animation or use of interactivity relevant and effective rather than gratuitous or ineffective? I'm looking for criteria to determine things like "how well does that particular animation communicate the mathematical idea it was intended to communicate?" And then "how does it do that?" Or "I can drag the points of that geometric figure around like so. Does my doing so increase my understanding of the ideas the accompanying text is trying to communicate? and just how?" Or "how *should* this equation behave when I click on it to communicate something useful about the mathematics it represents?" In other words, just how does the animation or interactivity communicate/ illustrate/illuminate the idea, and how well does it do it? For educational mathematics, this is clearly related to instructional design. Do there exist ID references/links/resources which discuss these issues in any sort of concrete way (i.e. in specifics vs. abstractions)? Or other non-ed resources? And since this email is already long enough, I'll stop there. :o) Any and all discussion, resources, links, whatever gratefully received. Meanwhile, here's the list of links contributed to my last post on this, plus a favourite of my own at the end. Cut the Knot! Animating Web Pages with the TI-92: Gettysburg 1998 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics EULER Project Homepage Exploring Emergence Favorite Mathematical Constants Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden section and the Golden String Graphics for complex analysis M niinkuin matematiikka MAA Online - Columns Math Goodies: Interactive Math Lessons With A Problem-Solving Approach! Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to Mathematics Mathletics, Maths Department, Portsmouth and Brunel Universities MathSearch MathsNet MuPAD Home Page New Mathwright Library Oundle Catalog of Isohedral Tilings by Symmetric Polygonal Tiles Virtual Reality Polyhedra W4T at UCD My favourite: the Maths Online Gallery . (Take a look at the Didactical Background presented with each applet.) Cheers June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From P.M.Strickland at livjm.ac.uk Wed Mar 1 05:04:16 2000 From: P.M.Strickland at livjm.ac.uk (Paul Strickland) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: online math communication In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000401bf8365$80c9af20$0b30cc96@bacon.cms.livjm.ac.uk> Dear June, I think the TREEFROG software we are developing here may be of interest here; you can download a free demo from http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/treefrog/treewin.htm and we are also releasing a fully functional quadratic equation tutor to anyone who wants it, best wishes, Paul S. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On > Behalf Of June Lester > Sent: 01 March 2000 01:44 > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: online math communication > > > First of all, a thank you to all of you who replied to my "mathematical > exposition" post a while back - lots of interesting stuff there. I meant > to get back to this sooner, but time is getting scarcer every day, it > seems. For those interested, I'll append a list of the contributed URLs at > the end of this email. > > What I'm trying to get a handle on is how we use the new technologies to > present/communicate mathematics effectively. I'm using "communication" > here to mean "directed communication", in the sense of "I have an > idea/concept/train of thought in my head and I want to induce the > same or a > reasonable facsimile of it in yours." As opposed to a resource, > which says > "Here's a collection of material that you can explore to look for > information you need or just for fun." A print analogy would be > a textbook > instead of an encyclopedia. (This is not a hard and fast distinction - > directed communication can contain examples of resources and vice versa - > and is not meant as a valuation of either.) More than instances of the > *inclusion* of technology, I'm looking for examples of good *integration* > of the technology with what is being communicated. The aim is to develop > criteria for effective online mathematical exposition - maybe a sort of > Strunk & White for mathematical hypermedia. (Is S&W known outside North > America? - if not, it's a "how to use english to communicate effectively" > classic, .) We all learned in school to > write paragraphs with topic sentences, to outline essays, etc. in order to > communicate more effectively - what new skills and rules do we need to > communicate mathematics with the new media? Or are we still learning to > spell with it? > > To elaborate a bit on two facets of the question: > > HYPERTEXT. How do we structure hypertext to communicate mathematics > effectively? For an expository mathematical paper in the "theorem-proof" > style, for example, one obvious option would be to have the main sequence > of ideas and theorem statements on the first page, with linked proofs to > the theorems on subsidiary pages and sublinks to proofs of lemmas, etc. > Another would be an introductory section on the main page and the > remaining > sections as sequential links. Is either better than the other, and why? > Are there other ways of organizing expository mathematics hypertextually? > Or, for more educationally-oriented material, is there something more we > can do with hypertext beyond the "click here to step through the > details of > the example" model? > > The only analysis of how hypertext works that I've been able to > find is the > 1989 book "Mapping Hypertext" by Robert Horn. Interesting book (haven't > read it all yet), but not mathematics specific or even education specific, > so a bit too general for what I want. Anyone have more relevant > references/links/resources? > > MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY. What makes a mathematical animation > or use of > interactivity relevant and effective rather than gratuitous or > ineffective? > I'm looking for criteria to determine things like "how well does that > particular animation communicate the mathematical idea it was intended to > communicate?" And then "how does it do that?" Or "I can drag the points > of that geometric figure around like so. Does my doing so increase my > understanding of the ideas the accompanying text is trying to communicate? > and just how?" Or "how *should* this equation behave when I click on it to > communicate something useful about the mathematics it represents?" In > other words, just how does the animation or interactivity communicate/ > illustrate/illuminate the idea, and how well does it do it? > > For educational mathematics, this is clearly related to instructional > design. Do there exist ID references/links/resources which discuss these > issues in any sort of concrete way (i.e. in specifics vs. abstractions)? > Or other non-ed resources? > > > And since this email is already long enough, I'll stop there. :o) Any and > all discussion, resources, links, whatever gratefully received. > Meanwhile, > here's the list of links contributed to my last post on this, plus a > favourite of my own at the end. > > Cut the Knot! > > > Animating Web Pages with the TI-92: Gettysburg 1998 > > > Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics > > > EULER Project Homepage > > > Exploring Emergence > > > Favorite Mathematical Constants > > > Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden section and the Golden String > > > Graphics for complex analysis > > > M niinkuin matematiikka > > > MAA Online - Columns > > > Math Goodies: Interactive Math Lessons With A Problem-Solving Approach! > > > Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to Mathematics > > > Mathletics, Maths Department, Portsmouth and Brunel Universities > > > MathSearch > > > MathsNet > > > MuPAD Home Page > > > New Mathwright Library > > > Oundle > > > Catalog of Isohedral Tilings by Symmetric Polygonal Tiles > > > Virtual Reality Polyhedra > > > W4T at UCD > > > > My favourite: the Maths Online Gallery > . > (Take a look at the Didactical Background presented with each applet.) > > Cheers > > June > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From acooper at langara.bc.ca Wed Mar 1 17:32:41 2000 From: acooper at langara.bc.ca (Alan Cooper) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition References: Message-ID: <38BD9A89.A0054129@langara.bc.ca> I would like to add my vote to those citing the columns of Alex Bogomolny as examples of good on-line mathematical exposition. The first criterion for this is to be good mathematical exposition - which entails a mix (depending on the intended audience) of engagement, surprise, elegance, and rigour. And Alex meets this finely, but he also makes good use of the special capabilities of the medium, both for interactivity and for hypertext linking. My one quibble might be with his use of a highlighted word or phrase to link to a source citation. I have come to expect such links to lead to more detail or insight, and to avoid disappointment would prefer to see citation links attached to a separate object such as a traditional footnote or reference symbol. Another nice piece of work is Jim White's 'Cardano' MathWright workbook on cubic equations which also in my opinion uses the technology to effectively support what is already fine exposition. The use of interactive material in such documents can of course often be emulated in text but this typically requires more commitment from the reader. Even with a CAS available, the setting up of an interactive example from text instructions can be more trouble than it's worth, but with the web (or a Maple or Mathematica workbook) it can be all set up and ready to go. Perhaps the one truly distinctive feature of the Web is the possibility of hypertext linking - not just within the same document, as in a CAS or other electronic workbook, but to documents elsewhere. This is a feature of the medium that I think is underused even in many of the best examples of web-based math exposition (except when the document is just an index to other resources). ...and now the plug! A good example of this type of exposition (which is not necessarily to say "an example of good exposition of this type") is I think provided in some parts of my topic-by-topic resource guide at http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb where I have experimented in some places with embedding the links to external material in explanatory material of my own. Another aspect of hypertext is that it allows one to break with the tradition of identifying "idea/concept/train of thought", and to think of a document as presenting a network of interrelated concepts through which there may be many paths. Understanding then becomes an awareness of the global structure rather than experience of any one path. This breaks with the public misperception of mathematics as a "left-brained" activity, but I think most mathematicians understand that the role of a sequential proof is not to define the unique route from A to B, but rather to play the role of Theseus' thread in the maze, and establish what is connected to what. Of course many of our students just want to follow the thread to escape as quickly as possible without any interest in mapping the rest of the labyrinth. How can we convince them that there may be treasure down those dark passages rather than another hungry Minotaur? Or how can we provide the options of alternate paths without creating unproductive confusion and frustration? June Lester wrote: > What I'm trying to get a handle on is how we use the new technologies to > present/communicate mathematics effectively. ... > HYPERTEXT. How do we structure hypertext to communicate mathematics > effectively? For an expository mathematical paper in the "theorem-proof" > style, for example, one obvious option would be to have the main sequence > of ideas and theorem statements on the first page, with linked proofs to > the theorems on subsidiary pages and sublinks to proofs of lemmas, etc. > Another would be an introductory section on the main page and the remaining > sections as sequential links. Is either better than the other, and why? > Are there other ways of organizing expository mathematics hypertextually? Many long papers, perhaps especially in applied math and mathematical physics, have the structure of "linearized hypertext" with a major result proved in the first section on the basis of lemmas proved at what initially look like random locations throughout the next many pages. Such papers might be much more readable if the proofs of the lemmas could be linked to directly. They could then also be more clearly separated and be seen as truly independent and not circularly related. > > Or, for more educationally-oriented material, is there something more we > can do with hypertext beyond the "click here to step through the details of > the example" model? A model I like is the hyperlinked hint. Or the link to related enrichment info (perhaps an application or even a historical vignette). > > > MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY. What makes a mathematical animation or use of > interactivity relevant and effective rather than gratuitous or ineffective? > I'm looking for criteria to determine things like "how well does that > particular animation communicate the mathematical idea it was intended to > communicate?" And then "how does it do that?" Or "I can drag the points > of that geometric figure around like so. Does my doing so increase my > understanding of the ideas the accompanying text is trying to communicate? > and just how?" Or "how *should* this equation behave when I click on it to > communicate something useful about the mathematics it represents?" In > other words, just how does the animation or interactivity communicate/ > illustrate/illuminate the idea, and how well does it do it? I tend to suspect that the different sense areas in the brain can carry different and possibly conflicting models of reality, and thus that the more senses are engaged in the apprehension of a concept, the more likely it is to be correctly retained. And also (though this may be just some kind of 'puritan work ethic' speaking) that up to a point, the more work done in apprehending the concept, the more firmly it will be retained. An example I like to use is comparison of Jim Morrey's award winning animated proof of Pythagoras' theorem and the IES group's version of the same proof. The IES version just gives the viewer the picture (with draggable points to implement shear and rotation) and basically says "play with it". It's no discredit to Morrey that I prefer the latter, especially as I have seen intelligent people get frustrated with it. Fortunately we can have the best of both worlds (without rewriting the applet) by presenting the IES version with a link to Morrey's via the "hint" button. Alan -- ====================================================================== Alan Cooper (acooper@langara.bc.ca , http://www.langara.bc.ca/~acooper) Dep't of Mathematics and Statistics (http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats) Langara College (http://www.langara.bc.ca ) 100 W 49th Ave. Vancouver BC Canada V5Y2Z6 Tel(604)323-5676,Fax(604)323-5555 ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Rejeb.Hadiji at cmla.ens-cachan.fr Fri Mar 3 04:48:24 2000 From: Rejeb.Hadiji at cmla.ens-cachan.fr (Rejeb Hadiji) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:25 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathematical exposition In-Reply-To: <38BD9A89.A0054129@langara.bc.ca> Message-ID: Please do not send me this kind of message in this adress. Thank you On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Alan Cooper wrote: > I would like to add my vote to those citing the columns of Alex Bogomolny as > examples of good on-line mathematical exposition. The first criterion for this is > to be good mathematical exposition - which entails a mix (depending on the intended > audience) of engagement, surprise, elegance, and rigour. And Alex meets this > finely, but he also makes good use of the special capabilities of the medium, both > for interactivity and for hypertext linking. My one quibble might be with his use > of a highlighted word or phrase to link to a source citation. I have come to expect > such links to lead to more detail or insight, and to avoid disappointment would > prefer to see citation links attached to a separate object such as a traditional > footnote or reference symbol. > > Another nice piece of work is Jim White's 'Cardano' MathWright workbook on cubic > equations which also in my opinion uses the technology to effectively support what > is already fine exposition. > > The use of interactive material in such documents can of course often be emulated > in text but this typically requires more commitment from the reader. > Even with a CAS available, the setting up of an interactive example from text > instructions can be more trouble than it's worth, but with the web (or a Maple or > Mathematica workbook) it can be all set up and ready to go. > > Perhaps the one truly distinctive feature of the Web is the possibility of > hypertext linking - not just within the same document, as in a CAS or other > electronic workbook, but to documents elsewhere. This is a feature of the medium > that I think is underused even in many of the best examples of web-based math > exposition (except when the document is just an index to other resources). > > ...and now the plug! > > A good example of this type of exposition (which is not necessarily to say "an > example of good exposition of this type") is I think provided in some parts of my > topic-by-topic resource guide at > http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb > where I have experimented in some places with embedding the links to external > material in explanatory material of my own. > > > Another aspect of hypertext is that it allows one to break with the tradition > of identifying "idea/concept/train of thought", and to think of a document as > presenting a network of interrelated concepts through which there may be many > paths. Understanding then becomes an awareness of the global structure rather than > experience of any one path. This breaks with the public misperception of > mathematics as a "left-brained" activity, but I think most mathematicians > understand that the role of a sequential proof is not to define the unique route > from A to B, but rather to play the role of Theseus' thread in the maze, and > establish what is connected to what. Of course many of our students just want to > follow the thread to escape as quickly as possible without any interest in mapping > the rest of the labyrinth. How can we convince them that there may be treasure > down those dark passages rather than another hungry Minotaur? Or how can we provide > the options of alternate paths without creating unproductive confusion and > frustration? > > June Lester wrote: > > > What I'm trying to get a handle on is how we use the new technologies to > > present/communicate mathematics effectively. ... > > > HYPERTEXT. How do we structure hypertext to communicate mathematics > > effectively? For an expository mathematical paper in the "theorem-proof" > > style, for example, one obvious option would be to have the main sequence > > of ideas and theorem statements on the first page, with linked proofs to > > the theorems on subsidiary pages and sublinks to proofs of lemmas, etc. > > Another would be an introductory section on the main page and the remaining > > sections as sequential links. Is either better than the other, and why? > > Are there other ways of organizing expository mathematics hypertextually? > > Many long papers, perhaps especially in applied math and mathematical physics, have > the structure of "linearized hypertext" with a major result proved in the first > section on the basis of lemmas proved at what initially look like random locations > throughout the next many pages. Such papers might be much more readable if the > proofs of the lemmas could be linked to directly. They could then also be more > clearly separated and be seen as truly independent and not circularly related. > > > > > Or, for more educationally-oriented material, is there something more we > > can do with hypertext beyond the "click here to step through the details of > > the example" model? > > A model I like is the hyperlinked hint. > Or the link to related enrichment info (perhaps an application or even a historical > vignette). > > > > > > > MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY. What makes a mathematical animation or use of > > interactivity relevant and effective rather than gratuitous or ineffective? > > I'm looking for criteria to determine things like "how well does that > > particular animation communicate the mathematical idea it was intended to > > communicate?" And then "how does it do that?" Or "I can drag the points > > of that geometric figure around like so. Does my doing so increase my > > understanding of the ideas the accompanying text is trying to communicate? > > and just how?" Or "how *should* this equation behave when I click on it to > > communicate something useful about the mathematics it represents?" In > > other words, just how does the animation or interactivity communicate/ > > illustrate/illuminate the idea, and how well does it do it? > > I tend to suspect that the different sense areas in the brain can carry different > and possibly conflicting models of reality, and thus that the more senses are > engaged in the apprehension of a concept, the more likely it is to be correctly > retained. And also (though this may be just some kind of 'puritan work ethic' > speaking) that up to a point, the more work done in apprehending the concept, the > more firmly it will be retained. > > An example I like to use is comparison of Jim Morrey's award winning animated proof > of Pythagoras' theorem and the IES group's version of the same proof. The IES > version just gives the viewer the picture (with draggable points to implement shear > and rotation) and basically says "play with it". It's no discredit to Morrey that I > prefer the latter, especially as I have seen intelligent people get frustrated with > it. Fortunately we can have the best of both worlds (without rewriting the applet) > by presenting the IES version with a link to Morrey's via the "hint" button. > > Alan > -- > ====================================================================== > Alan Cooper (acooper@langara.bc.ca , http://www.langara.bc.ca/~acooper) > Dep't of Mathematics and Statistics (http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats) > Langara College (http://www.langara.bc.ca ) > 100 W 49th Ave. Vancouver BC > Canada V5Y2Z6 Tel(604)323-5676,Fax(604)323-5555 > ======================================================================= > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > x ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Fri Mar 24 14:33:54 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: ml International Conference 2000 Message-ID: MathML is getting closer to a reality, folks. "This conference provides a forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which the major emphasis is on MathML and technologies that ease the use of mathematical and scientific content on the web. The conference embraces all areas of MathML technologies, including rendering, authoring, converting, and archiving. It is the aim of this conference to bring together those who are involved in defining the future of math on the web." ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Fri Mar 24 10:30:21 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: ml International Conference 2000 References: Message-ID: <38DB8A00.C7DDEB70@mathgoodies.com> June, Feel free to post this announcement on my Math New and Events message board at: http://www.mathgoodies.com/private-cgi-bin/math_news.cgi Gisele June Lester wrote: > > MathML is getting closer to a reality, folks. > > > > "This conference provides a forum for presenting and discussing current > research and applications in which the major emphasis is on MathML and > technologies that ease the use of mathematical and scientific content on > the web. The conference embraces all areas of MathML technologies, > including rendering, authoring, converting, and archiving. It is the aim of > this conference to bring together those who are involved in defining the > future of math on the web." > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From bishopp at for.mat.bham.ac.uk Mon Mar 27 05:27:02 2000 From: bishopp at for.mat.bham.ac.uk (Pam Bishop) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: ml International Conference 2000 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <200003271027.LAA23073@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> > MathML is getting closer to a reality, folks. June - how do we find out when Netscape intends to implement MathML? Is there a web site with this information? - Pam =============================================================== Pam Bishop, Assistant Director Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre for Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research School of Mathematics and Statistics p.bishop@bham.ac.uk The University of Birmingham tel 0121-414 7095 Birmingham B15 2TT fax 0121-414 3389 The Learning and Teaching Support Network will build on the 10-year programme that was the Computers in Teaching Initiative (CTI). Until the new Centre for Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research is established, the CTI Mathematics Web site is still available at http://www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath =============================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From davidc at nag.co.uk Mon Mar 27 06:16:30 2000 From: davidc at nag.co.uk (David Carlisle) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: ml International Conference 2000 In-Reply-To: <200003271027.LAA23073@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> (bishopp@for.mat.bham.ac.uk) References: <200003271027.LAA23073@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> Message-ID: <200003271116.LAA23604@nag.co.uk> > June - how do we find out when Netscape intends to implement MathML? > Is there a web site with this information? - Pam Mozilla (which is the code base from which the next netscape is planned to be drawn) already supports presentation MathML. You can follow the mozilla-mathml newsgroup (or equivalently mozilla-mathml@mozilla.org) mailing list for information about that. As a matter of policy netscape do not commit in advance to including or excluding any particular mozilla features into netscape, so I suppose we'll just have to wait and see if it goes in. Although whether or not it does get into netscape is more or less only of political importance, the mozilla browser will be available with mathml support whether or not the netscape badged version includes this. 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Please volunteer some time by visiting: http://www.mathgoodies.com/private-cgi-bin/homework_help.cgi Thank you, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From davidc at nag.co.uk Wed Mar 29 04:15:34 2000 From: davidc at nag.co.uk (David Carlisle) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: ml International Conference 2000 In-Reply-To: <200003271027.LAA23073@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> (bishopp@for.mat.bham.ac.uk) References: <200003271027.LAA23073@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> Message-ID: <200003290915.JAA19880@nag.co.uk> The new MathML working draft has been published at: http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-MathML2-20000328/ Comments as always welcome on www-math@w3.org David ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Wed Mar 29 03:39:55 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: IE and MathML In-Reply-To: <200003271027.LAA23073@for.mat.bham.ac.uk> References: Message-ID: Pam Bishop wrote: > >June - how do we find out when Netscape intends to implement MathML? Is >there >a web site with this information? - Pam This was answered (David Carlisle). But can anyone on the list comment on what's been happening with IE and MathML lately? (Robert? :o) ) June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From rminer at geomtech.com Wed Mar 29 13:12:10 2000 From: rminer at geomtech.com (Robert Miner) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: IE and MathML Message-ID: <200003291812.MAA31795@wisdom.geomtech.com> Hi. > But can anyone on the list comment on what's been happening with IE > and MathML lately? (Robert? :o) ) There is some progress. Internet Explorer 5 introduced something called Behaviors that in essence allow a developer to "bind" some executable code to a particular XML element. In our latest release of WebEQ, we have used Behaviors to attach the WebEQ Math Viewer to the element. The net effect is that once a reader has installed the Math Viewer in IE5, by putting a couple of lines of style and script code at the top of your file, straight MathML markup in the page will be automatically rendered in the client browser with WebEQ. This has the very positive effect that the same document will render properly in both the new Mozilla browser, and in IE5. The down side is that there are still a couple of technical problems with IE5 behaviors, and on top of that, because of Java flakiness, WebEQ bogs down badly if there are more than a couple dozen equations in a page. When I approached Dave Massey (the contact person for MathML on the IE team at Microsoft) about these problems, he was very responsive, and it looks like behaviors will be very much improved in the 5.5 release of Internet Explorer, and in particular, they will be nicely set up for native binary behaviors as opposed to Java/JavaScript behaviors that have performance limitations. Beyond that, however, there isn't much definite I can say. Obviously a bunch of people and/or companies are looking into writing software to take advantage of the new behaviors. But so far, no one is making any public commitments... --Robert ---------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Miner http://www.webeq.com Geometry Technologies, Inc. email: rminer@geomtech.com phone: 651-223-2884 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From rslace at mail.way.peachnet.edu Wed Mar 29 16:13:05 2000 From: rslace at mail.way.peachnet.edu (Roberta S Lacefield) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: best practices Message-ID: <38E271E1.62F639FE@mail.way.peachnet.edu> I am part of a panel discussion on developmental studies mathematics via the web. I am looking for examples of best practices in mathematics courses using a course management tool. I am most interested in (but not limited to) WebCT courses since this is the package adopted by our sysem. If you have a site or general comments to share, I would appreciate hearing them. BTW, I am new to the list but have used the archives to answer some questions I have had. Roberta -- ________________________________________ ROBERTA S. LACEFIELD, ED.S Assistant Professor of Mathematics Waycross College 2001 S. Georgia Pkwy Waycross, GA 31503 USA Work: 912 285-6027 Fax: 912 287-4909 RSLace@mail.way.peachnet.edu http://members.tripod.com/~Roberta/ ________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Rejeb.Hadiji at cmla.ens-cachan.fr Thu Mar 30 04:29:56 2000 From: Rejeb.Hadiji at cmla.ens-cachan.fr (Rejeb Hadiji) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: Re In-Reply-To: <38E12B06.B3318758@mathgoodies.com> Message-ID: Please do not send messages in this adress. Thank you ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From alzurug at gactr.uga.edu Thu Mar 30 08:33:59 2000 From: alzurug at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: best practices References: <38E271E1.62F639FE@mail.way.peachnet.edu> Message-ID: <38E357C7.8A3C91@gactr.uga.edu> Hi Roberta, I don't have anything you can look at now, but I am working on two math courses, MATH 1101 and MATH 1111, which I am developing with a group of faculty from the state of Georgia for the Board of Regents, using WebCT. Both are just begining to be developed; hopefully by this Summer I will have them ready and online. Guillermo Roberta S Lacefield wrote: > > I am part of a panel discussion on developmental studies mathematics via > the web. I am looking for examples of best practices in mathematics > courses using a course management tool. I am most interested in (but > not limited to) WebCT courses since this is the package adopted by our > sysem. If you have a site or general comments to share, I would > appreciate hearing them. > > BTW, I am new to the list but have used the archives to answer some > questions I have had. > Roberta > -- > ________________________________________ > ROBERTA S. LACEFIELD, ED.S > Assistant Professor of Mathematics > Waycross College > 2001 S. Georgia Pkwy > Waycross, GA 31503 USA > Work: 912 285-6027 > Fax: 912 287-4909 > RSLace@mail.way.peachnet.edu > http://members.tripod.com/~Roberta/ > ________________________________________ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Guillermo Alzuru Web Instructional Development University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 Athens, GA 30602 Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Thu Mar 30 17:29:06 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: REPOST(please ignore) online math communication Message-ID: Sorry for sending this again, folks, but it seems that my original post didn't make it into the archives, and I wanted to be able to refer people to it. It was dated Feb.29, so there may have been a "son of Y2K" software problem - not easily fixable and not worth trying for a "one off" thing anyway. There were no other posts that day, so everything else should have appeared. Thanks for your indulgence. June ________________________________________________________ Originally posted Feb. 29, 2000. First of all, a thank you to all of you who replied to my "mathematical exposition" post a while back - lots of interesting stuff there. I meant to get back to this sooner, but time is getting scarcer every day, it seems. For those interested, I'll append a list of the contributed URLs at the end of this email. What I'm trying to get a handle on is how we use the new technologies to present/communicate mathematics effectively. I'm using "communication" here to mean "directed communication", in the sense of "I have an idea/concept/train of thought in my head and I want to induce the same or a reasonable facsimile of it in yours." As opposed to a resource, which says "Here's a collection of material that you can explore to look for information you need or just for fun." A print analogy would be a textbook instead of an encyclopedia. (This is not a hard and fast distinction - directed communication can contain examples of resources and vice versa - and is not meant as a valuation of either.) More than instances of the *inclusion* of technology, I'm looking for examples of good *integration* of the technology with what is being communicated. The aim is to develop criteria for effective online mathematical exposition - maybe a sort of Strunk & White for mathematical hypermedia. (Is S&W known outside North America? - if not, it's a "how to use english to communicate effectively" classic, .) We all learned in school to write paragraphs with topic sentences, to outline essays, etc. in order to communicate more effectively - what new skills and rules do we need to communicate mathematics with the new media? Or are we still learning to spell with it? To elaborate a bit on two facets of the question: HYPERTEXT. How do we structure hypertext to communicate mathematics effectively? For an expository mathematical paper in the "theorem-proof" style, for example, one obvious option would be to have the main sequence of ideas and theorem statements on the first page, with linked proofs to the theorems on subsidiary pages and sublinks to proofs of lemmas, etc. Another would be an introductory section on the main page and the remaining sections as sequential links. Is either better than the other, and why? Are there other ways of organizing expository mathematics hypertextually? Or, for more educationally-oriented material, is there something more we can do with hypertext beyond the "click here to step through the details of the example" model? The only analysis of how hypertext works that I've been able to find is the 1989 book "Mapping Hypertext" by Robert Horn. Interesting book (haven't read it all yet), but not mathematics specific or even education specific, so a bit too general for what I want. Anyone have more relevant references/links/resources? MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVITY. What makes a mathematical animation or use of interactivity relevant and effective rather than gratuitous or ineffective? I'm looking for criteria to determine things like "how well does that particular animation communicate the mathematical idea it was intended to communicate?" And then "how does it do that?" Or "I can drag the points of that geometric figure around like so. Does my doing so increase my understanding of the ideas the accompanying text is trying to communicate? and just how?" Or "how *should* this equation behave when I click on it to communicate something useful about the mathematics it represents?" In other words, just how does the animation or interactivity communicate/ illustrate/illuminate the idea, and how well does it do it? For educational mathematics, this is clearly related to instructional design. Do there exist ID references/links/resources which discuss these issues in any sort of concrete way (i.e. in specifics vs. abstractions)? Or other non-ed resources? And since this email is already long enough, I'll stop there. :o) Any and all discussion, resources, links, whatever gratefully received. Meanwhile, here's the list of links contributed to my last post on this, plus a favourite of my own at the end. Cut the Knot! Animating Web Pages with the TI-92: Gettysburg 1998 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics EULER Project Homepage Exploring Emergence Favorite Mathematical Constants Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden section and the Golden String Graphics for complex analysis M niinkuin matematiikka MAA Online - Columns Math Goodies: Interactive Math Lessons With A Problem-Solving Approach! Mathematical Atlas: A gateway to Mathematics Mathletics, Maths Department, Portsmouth and Brunel Universities MathSearch MathsNet MuPAD Home Page New Mathwright Library Oundle Catalog of Isohedral Tilings by Symmetric Polygonal Tiles Virtual Reality Polyhedra W4T at UCD My favourite: the Maths Online Gallery . (Take a look at the Didactical Background presented with each applet.) Cheers June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Tue Apr 4 17:36:08 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Awareness Month Message-ID: <38EA603A.96C1A55A@mathgoodies.com> Dear Colleagues, April is Math Awareness Month, a time to focus on the importance of mathematics and its impact on our daily lives. To promote math awareness, Math Goodies has created several activities and resources, including a puzzle you can do with your class. You can also post your activities to some of our message boards. For more information, visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/math_awareness.shtm Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Sun Apr 9 22:30:06 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: CAST Message-ID: Hi, all. You may be interested in CAST (Computer Assisted Statistics Teaching) . A complete course with huge number of applets which illustrate statistical concepts and encourage students to experiment. Requests for a PIN number are answered by an automatic emailer, so no waiting. June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From D.E.Kornbrot at herts.ac.uk Mon Apr 10 03:38:12 2000 From: D.E.Kornbrot at herts.ac.uk (Diana Kornbrot) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: CAST In-Reply-To: Message-ID: is this the ine that can only be used via PCs not MACs, as most applets didn't seem to work on MAC in spite of the claimed 'platform free'? if so please warn MAC users so they do not waste time many thanks diana kornbrot On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, June Lester wrote: > Hi, all. > > You may be interested in CAST (Computer Assisted Statistics Teaching) > . A complete course with huge number of applets > which illustrate statistical concepts and encourage students to experiment. > Requests for a PIN number are answered by an automatic emailer, so no > waiting. > > June > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ******************************************************************************* Dr. Diana Kornbrot Reader in Mathematical Psychology Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Health & Human Sciences University of Hertfordshire College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK voice: +44 0170 728 4626 fax: +44 0170 728 5073 email: d.e.kornbrot@herts.ac.uk web: http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/pub/D.E.Kornbrot/hmpage.html ******************************************************************************* ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Mon Apr 10 05:05:35 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: CAST In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: >is this the ine that can only be used via PCs not MACs, as most applets >didn't seem to work on MAC in spite of the claimed 'platform free'? > >if so please warn MAC users so they do not waste time > >many thanks > >diana kornbrot I'm on a Mac, and had no problems. June >On Sun, >9 Apr 2000, June Lester wrote: > >> Hi, all. >> >> You may be interested in CAST (Computer Assisted Statistics Teaching) >> . A complete course with huge number of applets >> which illustrate statistical concepts and encourage students to experiment. >> Requests for a PIN number are answered by an automatic emailer, so no >> waiting. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Fri Apr 14 11:46:53 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: MathML in Mozilla: Progress Report Message-ID: Implementation of MathML in Mozilla: Progress Report The key paragraph for most of us: "To answer a question frequently asked, the MathML component was the first Mozilla component entirely driven from outside of Netscape, with no commitment from Netscape to include the component in its next release. ... .... ... whether MathML can formally make it in the next Netscape release is best left as hopelessly hopeful. ..." ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jeremy at jboden.demon.co.uk Fri Apr 14 13:12:15 2000 From: jeremy at jboden.demon.co.uk (Jeremy Boden) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: MathML in Mozilla: Progress Report In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In message , June Lester writes >Implementation of MathML in Mozilla: Progress Report > > > > >The key paragraph for most of us: > >"To answer a question frequently asked, the MathML component was the first >Mozilla component entirely driven from outside of Netscape, with no >commitment from Netscape to include the component in its next release. ... >.... >... whether MathML can formally make it in the next Netscape release is >best left as hopelessly hopeful. ..." .... Which surely raises the question: Will a Production version of mozilla ever be released (with MathML) ? -- Jeremy Boden ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From davidc at nag.co.uk Fri Apr 14 14:02:16 2000 From: davidc at nag.co.uk (David Carlisle) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:26 2005 Subject: WebMath: MathML in Mozilla: Progress Report In-Reply-To: (message from Jeremy Boden on Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:12:15 +0100) References: Message-ID: <200004141802.TAA21674@nag.co.uk> > Which surely raises the question: > Will a Production version of mozilla ever be released (with MathML) ? Mozilla certainly but if by `production version' you mean netscape that basically depends on AOL, so who knows:-) I would expect so, as discussed on the status page that was mentioned, the mathml group have had a lot of help from the core mozilla coders changing things so mathml can hook in, so eventually it'll go in I expect. I think the fact that currently it doesn't work on Macs is a barrier to it going in the first netscapes. But `netscape' is only really a political acceptnce issue, you can always use mozilla. Also there was some discussion on the mozilla newsgroup of whether you'd be able to take a standard netscape and update some of the libraries with mathml enabled ones. (not sure of the outcome of that, people seemed to think it would be technically possible if it didn't break any licences that netscape finally use) David (no connection with mozilla at all except I follow their newsgroup occasionally) ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Thu Apr 20 12:00:07 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Goodies in the Media Message-ID: <38FF2981.FF2CD681@mathgoodies.com> Dear Colleagues, Math Goodies is being featured in two major newspapers this week! On Friday, April 14, we were featured as the Site of the Day in the New York Times Learning Network: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/parents/siteofday/20000414.html We are also featured as a Geometry site in the LA Times Launch Point: http://www.latimes.com/news/learning/launch/geometry.htm Best wishes, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Wed Apr 26 12:25:20 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: competition Message-ID: A competition for educational math applets. Deadline is April 30. June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Thu May 11 00:17:59 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: New lessons and puzzles from Math Goodies Message-ID: <391A3475.B4164923@mathgoodies.com> Please forgive any cross postings... Dear Colleagues, Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive math lessons, puzzles, message boards, and more. We are pleased to announce the addition of new lessons and puzzles on Topics in Pre-Algebra. We have 6 new lessons on order of operations, writing algebraic expressions, and writing algebraic equations. You can find them at: http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/toc_vol7.shtm We also have new crossword and word search puzzles to go with these lessons at: http://www.mathgoodies.com/puzzles/ Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From asolomon at cecm.sfu.ca Thu May 18 18:21:09 2000 From: asolomon at cecm.sfu.ca (Andrew Solomon) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: Rubik's cube type puzzle... Message-ID: <200005182221.PAA186338@bb.cecm.sfu.ca> http://www.alientiles.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Fri Jun 2 16:42:42 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: The Math Goodies Newsletter Message-ID: <39381C26.24878C27@mathgoodies.com> ** Please forgive any cross-postings... The June Issue of the Math Goodies Newsletter went out to 3,259 subscribers! Our free newsletter is e-mailed at the beginning of each month with information about math news, events, and site updates. If you have any math news or information about events, please send it to me for possible inclusion in a future issue. Is anyone attending an interesting workshops or conferences this summer? For more information or to subscribe, visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/newsletter/ Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Wed Jun 14 16:49:36 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: More worksheets from Math Goodies Message-ID: <3947EFC3.4A41317D@mathgoodies.com> Dear Colleagues, A few weeks ago, we told you about our new worksheets at Math Goodies. We have since added more worksheets. We have also created answer keys for each one. All of our worksheets and answer keys are easily printed for use with your students. You can find these resources at: http://www.mathgoodies.com/worksheets/ Best wishes, Gisele -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Tue Jun 27 15:13:31 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: Internet Math Consortium Message-ID: Anyone seen/used this? Comments? "The Internet Math Consortium - iMath - works in partnership with educational and commercial organizations to enhance math education and math applications, by enabling the Internet with open math communication, computation and visualization. Announcing: iMath Communicator and imath.net - math communication solution - author, send, receive and publish math pages - free for individuals and iMath affiliates. Announcing: iMath - Release 4 - open plug-n-play math enhanced Web server, math enhanced Web browser and editor, and browser math components to enable math communication, computation and visualization - free to iMath affiliates. " ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From m.brennan at lineone.net Tue Jun 27 16:28:38 2000 From: m.brennan at lineone.net (Michael Brennan) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathsbirmingham Message-ID: <003101bfe076$47a7b840$LocalHost@default> Anyone know the right www address for what I thought was www.mathsbirmingham.org. ?? This is wrong but I'm after mathsnumeracy connections and was given this address Thanks -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/webmath/attachments/20000627/068cda08/attachment.htm From chorn at superlink.net Tue Jun 27 04:39:24 2000 From: chorn at superlink.net (George & Elena Rakova) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: Internet Math Consortium References: Message-ID: <3958683C.87564956@superlink.net> June, Check out the Introducing Internet Math site. Your email link does not work over there. Elena Rakova June Lester wrote: > Anyone seen/used this? Comments? > > > > "The Internet Math Consortium - iMath - works in partnership with > educational and commercial organizations to enhance math education > and math applications, by enabling the Internet with open math > communication, computation and visualization. > > Announcing: iMath Communicator and imath.net - math > communication solution - author, send, receive and publish math pages > - free for individuals and iMath affiliates. > > Announcing: iMath - Release 4 - open plug-n-play math enhanced > Web server, math enhanced Web browser and editor, and browser math > components to enable math communication, computation and > visualization - free to iMath affiliates. " > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Tue Jun 27 17:43:41 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post Message-ID: WebMathers - a recent post with subject line "WebMath: mathsbirmingham" apparently contains a virus, and has generated a bunch of messages from various institutions' virus detectors. Please take the appropriate measures if it reached you. June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Tue Jun 27 19:53:29 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: <3958683C.87564956@superlink.net> Message-ID: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math courses". Is any one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? Thanks a bunch!! Dawn Cox ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jporter at wyoming.com Tue Jun 27 13:29:32 2000 From: jporter at wyoming.com (Jimmy Porter) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post References: Message-ID: <3958E46E.89A18A86@wyoming.com> Okay, it was two posts ahead of yours. Now what am I to do to determine if I have a virus? What does it do? I am an online college student and need my computer. Jimmy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Tue Jun 27 21:07:49 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post In-Reply-To: <3958E46E.89A18A86@wyoming.com> References: Message-ID: >Okay, it was two posts ahead of yours. Now what am I to do to determine >if I have >a virus? What does it do? I am an online college student and need my >computer. > >Jimmy. > Don't know about all viruses, but if you delete the message without opening it, you should be ok. You should also try to get a virus-checker programme for the future - you never know nowadays when something innocent-looking will contain a virus, often unbeknownst to the sender. :o) June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From andrew at illywhacker.net Tue Jun 27 21:22:38 2000 From: andrew at illywhacker.net (Andrew Solomon) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post References: <3958E46E.89A18A86@wyoming.com> Message-ID: <3959535E.A7AB3C0E@illywhacker.net> Dear Jimmy, I had a look at the virus - not closely enough to determine what it will do, but enough to see that it is a javascript. So, you should be safe if your mailer doesn't automatically execute javascript in mail messages. Looking at your email message, it seems like you're using Netscape or Mozilla, and I think the default is for them *not* to execute javascript in mail messages, so you should be ok. To check this, go to edit->Preferences->Advanced and it will hopefully not have the "Enable javascript for mail and news" box checked. Best of luck, Andrew p.s I also got the impression that the virus was most hostile to Windows users, but I can't be sure and can't check, since I've deleted it. Jimmy Porter wrote: > > Okay, it was two posts ahead of yours. Now what am I to do to determine > if I have > a virus? What does it do? I am an online college student and need my > computer. > > Jimmy. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- PIMS/MITACS Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive East Academic Annex Room #120-1213 Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada fax: +1-604-268 6657 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Tue Jun 27 21:56:09 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post In-Reply-To: <3958E46E.89A18A86@wyoming.com> Message-ID: <00b501bfe0a4$1a1e1260$c416dacf@w158r> If you don't have a virus scan program you can use one on-line at McAfee.com... -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Jimmy Porter Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 10:30 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post Okay, it was two posts ahead of yours. Now what am I to do to determine if I have a virus? What does it do? I am an online college student and need my computer. Jimmy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jgc at adinet.com.uy Tue Jun 27 21:42:47 2000 From: jgc at adinet.com.uy (Julio Gonzalez Cabillon) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:27 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post In-Reply-To: <3958E46E.89A18A86@wyoming.com> References: Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20000627224247.019b18c4@adinet.com.uy> At 05:29 pm 27/06/00 +0000, Jimmy Porter typed: | ... Now what am I to do to determine if I have a virus? | What does it do? I am an online college student and | need my computer. | | Jimmy. Jimmy, Check http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html Best regards, JGC ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From joan at livemath.com Tue Jun 27 22:12:02 2000 From: joan at livemath.com (Joan Bookbinder) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: RE: webmath-digest V1 #11 In-Reply-To: <200006280132.SAA305686@west.camel.math.ca> Message-ID: <000801bfe0a6$3f56a860$43c70218@mntp1.il.home.com> Hi, I noticed that you listed quite a few resources in the WebMath digest. Could you also list next issue LiveMath at http://www.livemath.com. LiveMath is truly a web-based interactive math software program. Try the free 30 day fully functioning demo. For moreinfo please contact me. Thank you, Joan Bookbinder ********************************************************************* Joan Bookbinder Vice President - Educational Division Theorist Interactive, LLC -producers of the LiveMath software line 26 Church Street Harvard Square Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Ph 847.392.9297 Fax 847.392.9245 joan@livemath.com http://www.livemath.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-webmath-digest@camel.math.ca > [mailto:owner-webmath-digest@camel.math.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:32 PM > To: webmath-digest@camel.math.ca > Subject: webmath-digest V1 #11 > > > > webmath-digest Tuesday, June 27 2000 Volume 01 : > Number 011 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:29:06 -0800 > From: June Lester > Subject: WebMath: REPOST(please ignore) online math communication > > Sorry for sending this again, folks, but it seems that my original post > didn't make it into the archives, and I wanted to be able to refer people > to it. It was dated Feb.29, so there may have been a "son of > Y2K" software > problem - not easily fixable and not worth trying for a "one off" thing > anyway. There were no other posts that day, so everything else > should have > appeared. Thanks for your indulgence. > > June > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > - ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From ajb at maths.gla.ac.uk Wed Jun 28 07:51:25 2000 From: ajb at maths.gla.ac.uk (ajb@maths.gla.ac.uk) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post Message-ID: I've now recived several mailings to do with viruses. I don't believe that this is an appropriate use of a mailing list like this. Anyone using a pc or similar who is unaware of viruses and what steps to take to deal with by now is living in the wrong universe. Please do not allow such inappropriate mailings to be included in your output. Andrew Baker > At 05:29 pm 27/06/00 +0000, Jimmy Porter typed: > > | ... Now what am I to do to determine if I have a virus? > | What does it do? I am an online college student and > | need my computer. > | > | Jimmy. > > Jimmy, > > Check http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html > > Best regards, JGC > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Mathematics Dept. WEB-Mail Gateway. Dept of Mathematics, University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Glasgow G12 8QW. Phone 0044 141 330 5176 Fax: 0044 141 330 4111. http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From alzurug at gactr.uga.edu Wed Jun 28 08:13:30 2000 From: alzurug at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> Message-ID: <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> Hi Dawn, I would be very interested in reading your paper as I am developing online math courses. When do you expect to have it ready? this year maybe? please let me know. Guillermo Dawn wrote: > > I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math courses". Is any > one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? > Thanks a bunch!! > > Dawn Cox > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Guillermo Alzuru Web Instructional Development University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 Athens, GA 30602 Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Michel.Broue at ihp.jussieu.fr Wed Jun 28 09:02:08 2000 From: Michel.Broue at ihp.jussieu.fr (Michel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Brou=E9?=) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: STOP ! In-Reply-To: <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> Message-ID: >Hi Dawn, I would be very interested in reading your paper as I am >developing online math courses. When do you expect to have it ready? >this year maybe? please let me know. > >Guillermo > >Dawn wrote: >> >> I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math courses". Is any >> one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? >> Thanks a bunch!! >> >> Dawn Cox >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >> To unsubscribe: >> via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >> via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >> "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >> List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- >Guillermo Alzuru >Web Instructional Development >University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 >Athens, GA 30602 >Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Michel Brou? __o ------------- _`\<,_ (_)/ (_) ______________________________________ ___________________________ | Directeur, Institut Henri Poincar? | tel. [33] (0)1 44 27 64 18 | 11 rue Pierre-et-Marie-Curie | | F-75231 Paris Cedex 05 | fax [33] (0)1 46 34 04 56 | France | ___________________________ |____________________________________| ________________________________ __________________________ | Universit? Paris 7 et | tel. [33] (0)1 44 27 81 20 | Institut de Math. de Jussieu | | Bureau 9 D 15 | fax [33] (0)1 44 27 81 21 | 16 rue Clisson | __________________________ | 75013 Paris | |_______________________________| Tel. portable GSM : 06 84 99 29 34 E-mail : broue@ihp.jussieu.fr http://www.math.jussieu.fr/~broue/ ?v?nements scientifiques exceptionnels prochains ? l'IHP : 7 au 30 juin - Exposition "Un Monde Fractal", Atelier EcoutezVoir ? la Biblioth?que de l'IHP 28-30 juin - H. G?MAN , Colloque : Centenaire de la th?se de Louis Bachelier 30 juin - J. KOUNEYER , Conf?rence : Structure symplectique et Structures complexes en Physique-Math?matique ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From bmoss at clemson.edu Wed Jun 28 11:04:16 2000 From: bmoss at clemson.edu (Bill Moss) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000628110331.00b12ab0@mail.clemson.edu> Hi, I would like to see your paper when it is finished. Bill Moss Clemson At 08:13 AM 6/28/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Dawn, I would be very interested in reading your paper as I am >developing online math courses. When do you expect to have it ready? >this year maybe? please let me know. > >Guillermo > >Dawn wrote: > > > > I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math > courses". Is any > > one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? > > Thanks a bunch!! > > > > Dawn Cox > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > To unsubscribe: > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- >Guillermo Alzuru >Web Instructional Development >University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 >Athens, GA 30602 >Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Moss Professor Mathematical Sciences Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0975 864.656.5225 http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Michel.Broue at ihp.jussieu.fr Wed Jun 28 11:53:15 2000 From: Michel.Broue at ihp.jussieu.fr (Michel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Brou=E9?=) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: STOP ! In-Reply-To: References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> Message-ID: PLEASE STOP SENDING ME THESE MAILS ! >>Hi Dawn, I would be very interested in reading your paper as I am >>developing online math courses. When do you expect to have it ready? >>this year maybe? please let me know. >> >>Guillermo >> >>Dawn wrote: >>> >>> I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math >>>courses". Is any >>> one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? >>> Thanks a bunch!! >>> >>> Dawn Cox >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >>> To unsubscribe: >>> via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >>> via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >>> "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >>> List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>-- >>Guillermo Alzuru >>Web Instructional Development >>University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 >>Athens, GA 30602 >>Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 >>----------------------------------------------------------------- >>WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >>To unsubscribe: >>via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >>via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >>"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >>List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >>----------------------------------------------------------------- > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From acooper at langara.bc.ca Wed Jun 28 12:31:20 2000 From: acooper at langara.bc.ca (Alan Cooper) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: Re: iMath[Fwd: Affiliation information request] Message-ID: <395A27A9.3883E49F@langara.bc.ca> I looked at this once before and was both unimpressed and suspicious. No active material on site, no list of affiliates, no free trials. Anyone this secretive probably has nothing to hide. Alan -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: "Stephen M. Hunt" Subject: RE: Affiliation information request Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:29:35 -0500 Size: 2363 Url: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/webmath/attachments/20000628/23e7eb49/attachment.eml From acooper at langara.bc.ca Wed Jun 28 12:47:34 2000 From: acooper at langara.bc.ca (Alan Cooper) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: WARNING: virus-infected post References: Message-ID: <395A2B76.1FB8852D@langara.bc.ca> While general discussion of viruses might be inappropriate, it is certainly NOT inappropriate on any list to warn of and discuss the finding of a virus in a posting to that list. I hope that June and other listadmins I deal with will continue to provide such warnings. Thanks. Alan ajb@maths.gla.ac.uk wrote: > I've now recived several mailings to do with viruses. I don't believe that this > is an appropriate use of a mailing list like this. Anyone using a pc or similar > who is unaware of viruses and what steps to take to deal with by now is living > in the wrong universe. > Please do not allow such inappropriate mailings to be included in your output. > > Andrew Baker > > > At 05:29 pm 27/06/00 +0000, Jimmy Porter typed: > > > > | ... Now what am I to do to determine if I have a virus? > > | What does it do? I am an online college student and > > | need my computer. > > | > > | Jimmy. > > > > Jimmy, > > > > Check http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html > > > > Best regards, JGC > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > To unsubscribe: > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Mathematics Dept. WEB-Mail Gateway. > Dept of Mathematics, University Gardens, University of Glasgow. > Glasgow G12 8QW. Phone 0044 141 330 5176 Fax: 0044 141 330 4111. > http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jporter at wyoming.com Wed Jun 28 08:17:46 2000 From: jporter at wyoming.com (Jimmy Porter) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: Andrew. References: Message-ID: <3959ECE3.822D4230@wyoming.com> I would take issue with you on this line of thinking. I do not consider myself as living in the wrong universe because I know nothing of viruses. As a Mac computer user I've never had an inkling as to what to do about these infliction's. I just know it throws someone like me into a panic. I use my computer for college online and I walk the fine line of dealing with my machine crashing or becoming disabled. So much that I do not know, nor will never know. I welcome the help of my online compatriots. Jimmy ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From huuskone at cc.helsinki.fi Wed Jun 28 16:06:24 2000 From: huuskone at cc.helsinki.fi (Taneli Huuskonen) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: mathsbirmingham In-Reply-To: <003101bfe076$47a7b840$LocalHost@default> from Michael Brennan at "Jun 27, 2000 09:28:38 pm" Message-ID: <200006282006.e5SK6Oo31455@sirppi.helsinki.fi> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 "Michael Brennan" wrote: > Anyone know the right www address for what I thought was >www.mathsbirmingham.org. ?? > > This is wrong but I'm after mathsnumeracy connections and was given > this address Searching with the keywords "birmingham" and "numeracy" on Lycos showed a number of links; maybe one of them is what you're looking for? Regards, Taneli Huuskonen -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBOVpaq1+t0CYLfLaVEQLU2gCdECYeLE5pbFaCStApMT1jg7fdOOUAoPwv v2939P6g6FhPDzmGVVXgPFFp =cTS8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I don't | All messages will be PGP signed, | Fight for your right to speak for | encrypted mail preferred. Keys: | use sealed envelopes. the Uni. | http://www.helsinki.fi/~huuskone/ | http://www.gilc.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Wed Jun 28 18:23:51 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> Message-ID: <000301bfe14f$990d12a0$e016dacf@w158r> This paper is for a course not a thesis or dissertation.. so it should be done by the end of the summer. I will send you a copy. In the mean time if you run acrossed any other studies please inform.. Thanks. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Guillermo Alzuru Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 5:14 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 Hi Dawn, I would be very interested in reading your paper as I am developing online math courses. When do you expect to have it ready? this year maybe? please let me know. Guillermo Dawn wrote: > > I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math courses". Is any > one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? > Thanks a bunch!! > > Dawn Cox > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Guillermo Alzuru Web Instructional Development University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 Athens, GA 30602 Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Wed Jun 28 18:27:48 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000628110331.00b12ab0@mail.clemson.edu> Message-ID: <000501bfe150$1fa36b20$e016dacf@w158r> Bill, I would be happy to send you a copy. If you run acrossed any research please inform. :) Dawn -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Bill Moss Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:04 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 Hi, I would like to see your paper when it is finished. Bill Moss Clemson At 08:13 AM 6/28/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Dawn, I would be very interested in reading your paper as I am >developing online math courses. When do you expect to have it ready? >this year maybe? please let me know. > >Guillermo > >Dawn wrote: > > > > I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math > courses". Is any > > one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? > > Thanks a bunch!! > > > > Dawn Cox > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > To unsubscribe: > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >-- >Guillermo Alzuru >Web Instructional Development >University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 >Athens, GA 30602 >Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 >----------------------------------------------------------------- >WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List >To unsubscribe: >via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl >via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with >"unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message >List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ >----------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Moss Professor Mathematical Sciences Clemson University Clemson, SC 29634-0975 864.656.5225 http://www.math.clemson.edu/~bmoss ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From steve at imath.org Thu Jun 29 01:32:08 2000 From: steve at imath.org (Stephen M. Hunt) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: iMath - free Web math communication service Message-ID: Hi all, iMath provides a free math communication service for individual use via http://www.imath.net. Institutions either affiliate or license iMath. A description of the rationale and pricing for this service can be found at http://www.imath.org/IntroducingIMathCommunicator.html. For those of you using IE, you can visit http://www.imath.org/iMath to see a couple of interactive examples of how we can help you implement Web interactive math. This type of interactive is not limited to IE, although of the two main browsers, IE does allow us to do a little more than Navigator, at this stage. iMath's computation and visualization capabilities are also to be made available via imath.net. Let us know what your needs and interests are, and get involved if you want to work together in making available open Internet math solutions. I am available to respond to questions on this group or individually as appropriate. Regards Steve Dr Stephen M. Hunt Director Internet Math Consortium steve@imath.org http://www.imath.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Thu Jun 29 02:19:46 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:28 2005 Subject: WebMath: a few reminders Message-ID: WebMath folks - a few reminders, etc. 1. Viruses. If, as happened yesterday, I receive notification of a virus in a message posted to the list, I will inform list members as soon as I am aware of it. We are looking into ways of filtering out any infected posts in the future, but until that happens (and even if it does happen), you are responsible for your own computer "hygiene". This means that you should be aware that viruses can come with *any* email, even from people you know well, and you should take steps to detect and remove them (i.e. with the appropriate software). Other than the initial warning, further discussion of the virus on the list is inappropriate - it should be conducted off-list (violated that one myself yesterday by accident :o( ) or if necessary, directly with me. We lost five subscribers yesterday, most likely as a result of the virus discussion. 2. Please note that that hitting "reply" to a WebMath post replies to the *whole list*, not just to the individual poster. If your reply is more appropriately sent to the individual, please change the "To:..." line. Also, if you're going on vacation and set your emailer to send automatic "I'm away" replies, please sign off the list temporarily at . Otherwise, your vacation message goes out to annoy the whole list each time a new post is made. 3. Inappropriate posts: * "me, too" posts ,including "please send your stuff to me too" posts (these should go to the original poster only) * posts with attachments, vcf cards or anything except straight ascii text. If you've got something to show people, ask them to request it directly from you, or put it on the web and post the URL. * posts which quote the whole of the previous discussion. Please strip out everything except relevant part you're replying to - we've all seen the previous discussion already, remember. Also, please strip out *all* footers. The system adds a footer to each post, so a continued discussion accumulates multiple copies of the footer unless they are removed. 4. If you want to be removed from the list, you can remove yourself at . If for any reason this doesn't work, please contact me directly at - *don't* post you request to the list. The same holds for all other list administrivia - directly to me, please. I think that's about it for now - any questions? No, no, don't hit reply! Send 'em directly to me! :o) Cheers, June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From acooper at langara.bc.ca Thu Jun 29 10:48:05 2000 From: acooper at langara.bc.ca (Alan Cooper) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: iMath - free Web math communication service References: Message-ID: <395B61A3.163E4AF2@langara.bc.ca> Sorry, I was wrong about the lack of free access to iMath. (But I am still puzzled about the lack of information re affiliates and who is behind it) "Stephen M. Hunt" wrote: > Hi all, iMath provides a free math communication service for individual use > via http://www.imath.net. Institutions either affiliate or license iMath. > A description of the rationale and pricing for this service can be found at > http://www.imath.org/IntroducingIMathCommunicator.html. > > For those of you using IE, you can visit http://www.imath.org/iMath to see a > couple of interactive examples of how we can help you implement Web > interactive math. This type of interactive is not limited to IE, although > of the two main browsers, IE does allow us to do a little more than > Navigator, at this stage. > > iMath's computation and visualization capabilities are also to be made > available via imath.net. > > Let us know what your needs and interests are, and get involved if you want > to work together in making available open Internet math solutions. > > I am available to respond to questions on this group or individually as > appropriate. > > Regards > > Steve > > Dr Stephen M. Hunt > Director > Internet Math Consortium > steve@imath.org > http://www.imath.org > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From steve at imath.org Thu Jun 29 22:37:04 2000 From: steve at imath.org (Stephen M. Hunt) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: About iMath - a short history Message-ID: iMath is modeled after the W3C as a participatory consortium. It is currently owned by the staff of iMath. Affiliates are also able to take a proprietary interest in iMath. We would like the affiliates to be the long-term owners of the consortium. Any institution can affiliate and we plan to open up individual affiliation. iMath was founded on the principle that math (fonts and presentation syntax and tools, transport protocols, computation and visualization syntax and engines) should not be proprietary. Math is the most universal of all languages. iMath is seeking to make open math infrastructure universally available. Many of us have worked with the proprietary math vendors. We became involved with these vendors primarily because of our interest in enhancing math use and math education through their tools. We left because we felt that they would never be able to deliver a solution that would universally benefit math, and because we thought we could see a way in which this could be accomplished. The solutions developed by the math vendors started at academic institutions and the significant algorithms they use continue to be developed and evolved by the academic community. A proprietary math vendor casts the open math into a closed and proprietary package. The result is strange syntaxes, black box computation engines, proprietary protocols and limited interfaces. It is impossible for any single vendor to meet the diverse needs of math users. The vendor becomes a bottleneck and stumbling block. iMath works on design of open math specifications and reference implementations. We add math to existing open languages in a uniform and consistent way. We evolve the open frameworks to support math. Our implementations are free and open source to those who agree to maintain interoperability - the formal process through which this happens is affiliation. We began in May 1999 and have made good progress over the last year with all the key technologies now in place. We are very pleased at the positive response and support we receive from those math users that have engaged iMath. If you have any questions or would like iMath to visit your institution to hold a free iMath workshop, please do email me or the group as appropriate. Regards Steve Dr Stephen M. Hunt Director Internet Math Consortium steve@imath.org http://www.imath.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From ron at camel.math.ca Fri Jun 30 10:55:58 2000 From: ron at camel.math.ca (Ron Fitzgerald) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: About iMath - a short history Message-ID: <200006301458.HAA346260@west.camel.math.ca> I find the comments of Dr. Hunt interesting an more than a tad ironic. It must have entirely escaped Dr. Hunt that charging for his goods and services makes him one of those proprietary math vendors he holds in such distain. "A proprietary math vendor casts the open math into a closed and proprietary package. The result is strange syntaxes, black box computation engines, proprietary protocols and limited interfaces. It is impossible for any single vendor to meet the diverse needs of math users. The vendor becomes a bottleneck and stumbling block." Contributions to math and math education can be made and sustained and should be made and sustained by a variety of interests. This should include all parties research, not for profit and profit motivated organizations. Dr. Hunt's finger pointing will not provide the open forum required for the proliferation of mathematical ideas and solutions. Ron Fitzgerald President MathResources Inc. ---------- > From: Stephen M. Hunt > To: webmath@camel.math.ca > Subject: WebMath: About iMath - a short history > Date: June 29, 2000 11:37 PM > > iMath is modeled after the W3C as a participatory consortium. It is > currently owned by the staff of iMath. Affiliates are also able to take a > proprietary interest in iMath. We would like the affiliates to be the > long-term owners of the consortium. Any institution can affiliate and we > plan to open up individual affiliation. > > iMath was founded on the principle that math (fonts and presentation syntax > and tools, transport protocols, computation and visualization syntax and > engines) should not be proprietary. Math is the most universal of all > languages. iMath is seeking to make open math infrastructure universally > available. > > Many of us have worked with the proprietary math vendors. We became > involved with these vendors primarily because of our interest in enhancing > math use and math education through their tools. We left because we felt > that they would never be able to deliver a solution that would universally > benefit math, and because we thought we could see a way in which this could > be accomplished. > > The solutions developed by the math vendors started at academic institutions > and the significant algorithms they use continue to be developed and evolved > by the academic community. > > A proprietary math vendor casts the open math into a closed and proprietary > package. The result is strange syntaxes, black box computation engines, > proprietary protocols and limited interfaces. It is impossible for any > single vendor to meet the diverse needs of math users. The vendor becomes a > bottleneck and stumbling block. > > iMath works on design of open math specifications and reference > implementations. We add math to existing open languages in a uniform and > consistent way. We evolve the open frameworks to support math. Our > implementations are free and open source to those who agree to maintain > interoperability - the formal process through which this happens is > affiliation. > > We began in May 1999 and have made good progress over the last year with all > the key technologies now in place. We are very pleased at the positive > response and support we receive from those math users that have engaged > iMath. > > If you have any questions or would like iMath to visit your institution to > hold a free iMath workshop, please do email me or the group as appropriate. > > Regards > > Steve > > Dr Stephen M. Hunt > Director > Internet Math Consortium > steve@imath.org > http://www.imath.org > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From giroux at dms.umontreal.ca Fri Jun 30 12:57:00 2000 From: giroux at dms.umontreal.ca (=?koi8-r?Q?Andr=CA_Giroux?=) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> Message-ID: <009d01bfe2b4$35904060$32f4fea9@gossi> Hi Dawn. I too would appreciate very much receiving a copy of your paper. I posted a request similar to yours once but did not get anything useful out of it. Thanks. Andre. giroux@dms.umontreal.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn To: Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 > > I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math courses". Is any > one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? > Thanks a bunch!! > > Dawn Cox > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From romlins at rc.unesp.br Fri Jun 30 13:40:28 2000 From: romlins at rc.unesp.br (Romulo Lins) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: On-line mathematics courses References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> <009d01bfe2b4$35904060$32f4fea9@gossi> Message-ID: <395CDB8B.CE205607@rc.unesp.br> Dear Dawn, I would be very interested in receiving a copy of your paper when it is available. Many thanks from still sunny but no longer too hot Rio Claro (Brazil) Romulo ----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn To: Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 7:53 PM Subject: WebMath: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 17:23:00 -0700 > > I am writing a paper on the "effectiveness of on-line math courses". Is any > one aware of any previous studies that I could use as reference material? > Thanks a bunch!! > > Dawn Cox ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Fri Jun 30 14:39:47 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Dawn's paper In-Reply-To: <395CDB8B.CE205607@rc.unesp.br> References: <00ae01bfe097$111d9c60$c416dacf@w158r> <009d01bfe2b4$35904060$32f4fea9@gossi> Message-ID: Dear Dawn - and others. It appears that many of us are interested in you paper - I know I am. Perhaps it would be a good idea if you simply notified the list when your paper is done, and ask those interested to email you directly? Then they wouldn't need to post their requests to the list. Your WebMath host, June >Dear Dawn, > >I would be very interested in receiving a copy of your paper when it is >available. > >Many thanks from still sunny but no longer too hot Rio Claro (Brazil) >Romulo > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From steve at imath.org Fri Jun 30 14:55:30 2000 From: steve at imath.org (Stephen M. Hunt) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: iMath - why it is important that we have open math infrastructure Message-ID: These notes are in part a response to a mail by Ron Fitzgerald. --- Would you call the W3C a proprietary organization? In one sense they are, they hold defensive licenses and trademarks to their specifications. But, I think there are significant differences between the way they leverage that proprietary interest and the approach of a typical vendor. The same is true of iMath. In the case of the W3C it is a small group of caretaker institutions that own the underlying IP associated with the Web. In the case of iMath it will be a global collection of institutions with a commitment to math. Another example of a cooperative group within the education sector which derives fees through affiliation for their work is Educause. In particular take a look at their IMS project. There are affiliation and other fees to underwrite the work of IMS, but the specification is open, and implemented by various vendors. Now, both these examples, the W3C and IMS, have severe issues associated with implementations. In the case of the Web it is estimated that 25% of the cost of Web site development is associated with browser incompatibilities. From day one we have seen the various vendors try and leverage off the Web to create their own proprietary space, not just at the level of tools, but also at the level of the underlying protocols. IMS is similar, vendors may claim to implement IMS, but they also implement closed extensions that result in your data not being portable. So, when iMath is asked to reimplement a Blackboard course we have to implement various parts of the course from scratch. If Blackboard adhered only to open specifications, then we would merely need to import the data. The cost instructors face to move their data out of the current Web course management systems into open specifications is much higher than 25%. In math, interoperability is key. At all levels, notation, computation and visualization. Math is the only universal language. iMath takes a stronger position than the W3C on both specifications and derivative implementations. An approach similar to Linux. You must maintain interoperability. The specifications iMath evolves either independently or in cooperation with other groups are all open licensed specifications. The principal specification iMath provides an implementation of at the moment is MathML, a W3C open specification. An iMath distinctive is that it doesn't try to leverage an open specification into a proprietary framework. Instead we abstract any extension as an open specification and make these available free to any vendor to implement, subject to the interoperability condition. Here are some reasons iMath provides an implementation of open math specifications: 1. developing an implementation is part of the process of developing a specification 3. our affiliates need implementations 3. we want to make math freely available for any individual The reason our implementations at the moment require a modest fee for institutions is that we don't have the funding to execute our mission otherwise at this stage. iMath seeks to operate profitably. This requirement ensures iMath is efficient in its use of income and that it is conscious of market conditions. iMath as an entity has been designed for sustainable growth and evolution. We look forward to a time when our implementations will not be linked to a fee, only a license, but this requires broad institutional buy-in to our mission. We want to see the users of math and math educators and students to have access to appropriate solutions. We would like to see the math vendors business plans evolve from featuring proprietary infrastructure to content and services on top of open math infrastructure (Windows cf. Linux). Why do institutions want open math infrastructure? There are lots of reasons, but here are some that relate to computation. If your rocket crashes, was it your model or the underlying implementation at fault? Without access to the source of the implementation this can be hard to resolve. You can ask the vendor and they may look at the issue for you. But, if they find a bug, they typically do not document it publicly so others can become aware of the issue. And, in a way this knowledge comes to late, your rocket crashed. Here is an example from the Web, when a protocol bug was identified in HTTP, the next day a corporate Apache developer posted a patch, it took Microsoft 3 months to post a patch for IIS. A typical math engine is a fickle beast to maintain. While hundreds of new algorithms of merit are developed each year within academic and research organizations, it takes about 5 years for only the most commercially viable algorithms to find their way into an engine. Implementations of math algorithms can be 'published' and 'maintained' just like Web pages within the iMath framework, by an open community of experts, not a handful of developers that usually do not understand what the algorithm is trying to model. The Web architecture created the opportunity of the Web. The challenge we have is to add open math infrastructure so that a similar benefit might accrue to math. Where is the math in today's Web or in online courses? If math pervades our world and underpins our technical age, why can't you calculate and visualize math within popular applications? Why is math literacy and numeracy so poor? If everyone could just communicate math, wouldn't that be a good place to start? We believe that math should be as available as text. That math should be a first class element of the Internet and Web. Today anyone can communicate math freely within the Internet/Web using iMath Communicator (http://www.imath.net). Soon, anyone will be able to freely compute and visualize math. iMath does not create the content or algorithms, it enables them. The math can run on any product that implements open math infrastructure. I know these are difficult and complex issues to resolve. Thank-you for your time in wrestling with them. We value your feedback and insights. Regards Steve Dr Stephen M. Hunt Director Internet Math Consortium steve@imath.org http://www.imath.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Fri Jun 30 16:00:29 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Dawn's paper In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <005f01bfe2cd$eae1c1a0$d616dacf@w158r> I would be happy to do that (post my paper to the list as a whole when it is done.) :) I have a survey that I would like to circulate and if this is okay on this list, I will post it in a week or so. Any one who is teaching an online math course and is willing to participate would be welcome to respond. Is this acceptable? -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of June Lester Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 11:40 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: WebMath: Dawn's paper Dear Dawn - and others. It appears that many of us are interested in you paper - I know I am. Perhaps it would be a good idea if you simply notified the list when your paper is done, and ask those interested to email you directly? Then they wouldn't need to post their requests to the list. Your WebMath host, June >Dear Dawn, > >I would be very interested in receiving a copy of your paper when it is >available. > >Many thanks from still sunny but no longer too hot Rio Claro (Brazil) >Romulo > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Beliveau at MathAppl.PolyMtl.Ca Sun Jul 2 19:39:03 2000 From: Beliveau at MathAppl.PolyMtl.Ca (Grand Bill) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Login and PassWord? Message-ID: <395FD297.73D4CD07@MathAppl.PolyMtl.Ca> How do I get my Login and Password? Thanks! ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From Beliveau at MathAppl.PolyMtl.Ca Sun Jul 2 22:41:50 2000 From: Beliveau at MathAppl.PolyMtl.Ca (Grand Bill) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: geometry, length and angles Message-ID: <395FFD6E.448C1D8F@MathAppl.PolyMtl.Ca> Hi! I'm looking for information (books or an answer ... etc.). My question is concerning a demonstration of the metric in Euclidian geometry via a geometric approach. It is easy to construct the quadric (or the matrix) associated with a given system of coordinate in 2D by using the cosine law (this theorem can be proven through purely geometric arguments). It is also easy to iterate on the idea for 3D (or any dimension I gess). The problem is that to find out the length of the line from the origine to a point one needs the angle between the projection of the line on the plane XY (or YZ or ZX, the length of the projection being easily found using the above argument in 2D) and the original line. While knowing the angles between the XY lines the YZ lines and the ZY it is not obvious to me how to find the disiered above angle. That is in a purely geometrical way. Knowing this angle it is a matter of algebra to get the quadric (or the matrix). If any body has a book on 3D geometry to sugest or any thing on the algebisation of the ruler and protractor in 2D or 3D (preferably in 3D and based on basic geometry). I also would like any book on purely geometrical area and volume calculation (finding out the determinant finction througth pure geometry). Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Alain B?liveau ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Mon Jul 3 11:11:05 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Survey? In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000628110331.00b12ab0@mail.clemson.edu> Message-ID: <00cc01bfe501$11124040$d616dacf@w158r> Instructor Survey The Effectiveness of On-line Delivery of Math Courses Dawn Cox This survey is intended to gather data on the effectiveness of the on-line mode of delivery of mathematics courses for a course paper. If you are presently teaching an on-line math course or if you have taught one in the past, you could participate in this study by completing the following short survey. To simplify the process, I have pasted the survey into an email and you need only write the answer to each topic after the question. It should only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete!! Please send this survey directly back to me and not to any list on which it may be posted. Thank you very much for your help! Part I Background Information 1. What mathematics course(s) are you or have you taught on-line? 2. Is your institution a high school, community college, college or university? 3. In what state or country is your institution located? 4. Would you be willing to distribute a similar survey to your students? Part II Satisfaction with delivery method Please rate each of topic using the following scale (1 to 5) 1. Very unsatisfied 2. Unsatisfied 3. No opinion 4. Satisfied 5. Very satisfied 1). Student academic achievement. (Are the students mastering the concepts and are they ready to move on to the next course?) 2). Student/instructor interaction. 3). Software/tools. 4). Time and preparation requirements. 5). Clarity of the lessons (Do the students understand them?) 6). Student motivation and ability to work independently (Do you suspect cheating?) 7.) Student/class interaction. Part III Comparison of the On-line Delivery and Traditional Delivery Please rate according to this scale: 1. Traditional delivery is much more effective 2. Traditional delivery is more effective 3. Both modes demonstrate similar effectiveness 4. On-line delivery is more effective 5. On-line delivery is much more effective 1.) Student mastery of mathematical concepts 2.) Student satisfaction with the learning process. 3.) Prevention of cheating and plagiarism. 4.) Student motivation and ability of students to work independently. 5.) Clarity of the material and lessons. 6.) Class interaction. 7.) Budgeting of preparation time and time requirements Part IV Factors for Success in an On-line course Please rank the following factors for students' success (1 being the most important) Motivation Previous knowledge Ability to work independently Computer skills and software knowledge Student/instructor interaction Other? (List if you like) Part V If you would please write a few lines describing what you feel are the advantages and disadvantages of On-line delivery of your course(s). Thank you so much for your participation!! Would you like a copy of the paper when I am finished? ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Mon Jul 3 11:05:43 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Effectiveness of On-line math delivery SURVEY Message-ID: <00c201bfe500$2b056dc0$d616dacf@w158r> Instructor Survey The Effectiveness of On-line Delivery of Math Courses Dawn Cox This survey is intended to gather data on the effectiveness of the on-line mode of delivery of mathematics courses for a course paper. If you are presently teaching an on-line math course or if you have taught one in the past, you could participate in this study by completing the following short survey. To simplify the process, I have pasted the survey into an email and you need only write the answer to each topic after the question. It should only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete!! Please send this survey directly back to me and not to any list on which it may be posted. Thank you very much for your help! Part I Background Information 1. What mathematics course(s) are you or have you taught on-line? 2. Is your institution a high school, community college, college or university? 3. In what state or country is your institution located? 4. Would you be willing to distribute a similar survey to your students? Part II Satisfaction with delivery method Please rate each of topic using the following scale (1 to 5) 1. Very unsatisfied 2. Unsatisfied 3. No opinion 4. Satisfied 5. Very satisfied 1). Student academic achievement. (Are the students mastering the concepts and are they ready to move on to the next course?) 2). Student/instructor interaction. 3). Software/tools. 4). Time and preparation requirements. 5). Clarity of the lessons (Do the students understand them?) 6). Student motivation and ability to work independently (Do you suspect cheating?) 7.) Student/class interaction. Part III Comparison of the On-line Delivery and Traditional Delivery Please rate according to this scale: 1. Traditional delivery is much more effective 2. Traditional delivery is more effective 3. Both modes demonstrate similar effectiveness 4. On-line delivery is more effective 5. On-line delivery is much more effective 1.) Student mastery of mathematical concepts 2.) Student satisfaction with the learning process. 3.) Prevention of cheating and plagiarism. 4.) Student motivation and ability of students to work independently. 5.) Clarity of the material and lessons. 6.) Class interaction. 7.) Budgeting of preparation time and time requirements Part IV Factors for Success in an On-line course Please rank the following factors for students? success (1 being the most important) Motivation Previous knowledge Ability to work independently Computer skills and software knowledge Student/instructor interaction Other? (List if you like) Part V If you would please write a few lines describing what you feel are the advantages and disadvantages of On-line delivery of your course(s). Thank you so much for your participation!! Would you like a copy of the paper when I am finished? ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Mon Jul 3 11:09:39 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Survey? In-Reply-To: <3959EBEA.2E54F67E@gactr.uga.edu> Message-ID: <00c701bfe500$cef09fe0$d616dacf@w158r> Instructor Survey The Effectiveness of On-line Delivery of Math Courses Dawn Cox This survey is intended to gather data on the effectiveness of the on-line mode of delivery of mathematics courses for a course paper. If you are presently teaching an on-line math course or if you have taught one in the past, you could participate in this study by completing the following short survey. To simplify the process, I have pasted the survey into an email and you need only write the answer to each topic after the question. It should only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete!! Please send this survey directly back to me and not to any list on which it may be posted. Thank you very much for your help! Part I Background Information 1. What mathematics course(s) are you or have you taught on-line? 2. Is your institution a high school, community college, college or university? 3. In what state or country is your institution located? 4. Would you be willing to distribute a similar survey to your students? Part II Satisfaction with delivery method Please rate each of topic using the following scale (1 to 5) 1. Very unsatisfied 2. Unsatisfied 3. No opinion 4. Satisfied 5. Very satisfied 1). Student academic achievement. (Are the students mastering the concepts and are they ready to move on to the next course?) 2). Student/instructor interaction. 3). Software/tools. 4). Time and preparation requirements. 5). Clarity of the lessons (Do the students understand them?) 6). Student motivation and ability to work independently (Do you suspect cheating?) 7.) Student/class interaction. Part III Comparison of the On-line Delivery and Traditional Delivery Please rate according to this scale: 1. Traditional delivery is much more effective 2. Traditional delivery is more effective 3. Both modes demonstrate similar effectiveness 4. On-line delivery is more effective 5. On-line delivery is much more effective 1.) Student mastery of mathematical concepts 2.) Student satisfaction with the learning process. 3.) Prevention of cheating and plagiarism. 4.) Student motivation and ability of students to work independently. 5.) Clarity of the material and lessons. 6.) Class interaction. 7.) Budgeting of preparation time and time requirements Part IV Factors for Success in an On-line course Please rank the following factors for students' success (1 being the most important) Motivation Previous knowledge Ability to work independently Computer skills and software knowledge Student/instructor interaction Other? (List if you like) Part V If you would please write a few lines describing what you feel are the advantages and disadvantages of On-line delivery of your course(s). Thank you so much for your participation!! Would you like a copy of the paper when I am finished? ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From chorn at superlink.net Sun Jul 2 23:06:18 2000 From: chorn at superlink.net (George & Elena Rakova) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math Survey? References: <00cc01bfe501$11124040$d616dacf@w158r> Message-ID: <39600329.38F3315D@superlink.net> Dawn wrote: > Instructor Survey > The Effectiveness of On-line Delivery of Math Courses > Dawn Cox > > This survey is intended to gather data on the effectiveness of the on-line > mode of delivery of mathematics courses for a course paper. If you are > presently teaching an on-line math course or if you have taught one in the > past, you could participate in this study by completing the following short > survey. To simplify the process, I have pasted the survey into an email and > you need only write the answer to each topic after the question. It should > only take 5 to 10 minutes to complete!! Please send this survey directly > back to me and not to any list on which it may be posted. Thank you very > much for your help! > > Part I Background Information > > 1. What mathematics course(s) are you or have you taught on-line? Algebra, Calculus. > > 2. Is your institution a high school, community college, college or > university? high shool in college > > 3. In what state or country is your institution located? USA > > 4. Would you be willing to distribute a similar survey to your students? probably > > > Part II Satisfaction with delivery method > > Please rate each of topic using the following scale (1 to 5) > 1. Very unsatisfied > 2. Unsatisfied > 3. No opinion > 4. Satisfied > 5. Very satisfied > > 1). Student academic achievement. (Are the students mastering the concepts > and are they ready to move on to the next course?) 4 > > 2). Student/instructor interaction. 4 > > 3). Software/tools. 3 > > 4). Time and preparation requirements. 2 > > 5). Clarity of the lessons (Do the students understand them?) 4 > > 6). Student motivation and ability to work independently (Do you suspect > cheating?) 4 > > 7.) Student/class interaction. > 4 > > Part III Comparison of the On-line Delivery and Traditional Delivery > > Please rate according to this scale: > 1. Traditional delivery is much more effective > 2. Traditional delivery is more effective > 3. Both modes demonstrate similar effectiveness > 4. On-line delivery is more effective > 5. On-line delivery is much more effective > > 1.) Student mastery of mathematical concepts 2 > > 2.) Student satisfaction with the learning process. 5 > > 3.) Prevention of cheating and plagiarism. 2 > > 4.) Student motivation and ability of students to work independently. 4 > > 5.) Clarity of the material and lessons. 4 > > 6.) Class interaction. 5 > > 7.) Budgeting of preparation time and time requirements 3 > > > Part IV Factors for Success in an On-line course > Please rank the following factors for students' success (1 being the most > important) > > Motivation 1 > Previous knowledge3 > Ability to work independently2 > Computer skills and software knowledge2 > Student/instructor interaction2 > Other? (List if you like) > > Part V > If you would please write a few lines describing what you feel are the > advantages and disadvantages of On-line delivery of your course(s). > > Thank you so much for your participation!! Would you like a copy of the > paper when I am finished? Sure, I want to get it. Elena Rakova > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk Tue Jul 4 07:44:08 2000 From: stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk (Stuart Price) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:29 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations Message-ID: <200007041144.MAA17593@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> I am hoping to use the Web to present material and support for an introductory Differential Equations course. Searching the Internet, I have found innumerable papers and articles concerning different people's attitudes to Web-based teaching, but very few examples of online courses. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has attempted this - and the successes / difficulties that you have found (both from an educational and a technological point of view). Please e-mail me personally if you would like to know more specific details about my intentions for this project. Furthermore, has anyone tried IBM's techexplorer plug-in? I would like to hear views on that. Thanks, Stuart Price +-- | http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stu | --+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From bishopp at for.mat.bham.ac.uk Tue Jul 4 08:34:43 2000 From: bishopp at for.mat.bham.ac.uk (Pam Bishop) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations In-Reply-To: <200007041144.MAA17593@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: <3961E7F3.24580.F16662@localhost> Stuart Price writes: > Furthermore, has anyone tried IBM's techexplorer plug-in? I would > like to hear views on that. There is a review of this package in the Maths&Stats newsletter - see http://www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/reviews/aug98/maths-on-web.pdf A hands-on practical session using this software was devised as part of a workshop on MathML, and this can be viewed at http://w3.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/workshops/practical.htm Best wishes, Pam Bishop =============================================================== Pam Bishop, Assistant Director LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network School of Mathematics and Statistics p.bishop@bham.ac.uk The University of Birmingham tel 0121-414 7095 Birmingham B15 2TT fax 0121-414 3389 The Maths, Stats & OR Network is part of the Learning and Teaching Support Network, which provides discipline-based support for learning and teaching in UK universities. More information can be found at http://www.bham.ac.uk/msor =============================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From DGoral at aol.com Tue Jul 4 16:27:47 2000 From: DGoral at aol.com (DGoral@aol.com) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations Message-ID: Stuart, I am currently teaching Differential Equations (MTH 291) online through the Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College. I am using the same technology in my other web-based courses: Mathematics for the Liberal Arts I-II (MTH 151-152), and Vector Calculus (MTH 277). I use Dreamweaver 3 to compose my web pages, though I started with Netscape Composer and Microsoft Front Page. Basically, I post math material on my website using either MathType 4 or Scientific Notebbook. I communicate with my students by having them purchase Scientific Notebook. I first put MTH 151 on the web, then MTH 152, and then MTH 277 and MTH 291, so you can see some evolution in my web design. I still have to add more content to my advanced course websites. You can visit my website and then ask more questions. Overall, I enjoy teaching online. I have over 100 online students each semester, and they keep me busy. http://www.nv.cc.va.us/home/dgoral/ Don Goral DGoral@aol.com Donald R. Goral Professor of Mathematics Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA USA In a message dated 7/4/00 8:19:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, stu@maths.warwick.ac.uk writes: << I am hoping to use the Web to present material and support for an introductory Differential Equations course. Searching the Internet, I have found innumerable papers and articles concerning different people's attitudes to Web-based teaching, but very few examples of online courses. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has attempted this - and the successes / difficulties that you have found (both from an educational and a technological point of view). Please e-mail me personally if you would like to know more specific details about my intentions for this project. Furthermore, has anyone tried IBM's techexplorer plug-in? I would like to hear views on that. Thanks, Stuart Price +-- >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From steve at imath.org Tue Jul 4 19:01:10 2000 From: steve at imath.org (Stephen M. Hunt) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations Message-ID: iMath includes a Web editor with support for math - including differential equations. So instead of using Dreamweaver for web pages and Scientific Notebook for math documents, you can just create a web page with math (MathML). So, in iMath all the content is maintained as Web pages. iMath enables the web pages to be published directly or stored, as well as sent to others like email and discussed collaboratively. Getting these capabilities in a single environment improves the efficiency with which instructors can author and maintain their course, and it creates new learning opportunities for students. With these capabilities you can use the Internet as the mode of making available your notes and work items. Student's can edit your notes and add their own notes. Answers to worksheet questions can be composed inline with the questions and then sent to the instructor, who can grade the worksheet again inline and return it to the student. iMath also provides structured protocols for managing the submission of graded work and maintenance of a gradebook. You can get iMath free at http://www.imath.net. There is a link to a Beginning Algebra course run by Barb Gentry at Parkland that illustrates how iMath is being used. Let me know if you have any questions. Regards Steve Dr Stephen M. Hunt Director Internet Math Consortium steve@imath.org http://www.imath.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of DGoral@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 3:28 PM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations I use Dreamweaver 3 to compose my web pages, though I started with Netscape Composer and Microsoft Front Page. Basically, I post math material on my website using either MathType 4 or Scientific Notebbook. I communicate with my students by having them purchase Scientific Notebook. In a message dated 7/4/00 8:19:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, stu@maths.warwick.ac.uk writes: << I am hoping to use the Web to present material and support for an introductory Differential Equations course. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has attempted this - and the successes / difficulties that you have found (both from an educational and a technological point of view). Please e-mail me personally if you would like to know more specific details about my intentions for this project. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From kortenka at inf.fu-berlin.de Wed Jul 5 04:11:33 2000 From: kortenka at inf.fu-berlin.de (Ulrich Kortenkamp) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <14690.60853.609804.260601@felix.inf.fu-berlin.de> >>>>> "SH" == Stephen M Hunt writes: SH> You can get iMath free at http://www.imath.net. There is a SH> link to a Beginning Algebra course run by Barb Gentry at SH> Parkland that illustrates how iMath is being used. Well, there are a few problems with that. You claim that one can get iMath for free. On the web page this is repeated, but the only thing I can get for free is an "account" -- probably this will enable me to download the software, but there is no way to find out without providing my email address. On the "More Information" page there is more information, indeed, the account and the iMath Communicator (hope you won't get in trouble with Netscape, see http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=9hpb2n.6.1 ) are bundled, but the accompaining license is available only AFTER applying for the account. Another interesting bit of information is under "technology". Quote: Technology: iMath Communicator is an open source project which uses open Web standards. The discussions can be viewed in any MathML compliant browser, but the authoring of a Web math document currently requires iMath Communicator. iMath Communicator is built as a cross-platform application for Windows, Macintosh and Unix operating systems. Currently, only a Windows version has been released, other versions will follow. What do you mean by "open source"? In what way is it open? Where can I download or review it, what is the license for derived software products? Do you know what "open source" means??? Probably you don't. And why do you claim that iMath Communicator is built as a cross-platform application? What do you mean by that? Sorry, you probably have to change some of your business strategies in order to provide "open math education". I doubt that many institutions will "affiliate" with a company like yours that claims to be "open" but is more closed than any other software company I know. Ulli PS: If you can prove me wrong, I am happy to see your reply on the list. Show me the way to the sources, put your license on the web, and create versions of iMath Communicator that run on other platforms than Windows. -- Dr. Ulrich Kortenkamp, Institut f?r Informatik, Freie Universit?t Berlin Takustr. 9, D-14195 Berlin, Germany * +49-30-83875159, FAX +49-30-83875109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Interactive Geometry Software Cinderella at http://www.cinderella.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From steve at imath.org Wed Jul 5 11:09:17 2000 From: steve at imath.org (Stephen M. Hunt) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: iMath: response to Ulrich Kortenkamp In-Reply-To: <14690.60853.609804.260601@felix.inf.fu-berlin.de> Message-ID: Solving the math communication problem is partly a client issue - 'how to compose, read and interact with math?', and partly a server issue - 'how can I publish and store the pages, send and receive pages, discuss math?'. When you register for an account you receive account information and a download address. iMath provides users with free math communication, publishing and storage. Every transaction on imath.net requires authentication. We are free, but we are not open to abuse. iMath is licensed open source (not closed/compiled). Most other open source projects also carry licenses which include various types of restrictions. In the case of iMath it is the affiliates who have access to source. At the moment affiliation is an institutional relationship, but we will be making the affiliation process open to individuals. As discussed in a previous note about open math infrastructure iMath requires that you agree to not break interoperability. The license model for iMath is the result of months of consideration and consultation. iMath is not open to being hijacked by a single vendor and marketed in a way that would limit the deployment of open math infrastructure. Vendors may leverage off iMath infrastructure, but cannot break underlying interoperability. We may not have the license exactly right, but it's the consensus of a lot of discussions, and it will evolve in light of our mission to provide open math infrastructure. iMath is currently architected for cross platform delivery. C/C++/Java are all portable languages. You can use libraries or classes or class frameworks that are specific to a platform. Only the very outer 'shell' of iMath ever uses such components, which makes the vast majority of our code base portable. Preparing and supporting a release product is a non-trivial task, it requires substantial resources, especially when it is a new solution. This is the main rationale for not releasing other versions at this time. Institutions understand our message and our structure and support it. Occasionally we come across someone who is a maverick and wants to ride the open territory completely unconstrained. This type of approach has led to Web site developers needing to deal with broad interoperability issues which it is estimated adds 25% to the cost of site development. In the case of Linux, Torvaldus retains control over the kernel, this type of model is similar to where iMath is with respect to licensing. As with other consortium efforts which often relate to efforts by institutions to solve interoperability and base infrastructure issues, things are being held a little more tightly within the consortium at this early stage. As our framework matures you will see things loosen up and individuals able to be more part of the process. W3C has also been in this position, although they would like to provide individual affiliation, they just can't support this type of relationship at this time. No other math vendor's client only works with open documents (Web/XML), no other math vendor's server only implements open protocols, no other math vendor only uses open languages for the syntax of math, no other math vendor's algorithms are only derived from public algorithms, and are inspectable and modifiable dynamically as source, no other math vendor makes source available at all levels to their users. iMath provides access to math at all levels. It's everything that any single vendor has ever tried to do, except it is architected to be compatible and integrated with the mainstream. And, it works and is available today. Regards Steve Dr Stephen M. Hunt Director Internet Math Consortium steve@imath.org http://www.imath.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Ulrich Kortenkamp Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:12 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations You claim that one can get iMath for free. On the web page this is repeated, but the only thing I can get for free is an "account" -- probably this will enable me to download the software, but there is no way to find out without providing my email address. On the "More Information" page there is more information, indeed, the account and the iMath Communicator (hope you won't get in trouble with Netscape, see http://tess.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=9hpb2n.6.1 ) are bundled, but the accompaining license is available only AFTER applying for the account. Another interesting bit of information is under "technology". Quote: Technology: iMath Communicator is an open source project which uses open Web standards. The discussions can be viewed in any MathML compliant browser, but the authoring of a Web math document currently requires iMath Communicator. iMath Communicator is built as a cross-platform application for Windows, Macintosh and Unix operating systems. Currently, only a Windows version has been released, other versions will follow. What do you mean by "open source"? In what way is it open? Where can I download or review it, what is the license for derived software products? Do you know what "open source" means??? Probably you don't. And why do you claim that iMath Communicator is built as a cross-platform application? What do you mean by that? Sorry, you probably have to change some of your business strategies in order to provide "open math education". I doubt that many institutions will "affiliate" with a company like yours that claims to be "open" but is more closed than any other software company I know. Ulli PS: If you can prove me wrong, I am happy to see your reply on the list. Show me the way to the sources, put your license on the web, and create versions of iMath Communicator that run on other platforms than Windows. -- Dr. Ulrich Kortenkamp, Institut f?r Informatik, Freie Universit?t Berlin Takustr. 9, D-14195 Berlin, Germany * +49-30-83875159, FAX +49-30-83875109 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Interactive Geometry Software Cinderella at http://www.cinderella.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From mathwrig at gte.net Wed Jul 5 12:30:20 2000 From: mathwrig at gte.net (James White) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations In-Reply-To: <200007041144.MAA17593@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear Stuart, There is a freely downloadable collection of 11 interactive labs at the New Mathwright Library (http://www.mathwright.com ) called the Differential Equations Course Sequence that might serve as an example for you. You may find it at http://www.mathwright.com/diffeqset.htm This sequence contains a variety of laboratories ( Pendulum, Temperature, Slope Fields, Bifurcation, Chaos, and so on) with simple instructions and you may simply direct your students to the Library to read and interact with them. Another of our authors has a differential equation sequence (consisting of 4 labs) at the Library called the Discrete Dynamics Course http://www.mathwright.com/dynsysset.htm and it may be used in a similar way. Interactive WorkBooks like these are written in Mathwright Author 2000 by teachers. Our scripting environment makes it easy for teachers to build web-based courses with lively, colorful and perspicuous mathematical interactions, as these Workbooks may illustrate. Most teachers want to create their own material for their courses, illustrating their own pedagogical ideas, and Mathwright (which was developed entirely by teachers in the MAA sponsored Interactive Mathematics Text Project with IBM) provides a truly flexible and competent tool for supporting mathematical exploration. Please feel free to visit the BookStore at the New Mathwright Library http://www.mathwright.com/BookStore.htm if you have questions about the software, or would like to order a trial copy online. Also, I will be happy to answer specific questions concerning Mathwright. Just send personal email to info@mathwright.com . Sincerely, James E. White -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca] On Behalf Of Stuart Price Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 4:44 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations I am hoping to use the Web to present material and support for an introductory Differential Equations course. Searching the Internet, I have found innumerable papers and articles concerning different people's attitudes to Web-based teaching, but very few examples of online courses. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has attempted this - and the successes / difficulties that you have found (both from an educational and a technological point of view). Please e-mail me personally if you would like to know more specific details about my intentions for this project. Furthermore, has anyone tried IBM's techexplorer plug-in? I would like to hear views on that. Thanks, Stuart Price +-- | http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stu | --+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From acooper at langara.bc.ca Wed Jul 5 13:20:06 2000 From: acooper at langara.bc.ca (Alan Cooper) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations References: <200007041144.MAA17593@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: <39636C27.6B86BF1E@langara.bc.ca> I have a rough list of such resources at http://www.langara.bc.ca/mathstats/resource/onWeb/calculus/diffeqs/index.htm It needs work, but does include a listing of online D.E. courses and I too would be interested in learning of any others that people are aware of. I would also appreciate hearing the more specific details of your project, so please include me in your mailing list. Alan Cooper Stuart Price wrote: > > > I am hoping to use the Web to present material and support for > an introductory Differential Equations course. Searching the Internet, > I have found innumerable papers and articles concerning different people's > attitudes to Web-based teaching, but very few examples of online courses. > > I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has attempted this - > and the successes / difficulties that you have found (both from an > educational and a technological point of view). Please e-mail me personally > if you would like to know more specific details about my intentions for > this project. > > Furthermore, has anyone tried IBM's techexplorer plug-in? I would > like to hear views on that. > > Thanks, > Stuart Price > > +-- > | http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stu | > --+ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Wed Jul 5 15:15:14 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Mathwright In-Reply-To: References: <200007041144.MAA17593@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: James - As I understand it, the New Mathwright Library is Windoze only? Is that both for authoring and viewing? June > Also, I will be happy to answer specific questions concerning >Mathwright. >Just send personal email to info@mathwright.com . > > > Sincerely, > > > James E. White > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From rminer at geomtech.com Wed Jul 5 16:13:46 2000 From: rminer at geomtech.com (Robert Miner) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Request for info Message-ID: <200007052013.PAA17856@wisdom.geomtech.com> Hello all, The internationalization folks at W3C have asked the Math group to investigate the use of right to left math notation in RtL languages such as Arabic. We have written to our friends and colleages, but we haven't been very successful in getting useful answers -- various people have offered second hand opinions that at the lower levels, math is in fact sometimes written RtL, but we have only been able to get a copy of a single document showing this, and it was a little suspect, since it was higher-level and mixed RtL and LtR layout. Does anyone on this list have experience with RtL math equations? Does anyone know some lower-grade math teachers in Arabic or Hebrew speaking schools whom we could ask about what they do? Thanks, --Robert ---------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Miner http://www.webeq.com Geometry Technologies, Inc. email: rminer@geomtech.com W3C Math Working Group phone: 651-223-2884 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Wed Jul 5 16:53:08 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Request for info References: <200007052013.PAA17856@wisdom.geomtech.com> Message-ID: <3963A027.42F4F953@mathgoodies.com> Hi Robert, How are you? You may want to look at this Arabic Search Engine: http://www.ayna.com/ If you contact them, they may be able to help you. Best wishes,] Gisele Robert Miner wrote: > > Hello all, > > The internationalization folks at W3C have asked the Math group to > investigate the use of right to left math notation in RtL languages > such as Arabic. We have written to our friends and colleages, but we > haven't been very successful in getting useful answers -- various > people have offered second hand opinions that at the lower levels, > math is in fact sometimes written RtL, but we have only been able to > get a copy of a single document showing this, and it was a little > suspect, since it was higher-level and mixed RtL and LtR layout. > > Does anyone on this list have experience with RtL math equations? > Does anyone know some lower-grade math teachers in Arabic or Hebrew > speaking schools whom we could ask about what they do? -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jborwein at cecm.sfu.ca Wed Jul 5 16:56:34 2000 From: jborwein at cecm.sfu.ca (Jonathan Borwein) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Request for info In-Reply-To: <200007052013.PAA17856@wisdom.geomtech.com> from "Robert Miner" at Jul 05, 2000 03:13:46 PM Message-ID: <200007052056.NAA411537@bb.cecm.sfu.ca> Dear Robert: I've forwarded your question to friends at the Technion and University of Haifa -- which has a sizable Arab student population. Cheers, Jon Robert Miner > > > Hello all, > > The internationalization folks at W3C have asked the Math group to > investigate the use of right to left math notation in RtL languages > such as Arabic. We have written to our friends and colleages, but we > haven't been very successful in getting useful answers -- various > people have offered second hand opinions that at the lower levels, > math is in fact sometimes written RtL, but we have only been able to > get a copy of a single document showing this, and it was a little > suspect, since it was higher-level and mixed RtL and LtR layout. > > Does anyone on this list have experience with RtL math equations? > Does anyone know some lower-grade math teachers in Arabic or Hebrew > speaking schools whom we could ask about what they do? > > Thanks, > > --Robert > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Miner http://www.webeq.com > Geometry Technologies, Inc. email: rminer@geomtech.com > W3C Math Working Group phone: 651-223-2884 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- CECM o Jonathan Borwein, Shrum Professor of Science, FRSC _ Director Centre for = Experimental and Constructive Mathematics o o President, Canadian Mathematical Society Math Dept, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 (jborwein@cecm.sfu.ca) PHONE: (604) 291-3070/5617 FAX: 5614/4947 URL: www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From mathwrig at gte.net Wed Jul 5 18:22:57 2000 From: mathwrig at gte.net (James White) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Mathwright In-Reply-To: Message-ID: June, Do you mean 'Windows'? There are a few Java 2 WorkBooks at the Library for free viewing, but I'm afraid certain platforms do not yet support Java 2. Windows does. Jim -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca] On Behalf Of June Lester Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:15 PM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: RE: WebMath: Mathwright James - As I understand it, the New Mathwright Library is Windoze only? Is that both for authoring and viewing? June > Also, I will be happy to answer specific questions concerning >Mathwright. >Just send personal email to info@mathwright.com . > > > Sincerely, > > > James E. White > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jborwein at cecm.sfu.ca Thu Jul 6 02:05:50 2000 From: jborwein at cecm.sfu.ca (Jonathan Borwein) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Re: WebMath R2L Message-ID: <200007060605.XAA386477@bb.cecm.sfu.ca> Dear Dan, thanks for this very informative response! Jon > Prof. Dan Butnariu > > > > Dear Jon, > > As far as I know, writing mathematics from right to left is unusual in > > Hebrew schools. The fact is, that when teaching maths courses in Hebrew, > > it is more confortable to write short formulae like "x \in A" or "A=3" in > > the form "A in x " or "3=A" and some teachers (me included) are doing > > that. Most of the first year students are a bit surprized when we are > > doing so but they get used to it and take it as a joke. Thinking of my > > daughter whose natural language is Hebrew and who learned maths in Hebrew > > and thinking of myself who learned Hebrew at age 33, and teach in Hebrew > > since 1985, I do not see any reason for writing maths from right to > > left. I even think that, given the long and universal tradition of > > writing math from > > left to right, teaching Hebrew speaking children to write it the other > > way will create an artificial problem for them because at University level > > they will have to use foreign language books (mostly in English and > > French) in which math comes naturally from LtR. If somebody (flying with > > the wings of nationalistic fervor or for whatever reasons) thinks to > > convert math to RtL writing please tell him to find another, more > > productive, job. dan > > > > Professor Dan Butnariu > > Department of Mathematics > > University of Haifa > > 31905 Haifa, Israel > > Fax: 972-4-8240024 > > Phone: 972-4-8240167 > > > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Jonathan Borwein wrote: > > > > > Dear Robert: > > > I've forwarded your question to friends at the Technion and University > > > of Haifa -- which has a sizable Arab student population. > > > Cheers, Jon > > > > > > Robert Miner > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > The internationalization folks at W3C have asked the Math group to > > > > investigate the use of right to left math notation in RtL languages > > > > such as Arabic. We have written to our friends and colleages, but we > > > > haven't been very successful in getting useful answers -- various > > > > people have offered second hand opinions that at the lower levels, > > > > math is in fact sometimes written RtL, but we have only been able to > > > > get a copy of a single document showing this, and it was a little > > > > suspect, since it was higher-level and mixed RtL and LtR layout. > > > > > > > > Does anyone on this list have experience with RtL math equations? > > > > Does anyone know some lower-grade math teachers in Arabic or Hebrew > > > > speaking schools whom we could ask about what they do? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > --Robert > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Robert Miner http://www.webeq.com > > > > Geometry Technologies, Inc. email: rminer@geomtech.com > > > > W3C Math Working Group phone: 651-223-2884 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > > > > To unsubscribe: > > > > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > > > > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > > > > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > > > > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > CECM o Jonathan Borwein, Shrum Professor of Science, FRSC > > > _ Director Centre for > > > = Experimental and Constructive Mathematics > > > o o President, Canadian Mathematical Society > > > Math Dept, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 (jborwein@cecm.sfu.ca) > > > PHONE: (604) 291-3070/5617 FAX: 5614/4947 URL: www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/ > > > > > > > > -- > CECM o Jonathan Borwein, Shrum Professor of Science, FRSC > _ Director Centre for > = Experimental and Constructive Mathematics > o o President, Canadian Mathematical Society > Math Dept, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 (jborwein@cecm.sfu.ca) > PHONE: (604) 291-3070/5617 FAX: 5614/4947 URL: www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/ > -- CECM o Jonathan Borwein, Shrum Professor of Science, FRSC _ Director Centre for = Experimental and Constructive Mathematics o o President, Canadian Mathematical Society Math Dept, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6 (jborwein@cecm.sfu.ca) PHONE: (604) 291-3070/5617 FAX: 5614/4947 URL: www.cecm.sfu.ca/~jborwein/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From sreich at techunix.technion.ac.il Thu Jul 6 04:25:04 2000 From: sreich at techunix.technion.ac.il (Simeon Reich) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:30 2005 Subject: WebMath: Request for info Message-ID: Professor Orit Zaslavsky Department of Education in Technology and Science The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Dear Orit, I'm enclosing an inquiry which might be of interest to you. Best wishes, Simeon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Hello all, > > The internationalization folks at W3C have asked the Math group to > investigate the use of right to left math notation in RtL languages > such as Arabic. We have written to our friends and colleages, but we > haven't been very successful in getting useful answers -- various > people have offered second hand opinions that at the lower levels, > math is in fact sometimes written RtL, but we have only been able to > get a copy of a single document showing this, and it was a little > suspect, since it was higher-level and mixed RtL and LtR layout. > > Does anyone on this list have experience with RtL math equations? > Does anyone know some lower-grade math teachers in Arabic or Hebrew > speaking schools whom we could ask about what they do? > > Thanks, > > --Robert > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Miner http://www.webeq.com > Geometry Technologies, Inc. email: rminer@geomtech.com > W3C Math Working Group phone: 651-223-2884 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From sreich at techunix.technion.ac.il Thu Jul 6 04:29:25 2000 From: sreich at techunix.technion.ac.il (Simeon Reich) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Request for info Message-ID: Professor Daoud Bshouty Department of Mathematics The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Dear Daoud, I'm enclosing an inquiry which might be of interest to you. Best wishes, Simeon ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Hello all, > > The internationalization folks at W3C have asked the Math group to > investigate the use of right to left math notation in RtL languages > such as Arabic. We have written to our friends and colleages, but we > haven't been very successful in getting useful answers -- various > people have offered second hand opinions that at the lower levels, > math is in fact sometimes written RtL, but we have only been able to > get a copy of a single document showing this, and it was a little > suspect, since it was higher-level and mixed RtL and LtR layout. > > Does anyone on this list have experience with RtL math equations? > Does anyone know some lower-grade math teachers in Arabic or Hebrew > speaking schools whom we could ask about what they do? > > Thanks, > > --Robert > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Miner http://www.webeq.com > Geometry Technologies, Inc. email: rminer@geomtech.com > W3C Math Working Group phone: 651-223-2884 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From daoud at techunix.technion.ac.il Thu Jul 6 09:16:37 2000 From: daoud at techunix.technion.ac.il (Daoud Bshouty) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Request for info In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Colleagues I can only say that in Israel Arab teachers s teach mathematics using the international symbols hencxe LtR. I know only that in the wWest Bank the Palestinians write RtL using Arabic symbols. I am afraid this is all I can do to help Daoud ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk Thu Jul 6 13:08:14 2000 From: stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk (Stuart Price) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations Message-ID: <200007061708.SAA07649@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Thank you! - That's a thank you to all the responses I've had from my original posting. To keep everyone informed (myself included), I have set up a couple of webpages summarising the information I have found out, and the sites I have been recommended. If you are interested, then just follow the obvious link from my homepage. Stu. +-- | http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stu | --+ ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Fri Jul 7 05:18:13 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Apologies In-Reply-To: <200007061708.SAA07649@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: <003901bfe7f4$73574980$ce16dacf@w158r> My sincere apologies are in order to everyone who received my "survey" in triplicate a few days ago... I thought that I sent it to this list only once but obviously I did it thrice. At any rate, I am still looking for on-line instructors and students who are willing to participate in my study "effectiveness of on-line math courses". I you are interested please email me directly and I will forward it to you. Thank you! Dawn ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Sat Jul 8 12:38:12 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: MathML conference Message-ID: Folks, for those of you interested in attending the MathML conference in October, a list of presentations is now up: . No abstracts yet, but it looks interesting. June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From husch at math.utk.edu Mon Jul 10 07:10:44 2000 From: husch at math.utk.edu (Larry Husch) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Web-based Differential Equations In-Reply-To: <200007041144.MAA17593@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> Message-ID: Stuart- I have been working several years on calculus web pages (see http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/ ). I have used a variety of technologies including techexplorer. Starting this month, I am doing a major revision of this site. I am planning to put materials into four formats: techexplorer, hoteqn, webeq and flash. Currently there are samples of each of these except webeq on my calculus pages. I also use LiveMath (formerly known as MathView). I like techexplorer especially the professional version. However, there are limitations on the programming parts in the version that I have - it won't work with Internet Explorer. I have been told that this has been fixed in the new version. I have gotten very good feedback from students on these materials. The current version of the materials are supplementary materials for a calculus course. The revisions that I am making are to make it into an online course. I keep a list of online courses in the Topics of Mathematics section of the Math Archives (http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/) I have just recently completed a project and a large list of links will be added to that collection. Best, Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Husch phone: 423-974-4162 fax: 423-974-6576 Mathematics Department http://www.math.utk.edu/~husch University of Tennessee Co-Director, Mathematics Archives Knoxville, TN 37996-1300 http://archives.math.utk.edu/ On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Stuart Price wrote: > > > I am hoping to use the Web to present material and support for > an introductory Differential Equations course. Searching the Internet, > I have found innumerable papers and articles concerning different people's > attitudes to Web-based teaching, but very few examples of online courses. > > I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has attempted this - > and the successes / difficulties that you have found (both from an > educational and a technological point of view). Please e-mail me personally > if you would like to know more specific details about my intentions for > this project. > > Furthermore, has anyone tried IBM's techexplorer plug-in? I would > like to hear views on that. > > Thanks, > Stuart Price > > +-- > | http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stu | > --+ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From roger.hadgraft at eng.monash.edu.au Mon Jul 10 09:24:55 2000 From: roger.hadgraft at eng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Apologies References: <003901bfe7f4$73574980$ce16dacf@w158r> Message-ID: <3969CEA7.1A8EC9E@eng.monash.edu.au> Dawn > My sincere apologies are in order to everyone who received my "survey" in > triplicate a few days ago... I thought that I sent it to this list only > once but obviously I did it thrice. At any rate, I am still looking for > on-line instructors and students who are willing to participate in my study > "effectiveness of on-line math courses". I you are interested please email > me directly and I will forward it to you. Thank you! Can you please turn off your request for a reply to each of your emails? :-) thanks Roger ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From dawne at primenet.com Mon Jul 10 11:24:35 2000 From: dawne at primenet.com (Dawn) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Apologies In-Reply-To: <3969CEA7.1A8EC9E@eng.monash.edu.au> Message-ID: <001f01bfea82$f54d5fc0$f716dacf@w158r> I turned it off 2 days ago. Some people are still receiving messages sent last week. -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of Roger Hadgraft Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 6:25 AM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: Re: WebMath: Apologies Dawn > My sincere apologies are in order to everyone who received my "survey" in > triplicate a few days ago... I thought that I sent it to this list only > once but obviously I did it thrice. At any rate, I am still looking for > on-line instructors and students who are willing to participate in my study > "effectiveness of on-line math courses". I you are interested please email > me directly and I will forward it to you. Thank you! Can you please turn off your request for a reply to each of your emails? :-) thanks Roger ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From BruceV at mathtype.com Tue Jul 11 14:41:49 2000 From: BruceV at mathtype.com (Bruce Virga) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Press Release: Design Science acquires WebEQ Message-ID: <46566A3075DDD311969100E0811031EC039F70@euclid.dessci> Design Science is happy to announce that it has acquired WebEQ from Geometry Technologies, Inc., and now employs Dr. Robert Miner as Director of New Product Development. Details are in the press release on the MathType Web site: http://www.mathtype.com/company/press/releases/default.stm Sincerely, Bruce Virga VP, Sales & Marketing Design Science, Inc. 4028 Broadway Long Beach, California 90803 USA T: 562.433.0685 F: 562.433.6969 E: brucev@mathtype.com W: http://www.mathtype.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From andrew at illywhacker.net Sat Jul 22 01:17:09 2000 From: andrew at illywhacker.net (Andrew Solomon) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Cambridge's Internet Journal of Popular Mathematics Message-ID: <39792E55.8B116F83@illywhacker.net> I've only just become aware of this journal -- it looks good: http://plus.maths.org/ and they're looking for an assistant editor: http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/DB687.html Andrew ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Sat Jul 22 16:30:00 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Lix Message-ID: WebMathers - I've seen demoed a wysiwyg-ish editor for LaTeX called Lix, but can't seem to find anything about it on the web. Does anyone have info or a URL? June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Sat Jul 22 16:50:21 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: IBM techexplorer Message-ID: Hi, folks. IBM has recently released a new version of techexplorer (announcement below) - the chief virtue of which is, from my standpoint, a Mac version, making deployment of cross-platform projects possible. Has anyone on the list had much experience with authoring for techexplorer? I. like probably most people on this list, am looking for a useable way to put math text on the web. My first impression is that techexplorer is not very user friendly unless you just want to port TeX/LatTeX pages to the web and enhance them. I'd rather use it to put math into HTML pages, since I want to put other non-TeX stuff into those pages as well and format/edit them easily. But I still need some *workable* way to create and insert the math in largish quantities - recommendations for an authoring tool, anyone? Preferably one that runs on a Mac? June __________________________________________________________ IBM techexplorer is a plug-in for Navigator and Internet Explorer as well as an ActiveX control for applications like Microsoft PowerPoint and Word. techexplorer enables the display of TeX, LaTeX and MathML documents and the publishing of interactive scientific material on the Web. Version 3.0 PR 1 includes full support for MathML 1.01, augmented display of LaTeX, and new ways to enliven techexplorer documents via C++, Java, JavaScript, the DOM, and a web-based equation editor. The Introductory Edition of IBM's techexplorer Hypermedia Browser Version 3.0 Preview Release 1 is now available for Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh, Linux on Intel, AIX, Solaris and SGI! New to version 3.0 PR 1 is a Macintosh version and a 10-day trial download of the Professional Edition. For more details and the no-charge downloads, see http://www.ibm.com/software/techexplorer. Please send all questions to techexpl@us.ibm.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk Mon Jul 24 05:18:46 2000 From: stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk (Stuart Price) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Lix In-Reply-To: from June Lester at "Jul 22, 2000 01:30:00 pm" Message-ID: <200007240918.KAA00191@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> > WebMathers - > > I've seen demoed a wysiwyg-ish editor for LaTeX called Lix, but can't seem > to find anything about it on the web. Does anyone have info or a URL? June, I believe the program is called `lyx' - and a search for this in altavista claims around 160,000 matches! Regards, Stuart. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From G.J.Fratus at bham.ac.uk Mon Jul 24 06:11:29 2000 From: G.J.Fratus at bham.ac.uk (Greig Fratus) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: Lix Message-ID: <3DC0230FEC56D211845100A0C9D9738C0FD7E5@islrs.bham.ac.uk> As Stuart said - it is "lyx" not "lix" and it can be found at http://www.lyx.org/ Greig MathGate - an internet resource catalogue for mathematics For more information contact: Greig Fratus MathGate Project Officer University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT Telephone: 0121 414 2758 Fax: 0121 471 4691 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From sgoodall at umuc.edu Tue Jul 25 14:06:49 2000 From: sgoodall at umuc.edu (Sharon Goodall) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: 2D Function Grapher Message-ID: <397DD739.C9A44545@umuc.edu> I'm looking for pointers to online two dimensional function graphers. In the past, our online courses have pointed our students at the 2D function grapher found at http://www.math.usu.edu/matti but we'd like to move to something that we could install on our server for use in courses. Thanks for any info, Sharon Goodall Course Development University of Maryland University College Adelphi, Maryland ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk Wed Jul 26 07:14:17 2000 From: stu at maths.warwick.ac.uk (Stuart Price) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: 2D Function Grapher In-Reply-To: <397DD739.C9A44545@umuc.edu> from Sharon Goodall at "Jul 25, 2000 02:06:49 pm" Message-ID: <200007261114.MAA13764@macbeth.maths.warwick.ac.uk> > In the past, our online courses have pointed our students at the 2D > function grapher found at http://www.math.usu.edu/matti but we'd like to > move to something that we could install on our server for use in > courses. There are several approaches here that I am aware of. Firstly, Java applets (for example http://www.pa.uky.edu/~phy211/graph_applets/plot_graph.html is one) - these are easily found through search engines, and many authors are happy for their applets to be used on other sites. Secondly, I can't remember the URL off-hand, but it made use of Maple. The web page contained a form in which the user entered an equation (the example I found was for differential equations). Then a server-side script took over and, via Maple, returned a solution plot. If you are interested in this, then I'll try to find the URL for you. Regards, Stu +-- | http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/~stu ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From debutler at argonet.co.uk Fri Jul 28 10:06:19 2000 From: debutler at argonet.co.uk (Douglas Butler) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: 2D Function Grapher References: <397DD739.C9A44545@umuc.edu> Message-ID: <036301bff8af$31a00880$0487bc3e@cruiser> In response to Sharon Goodall's note about 2D plotters may I point readers of this list to AUTOGRAPH for the PC. This is best described as a Dynamic Coordinate Geometry plotter, taking the concept of selected and dependent objects into the realms of graphs, calculus, differential equations, coordinate geometry, probability and statistics. It also accepts text-based equations, and is not restricted to explicit expressions. It uses a form of true-notation mathematics throughout, including PI scales. It is only just coming onto the market in the UK and we are currently looking for a US/Canada distributor. Meanwhile you can read more about it on www.autograph-math.com and download a beta version from last November (a bit buggy, and the prob/stats section is not there) I hope this is found to be useful. Douglas Butler Tel: (44) 0-1832 273444 Fax: -272760 iCT TRAINING CENTRE (Oundle) 33 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4EJ, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- debutler@argonet.co.uk www.argonet.co.uk/oundlesch ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Goodall To: Sent: 25 July 2000 19:06 Subject: WebMath: 2D Function Grapher > > I'm looking for pointers to online two dimensional function graphers. > In the past, our online courses have pointed our students at the 2D > function grapher found at http://www.math.usu.edu/matti but we'd like to > move to something that we could install on our server for use in > courses. > > Thanks for any info, > Sharon Goodall > Course Development > University of Maryland University College > Adelphi, Maryland > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Thu Aug 3 05:02:50 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: The New Math Goodies Message-ID: <39893537.16997472@mathgoodies.com> *** Please forgive any cross postings *** Dear Colleagues, The Math Goodies web site has been completely redesigned. We gave our site a new look and feel while retaining the same basic design structure. We made it even easier for you to navigate your way through our site. A number of new features and pages have been added including: le?ons en fran?ais: Math Goodies now offers 9 of its 48 interactive math lessons in French! http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/ Best wishes, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Mon Aug 7 02:43:19 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: evaluations of online math courses Message-ID: Folks - a colleague has asked about evaluations of online math courses. Anyone have links to any comparisons or other forms of evaluation? Thanks, and apologies for cross-posting. June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Wed Oct 4 04:20:24 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:31 2005 Subject: WebMath: The Math Goodies Newsletter Message-ID: <39DAE847.508D87BB@mathgoodies.com> *** Please forgive any cross postings *** The October issue of The Math Goodies Newsletter went out to 7,018 list members on Sunday. Get the latest information about math news, events and site updates. For more information, and to join, visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/newsletter/ For back issues, please visit: http://www.mathgoodies.com/newsletter/back_issues.shtm Best wishes, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From andrew at illywhacker.net Wed Oct 4 17:08:06 2000 From: andrew at illywhacker.net (Andrew Solomon) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: [Fwd: eTeaching and Information Design Online Courses] Message-ID: <39DB9C36.949C2832@illywhacker.net> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: eSocrates eCenter Mailing List Subject: eTeaching and Information Design Online Courses Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 10:29:10 -0400 Size: 3025 Url: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/webmath/attachments/20001004/fa08e2db/attachment.eml From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Mon Oct 9 00:43:03 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math/Science Newsletter Message-ID: The Fall 2000 edition of the Math/Science Newsletter is online at . This issue has an article by Stephen Hunt on iMath and another on "What do we do until MathML" by G. Donald Allen. ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Mon Oct 9 05:50:10 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: 16 math lessons in French Message-ID: <39E194D2.C8594E9F@mathgoodies.com> *** Please forgive any cross postings *** Dear Colleagues, Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles and more. We have had another 7 lessons translated into French. We now offer a total of 16 of our 48 le?ons en fran?ais and would appreciate your feedback. http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/ Best wishes, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ % % info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jporter at wyoming.com Mon Oct 9 09:53:07 2000 From: jporter at wyoming.com (Jimmy Porter) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Math/Science Newsletter References: Message-ID: <39E1CDBC.E42A9808@wyoming.com> Okay guys, who is the designer dude for this newsletter. Italics are very hard to read and especially at 9 point type. Use bigger type and Chicago or Georgia font. I did not read most of this newsletter because of the type. Jimmy ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From P.M.Strickland at livjm.ac.uk Mon Oct 9 09:53:51 2000 From: P.M.Strickland at livjm.ac.uk (Paul Strickland) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: 16 math lessons in French In-Reply-To: <39E194D2.C8594E9F@mathgoodies.com> Message-ID: <000001c031f8$5b0ccd70$0b30cc96@bacon.cms.livjm.ac.uk> Dear Gisele, On the page http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/volume3/challenge_vol3_fr.html Une piscine rectangulaire a une aire de 24 m?tres carr?s. Une autre piscine rectangulaire a une aire de 90 m?tres carr?s. Quelle est la plus grande dimension commune possible aux deux piscines? the Reponse box is only bix enough for a single digit. Is this intentional? best wishes, Paul Strickland. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On > Behalf Of Gisele Glosser > Sent: 09 October 2000 10:50 > To: webmath list > Subject: WebMath: 16 math lessons in French > > > *** Please forgive any cross postings *** > > Dear Colleagues, > > Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive > math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles and more. We > have had another 7 lessons translated into French. We now offer > a total of 16 of our 48 le?ons en fran?ais and would appreciate > your feedback. > http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/ Best wishes, Gisele Glosser -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ % % info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Mon Oct 9 06:55:38 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: 16 math lessons in French References: <000001c031f8$5b0ccd70$0b30cc96@bacon.cms.livjm.ac.uk> Message-ID: <39E1A426.7E875467@mathgoodies.com> Hi Paul, You have a good eye for detail. This is intentional, since the answer is 6. I do this consistently throughout my lessons so as to provide students with a subtle hint about the answer. Thank you for your feedback. Best wishes, Gisele Paul Strickland wrote: > > Dear Gisele, > On the page > > http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/volume3/challenge_vol3_fr.html > > Une piscine rectangulaire a une aire de 24 m?tres carr?s. Une > autre piscine rectangulaire a une aire de 90 m?tres carr?s. Quelle > est la plus grande dimension commune possible aux deux piscines? > > the Reponse box is only bix enough for a single digit. Is this intentional? > > Math Goodies is a free educational site featuring interactive > > math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles and more. We > > have had another 7 lessons translated into French. We now offer > > a total of 16 of our 48 le?ons en fran?ais and would appreciate > > your feedback. > > > http://www.mathgoodies.com/francais/ -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ % % info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From jalester at cecm.sfu.ca Mon Oct 9 21:29:27 2000 From: jalester at cecm.sfu.ca (June Lester) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Directions for WebMath Message-ID: WebMath folks - I started this list over a year ago for "any and all aspects of math on the web", in anticipation that technology to produce online mathematical text (MathML) would be available "soon", creating a surge of interest and activity geared to putting all sorts of mathematics online. MathML has been slower out the gate than anticipated, though other types of online mathematics (graphers, calculators, CASs, applets, interactive geometry ... ) and instructional materials based on them continue to be developed and deployed. A question to all list members: what would you like to see or see more of discussed on this list? What would you like to hear more about? Who would you like to hear more from? I can think of some possibilities: * experiences people have had with putting math courses online (technical, logistical, pedagogical ... ) * existing technologies for producing online math text (information, advice, reviews, ... ) * technologies for producing online graphs, geometry, calculators or other online math interactivity (applets, Flash/Shockwave, javascript, ...) * product announcements/information from companies developing software packages that can output online math (CASs, interactive geometry packages, ... ) * information from publishers of online mathematics materials (e.g. companion websites for textbooks, other teaching materials) or evaluations of these materials * discussions of online math pedagogy/instructional design (given the technology, how do we design effective online mathematics with it?) * information about conferences on online mathematics (e.g. the MathML conference) * information about research projects, proposals, etc. for developing online math * references to other sources of information on online math Are there other topics that you'd find interesting/useful? Any specific organizations or individuals you'd like to hear from? Any experiences, information or hard-won knowledge you'd like to contribute yourself? Your WebMath host, June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From frank.walton at LETHBRIDGECOLLEGE.AB.CA Tue Oct 10 18:45:35 2000 From: frank.walton at LETHBRIDGECOLLEGE.AB.CA (Frank Walton) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Directions for WebMath In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi June. All of those ideas sound fine. I currently have a math course completely online and 4 that run f2f that I support using the web. My workload as a result of presenting information via the web and supporting student questions etc. is up substantially! Oh well .... As a result I am not near as active on this list as I should be. I've started using a MIMIO board to post lecture notes etc. to the web as soon as possible, usually the same day. Students see a review of the day's material when they logon that evening. It works pretty well but it does take a little time. I haven't seen a remarkable increase in grades so I really can't say if it's worth it. A few students have applauded my efforts so I guess I'm going in the right direction. Frank. -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of June Lester Sent: October 9, 2000 8:21 PM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: WebMath: Directions for WebMath WebMath folks - I started this list over a year ago for "any and all aspects of math on the web", in anticipation that technology to produce online mathematical text (MathML) would be available "soon", creating a surge of interest and activity geared to putting all sorts of mathematics online. MathML has been slower out the gate than anticipated, though other types of online mathematics (graphers, calculators, CASs, applets, interactive geometry ... ) and instructional materials based on them continue to be developed and deployed. A question to all list members: what would you like to see or see more of discussed on this list? What would you like to hear more about? Who would you like to hear more from? I can think of some possibilities: * experiences people have had with putting math courses online (technical, logistical, pedagogical ... ) * existing technologies for producing online math text (information, advice, reviews, ... ) * technologies for producing online graphs, geometry, calculators or other online math interactivity (applets, Flash/Shockwave, javascript, ...) * product announcements/information from companies developing software packages that can output online math (CASs, interactive geometry packages, ... ) * information from publishers of online mathematics materials (e.g. companion websites for textbooks, other teaching materials) or evaluations of these materials * discussions of online math pedagogy/instructional design (given the technology, how do we design effective online mathematics with it?) * information about conferences on online mathematics (e.g. the MathML conference) * information about research projects, proposals, etc. for developing online math * references to other sources of information on online math Are there other topics that you'd find interesting/useful? Any specific organizations or individuals you'd like to hear from? Any experiences, information or hard-won knowledge you'd like to contribute yourself? Your WebMath host, June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From frank.walton at LETHBRIDGECOLLEGE.AB.CA Tue Oct 10 18:45:35 2000 From: frank.walton at LETHBRIDGECOLLEGE.AB.CA (Frank Walton) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Directions for WebMath In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi June. All of those ideas sound fine. I currently have a math course completely online and 4 that run f2f that I support using the web. My workload as a result of presenting information via the web and supporting student questions etc. is up substantially! Oh well .... As a result I am not near as active on this list as I should be. I've started using a MIMIO board to post lecture notes etc. to the web as soon as possible, usually the same day. Students see a review of the day's material when they logon that evening. It works pretty well but it does take a little time. I haven't seen a remarkable increase in grades so I really can't say if it's worth it. A few students have applauded my efforts so I guess I'm going in the right direction. Frank. -----Original Message----- From: owner-webmath@camel.math.ca [mailto:owner-webmath@camel.math.ca]On Behalf Of June Lester Sent: October 9, 2000 8:21 PM To: webmath@camel.math.ca Subject: WebMath: Directions for WebMath WebMath folks - I started this list over a year ago for "any and all aspects of math on the web", in anticipation that technology to produce online mathematical text (MathML) would be available "soon", creating a surge of interest and activity geared to putting all sorts of mathematics online. MathML has been slower out the gate than anticipated, though other types of online mathematics (graphers, calculators, CASs, applets, interactive geometry ... ) and instructional materials based on them continue to be developed and deployed. A question to all list members: what would you like to see or see more of discussed on this list? What would you like to hear more about? Who would you like to hear more from? I can think of some possibilities: * experiences people have had with putting math courses online (technical, logistical, pedagogical ... ) * existing technologies for producing online math text (information, advice, reviews, ... ) * technologies for producing online graphs, geometry, calculators or other online math interactivity (applets, Flash/Shockwave, javascript, ...) * product announcements/information from companies developing software packages that can output online math (CASs, interactive geometry packages, ... ) * information from publishers of online mathematics materials (e.g. companion websites for textbooks, other teaching materials) or evaluations of these materials * discussions of online math pedagogy/instructional design (given the technology, how do we design effective online mathematics with it?) * information about conferences on online mathematics (e.g. the MathML conference) * information about research projects, proposals, etc. for developing online math * references to other sources of information on online math Are there other topics that you'd find interesting/useful? Any specific organizations or individuals you'd like to hear from? Any experiences, information or hard-won knowledge you'd like to contribute yourself? Your WebMath host, June ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From BruceV at mathtype.com Thu Oct 12 19:48:04 2000 From: BruceV at mathtype.com (Bruce Virga) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Press Release: New Math on the Web Products Announced Message-ID: <46566A3075DDD311969100E0811031EC2B6C57@euclid.dessci> Design Science is happy to announce new products for authoring and displaying math on the Web. Details are in the press release on the MathType Web site: . The text version is included below. Sincerely, Bruce Virga VP, Sales & Marketing Design Science, Inc. brucev@mathtype.com ====================== For Immediate Release ====================== New Math on the Web Products Announced Long Beach, CA, - October 12, 2000 - Design Science, Inc., the developer of WebEQ, MathType and the Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, announced that they are introducing new products for authoring and displaying math on the Web. MathPlayer, MathPage and a new version of WebEQ will be demonstrated during the MathML International Conference 2000, being held October 20 & 21 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois . The shipping dates have not been announced. About MathPlayer MathPlayer is plug-in software for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 that enables it to display MathML in Web pages. "MathPlayer will finally bring MathML to the masses, enabling scientists, engineers, educators and students to communicate math more effectively on the Web," said Paul R. Topping, President of Design Science. The company intends to make MathPlayer available free on its Web site. About MathPage MathPage saves Microsoft Word documents as Web pages, and converts MathType or Equation Editor equations to MathML code or GIF images that are properly baselined, print nicely, have cross-browser support and additional features that will be demonstrated at the MathML Conference. "Since 75% of the world's scientific and technical documents are Microsoft Word documents with Equation Editor and MathType equations, it's very important that our users have a way to present those documents on the Web. We're delighted to introduce a product that will enable our users to effortlessly convert their existing documents to Web documents, with superior results," said Peter Cooper, Director of Engineering for Design Science. MathPage is currently in beta and will soon be released as part of the next MathType upgrade. About WebEQ Design Science recently acquired WebEQ to expand its product line into dynamic math. WebEQ is a complete suite of tools for building dynamic math Web pages. It includes the WebEQ Equation Editor and Page Wizard for authoring MathML, a scriptable Math Viewer applet for displaying dynamic math in Web pages, an Equation Input Control for entering math expressions into Web forms, and a command-line version of the Page Wizard that can be used from CGI scripts or other server software to process MathML for a wide range of dynamic math Web applications. The next release of WebEQ will include state-of-the-art content MathML authoring and processing capabilities, new programming and interactivity features, and greatly improved and simplified MathML editing. "Right now WebEQ is a developer's tool for putting dynamic math on the Web. We're expanding its functionality to make it a more powerful Web development tool and then we plan to improve the user interface so that anyone, not just people with programming backgrounds, can build dynamic math Web pages," said Dr. Robert Miner, Director of New Product Development for Design Science. "In the meantime, our MathType product is the de facto standard for publishing math pages in print and on the Web. The plan is to have all our customers use all of our products and expand the user base through innovation," said Miner. About Design Science, Inc. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, Design Science, Inc. develops software for publishing mathematical notation in print and Web-based technical documents and for building Web pages with dynamic math. ### Contact: Bruce Virga VP, Sales & Marketing brucev@mathtype.com 800-827-0685 562-433-0685 Design Science, Inc. 4028 Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From alzurug at gactr.uga.edu Mon Oct 16 12:19:16 2000 From: alzurug at gactr.uga.edu (Guillermo Alzuru) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: Directions for WebMath References: Message-ID: <39EB2A84.2BD85EB4@gactr.uga.edu> I would like this to be a source of questions and answers. This would automatically generate links to other sites where people would show examples of how they have solved those situations. Guillermo June Lester wrote: > WebMath folks - > > I started this list over a year ago for "any and all aspects of math on the > web", in anticipation that technology to produce online mathematical text > (MathML) would be available "soon", creating a surge of interest and > activity geared to putting all sorts of mathematics online. MathML has > been slower out the gate than anticipated, though other types of online > mathematics (graphers, calculators, CASs, applets, interactive geometry ... > ) and instructional materials based on them continue to be developed and > deployed. > > A question to all list members: what would you like to see or see more of > discussed on this list? What would you like to hear more about? Who would > you like to hear more from? > > I can think of some possibilities: > > * experiences people have had with putting math courses online (technical, > logistical, pedagogical ... ) > > * existing technologies for producing online math text (information, > advice, reviews, ... ) > > * technologies for producing online graphs, geometry, calculators or other > online math interactivity (applets, Flash/Shockwave, javascript, ...) > > * product announcements/information from companies developing software > packages that can output online math (CASs, interactive geometry packages, > ... ) > > * information from publishers of online mathematics materials (e.g. > companion websites for textbooks, other teaching materials) or evaluations > of these materials > > * discussions of online math pedagogy/instructional design (given the > technology, how do we design effective online mathematics with it?) > > * information about conferences on online mathematics (e.g. the MathML > conference) > > * information about research projects, proposals, etc. for developing > online math > > * references to other sources of information on online math > > Are there other topics that you'd find interesting/useful? Any specific > organizations or individuals you'd like to hear from? Any experiences, > information or hard-won knowledge you'd like to contribute yourself? > > Your WebMath host, > > June > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List > To unsubscribe: > via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl > via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with > "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message > List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Guillermo Alzuru Web Instructional Development University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, # 192 Athens, GA 30602 Ph: (706) 542-4476 - Fax: (706) 542-6720 ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From BruceV at mathtype.com Mon Oct 16 14:52:18 2000 From: BruceV at mathtype.com (Bruce Virga) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:32 2005 Subject: WebMath: ANN: New Math on the Web Products Announced Message-ID: <46566A3075DDD311969100E0811031EC2B6C80@euclid.dessci> Design Science is happy to announce new products for authoring and displaying math on the Web. Details are in the press release on the MathType Web site: . The text version is included below. Sincerely, Bruce Virga VP, Sales & Marketing Design Science, Inc. brucev@mathtype.com ====================== For Immediate Release ====================== New Math on the Web Products Announced Long Beach, CA, - October 12, 2000 - Design Science, Inc., the developer of WebEQ, MathType and the Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, announced that they are introducing new products for authoring and displaying math on the Web. MathPlayer, MathPage and a new version of WebEQ will be demonstrated during the MathML International Conference 2000, being held October 20 & 21 in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois . The shipping dates have not been announced. About MathPlayer MathPlayer is plug-in software for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 that enables it to display MathML in Web pages. "MathPlayer will finally bring MathML to the masses, enabling scientists, engineers, educators and students to communicate math more effectively on the Web," said Paul R. Topping, President of Design Science. The company intends to make MathPlayer available free on its Web site. About MathPage MathPage saves Microsoft Word documents as Web pages, and converts MathType or Equation Editor equations to MathML code or GIF images that are properly baselined, print nicely, have cross-browser support and additional features that will be demonstrated at the MathML Conference. "Since 75% of the world's scientific and technical documents are Microsoft Word documents with Equation Editor and MathType equations, it's very important that our users have a way to present those documents on the Web. We're delighted to introduce a product that will enable our users to effortlessly convert their existing documents to Web documents, with superior results," said Peter Cooper, Director of Engineering for Design Science. MathPage is currently in beta and will soon be released as part of the next MathType upgrade. About WebEQ Design Science recently acquired WebEQ to expand its product line into dynamic math. WebEQ is a complete suite of tools for building dynamic math Web pages. It includes the WebEQ Equation Editor and Page Wizard for authoring MathML, a scriptable Math Viewer applet for displaying dynamic math in Web pages, an Equation Input Control for entering math expressions into Web forms, and a command-line version of the Page Wizard that can be used from CGI scripts or other server software to process MathML for a wide range of dynamic math Web applications. The next release of WebEQ will include state-of-the-art content MathML authoring and processing capabilities, new programming and interactivity features, and greatly improved and simplified MathML editing. "Right now WebEQ is a developer's tool for putting dynamic math on the Web. We're expanding its functionality to make it a more powerful Web development tool and then we plan to improve the user interface so that anyone, not just people with programming backgrounds, can build dynamic math Web pages," said Dr. Robert Miner, Director of New Product Development for Design Science. "In the meantime, our MathType product is the de facto standard for publishing math pages in print and on the Web. The plan is to have all our customers use all of our products and expand the user base through innovation," said Miner. About Design Science, Inc. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, Design Science, Inc. develops software for publishing mathematical notation in print and Web-based technical documents and for building Web pages with dynamic math. ### Contact: Bruce Virga VP, Sales & Marketing brucev@mathtype.com 800-827-0685 562-433-0685 Design Science, Inc. 4028 Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From info at mathgoodies.com Wed Oct 25 09:49:02 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:33 2005 Subject: WebMath: Mathrealm.com Message-ID: <39F6E4C3.54AE2349@mathgoodies.com> *** Please forgive any cross postings *** Dear Colleagues, I wanted to let you know about a new site called MathRealm. I tried them out and think they have some great content and resources to offer. Here is their information: MathRealm http://www.mathrealm.com/ MathRealm.com provides hundreds of math lessons, learning tools and exploration activities that can be integrated into an online syllabus for tracking student progress. Educators can easily create worksheets for students to complete online that are automatically graded. Their graphing whiteboard allows students to share equations, tables, plots, and graphs in real-time. Sign up for their 30-Day FREE Trial. Best wishes, Gisele Glosser mailto:info@mathgoodies.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From susanto at langara.bc.ca Fri Oct 27 15:08:38 2000 From: susanto at langara.bc.ca (Robin Susanto) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:33 2005 Subject: WebMath: Looking for a bell curve Message-ID: <004501c04049$537a7b20$79615786@langara.bc.ca> I am looking for a way to include graphs showing areas under a normal (bell) curve in my Intro Statistics web pages. I have seen this in other people's pages, most of them in the form of a JAVA applet. I am wondering if there is any 'public domain' applets that I can copy, as I really don't want to learn JAVA programming from scratch just to draw a few graphs. Good day . . . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/webmath/attachments/20001027/bbe106e1/attachment.htm From info at mathgoodies.com Fri Oct 27 12:38:37 2000 From: info at mathgoodies.com (Gisele Glosser) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:33 2005 Subject: WebMath: Looking for a bell curve References: <004501c04049$537a7b20$79615786@langara.bc.ca> Message-ID: <39F9AF71.54B3C490@mathgoodies.com> Robin, You may be able to do this with Gus and Gertie's Graphin' Gadget. Once you generate the graph, animated or static, you can take a screen shot and change the format to GIF. The URL is: http://www.somewareinvt.com Best wishes, Gisele > Robin Susanto wrote: > > I am looking for a way to include graphs showing areas under a normal > (bell) curve in my Intro Statistics web pages. I have seen this in > other people's pages, most of them in the form of a JAVA applet. I am > wondering if there is any 'public domain' applets that I can copy, > as I really don't want to learn JAVA programming from scratch just to > draw a few graphs. > > Good day . . . -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % Math Goodies % % Your Destination For Math Education! % % % % http://www.mathgoodies.com/ % % mailto:info@mathgoodies.com % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From husch at math.utk.edu Sat Oct 28 07:51:24 2000 From: husch at math.utk.edu (Larry Husch) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:33 2005 Subject: WebMath: Looking for a bell curve In-Reply-To: <004501c04049$537a7b20$79615786@langara.bc.ca> Message-ID: Hi- Check out http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/leighb/graph/ to see if that applet serves your needs. Other graphing applets can be found in the Math Archives' Miscellaneous Topics page: http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/miscellaneous.html You can check there to see if any can be used on your own page. One other possibility is to use the LiveMath program. While it costs about $100, it is well worth it. You can put graphics on the web and all your students need is to download the LiveMath plug-in which is free to view the graphics. The program is available from www.livemath.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Larry Husch phone: 423-974-4162 fax: 423-974-6576 Mathematics Department http://www.math.utk.edu/~husch University of Tennessee Co-Director, Mathematics Archives Knoxville, TN 37996-1300 http://archives.math.utk.edu/ On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Robin Susanto wrote: > I am looking for a way to include graphs showing areas under a normal (bell) curve in my Intro Statistics web pages. I have seen this in other people's pages, most of them in the form of a JAVA applet. I am wondering if there is any 'public domain' applets that I can copy, as I really don't want to learn JAVA programming from scratch just to draw a few graphs. > > Good day . . . > ----------------------------------------------------------------- WebMath@mail.math.ca - WebMath Mailing List To unsubscribe: via Web: http://camel.math.ca/cgi-bin/wcms/webmath.pl via e-mail: send message a to majordomo@mail.math.ca with "unsubscribe webmath" in the BODY of message List Archives: http://camel.math.ca/mail/webmath/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- From acooper at langara.bc.ca Sat Oct 28 13:09:07 2000 From: acooper at langara.bc.ca (Alan Cooper) Date: Wed Apr 20 16:11:33 2005 Subject: WebMath: Looking for a bell curve References: <004501c04049$537a7b20$79615786@langara.bc.ca> Message-ID: <39FB0832.E07DB64E@langara.bc.ca> Hi Robin, Is http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/z_table.html the kind of thing you are looking for? (I found it from http://members.aol.com/johnp71/javastat.html which looks like a pretty good general stats resource site and may have other links to what you want if this isn't it) In general, with regard to using JAVA applets without actually writing them there are basically two ways to go: - One is just to link to the author's web page from the appropriate point in your material (and by using frames this can be done so that the linked page appears like a window surrounded by your own material). This is easiest, and also in a way most in keeping with the original intent and spirit of the web. - Secondly, if the applet appears embedded in a longer page, then you may want to embed just the applet itself in your own page. This can be done either by copying the class or jar file, or I believe by referencing its url in your applet tag. In either case, if you are displaying the applet out of context you may want to ask the author's permission before doing so. cheers, Alan Robin Susanto wrote: > I am looking for a way to include graphs showing areas under a normal > (bell) curve in my Intro Statistics web pages. I have seen this in > other people's pages, most of them in the form of a JAVA applet. I am > wondering if there is any 'public domain' applets that I can copy, as > I really don't want to learn JAVA programming from scratch just to > draw a few graphs. 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