Event summaries are presented here. Links give more detail, and may include a registration request.
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Seventeen projects have received UW Learning Initiatives funding
(see the LIF proposal description in May's event list above).
The number of proposals was double the previous year's number and the fund
was stretched to accommodate as many projects as possible.
The list of recipients is located at www.learning.uwaterloo.ca/LIF/.
Two proposals were accepted in the Mathematics Faculty, both,
by coincidence, in the Applied Mathematics Department.
Experimental Learning of Dynamics and Control
Principal Investigator: Brian Ingalls, Kirsten Morris
An Internet Support Structure for the Continuum and Fluid Mechanics
Stream in Applied Mathematics
Principal Investigator: Marek Stastna, Kevin Lamb, Francis Poulin
Summer 2005 Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), June 3-6, UW
Interesting talks about teaching and learning mathematics at the Meeting:
Exploratory Classroom Problems in Calculus, Peter Taylor
Two sessions of talks and workshops held in the morning and
afternoon in MC 2017 from 10:15-12:15 PM and 4-5:30 PM.
http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer05/abs/cal.html#sd
Saturday Jun 4, 10:15-10:45 PM, MC 2017.
Information Technology-Impact on Calculus Problem Solving Skills/Historical
Perspective, Ved Madan
http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer05/abs/cal.html#vm
Saturday Jun 4, 4-4:20 PM, MC 2017.
CMS home page: http://www.cms.math.ca/
Summer Meeting 2005 (at UW): http://www.cms.math.ca/Events/summer05/
Also, Keith Devlin, the mathematician and popular author of many
general audience math books, is speaking Friday evening on "How much
mathematics can be for all?"
Tuesday, June 7th, 8th, 15th, 22nd
Four different training sessions about UW-ACE, the
campus-wide course management system, take place in June.
Other IST courses cover Maple, SPSS, FEMLAB and poster making.
Math Notation with UW-ACE, 10-11:30 AM June9, MC 2009.
This is a look at some tools for writing mathematics for use
within UW-ACE by students and faculty. Demonstrations will include jsMath,
LaTeX and Respondus among others.
Request for Proposals
UW Program Initiatives Fund - 2005/06
Up to $20,000 available.
Proposals due June 10, 2005. Funds available July 1, 2005.
Details: http://www.learning.uwaterloo.ca/PIF/
TRACE workshop on effective electronic communication in a
teaching environment. Registration and email account details
are available at the link above.
12-1:30 pm, CPH 1346
The Impact of Group Response Systems ("clickers") on Student Learning
and Satisfaction.
Tuesday, June 28th, 11-12:30, DC 1304 (not the FLEX lab)
Come and hear Carla Carnaghan, Alan Webb and Tony Atkinson from UW
School of Accountancy speak about their research findings, their
experiences using "clickers", and watch them demonstrate the
technology.
Please RSVP to peter@LT3.uwaterloo.ca (Peter Goldsworthy, LT3).
Background reading information is available at the link above.
Wednesday, June, 29, 2005
A TRACE workshop about Teaching Dossiers is scheduled for Wednesday,
June 29, 2005, 1-3 pm, location TBA. Details will be posted when
available.
Please contact me if you would like further information.
Paul Kates, Mathematics Faculty LT3 Liaison, pkates@uwaterloo.ca, x7047
This page is located at www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~pkates/LT3/events.
More information about the services of the Centre for Learning and Teaching through Technology - LT3 is available at lt3.uwaterloo.ca/.
(1) More information about learning and teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, plus a description of the services I provide as Mathematics Faculty LT3 Liaison is available here.