[edtech] IAP Series on Scientific Educational Technology Tools

[Daniel Jamous]

Hello,

Please come join us for an IAP series on Scientific Educational Technology 
Tools featuring panel presentations and demonstrations.

NOTE: the first of these presentations -- Using Interactive Web 
Applications to Help Teach Math and Science Concepts -- will take place at 
the same time as the crosstalk seminar on "Paperless Classroom" previously 
advertised and we apologize for the inconvenience.


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IAP 2005

Series on Scientific Educational Technology Tools

Room 3-133
2:30-4:00pm



Thursday January 20

Using Interactive Web Applications to Help Teach Math and Science Concepts

Prof. Larry Bucciarelli, School of Engineering
Dr. Julie Greenberg, Health Sciences and Technology
Prof. Haynes Miller, Department of Mathematics

Interactive web applications, whether created from scratch with Java 
applets, for example, or put together from software such as the MATLAB Web 
Server and webMathematica, -- two services offered by Academic Computing -- 
can be a great aid in teaching difficult math and science concepts. This 
presentation will give an overview of these technologies and feature 
examples drawn from MIT courses. It will discuss what it takes to create 
such applications and how they are used in the classroom and/or in homework 
assignments.



Tuesday January 25

Using MathML to Represent Equations on the Web and Share Scientific Content 
between Math and Science Applications

Rich Caloggero, Adaptive Technology for Information and Computing, IS&T
B.K. DeLong, OpenCourseWare
Prof. Ian Hutchinson, Department of Nuclear Engineering
Daniel Jamous, Academic Computing, IS&T

MathML (the Mathematical Markup Language) has the potential to 
revolutionize the way digital scientific content is used and reused in many 
scientific and engineering disciplines. It makes possible the exchange of 
scientific content in applications as diverse as web publishing, computer 
algebra systems, print typesetting, and speech synthesis. Yet, in spite of 
all these advantages, MathML has been used very little in the scientific 
community at MIT and elsewhere. This presentation will review various 
initiatives and perspectives on this technology at MIT and discuss possible 
next steps that would help increase adoption.



Thursday January 27

High Performance Computing (HPC) in Teaching

Geoff Hulette, Daniel Jamous, Phil Long, Chuck Shubert, Academic Computing IS&T

In the spring of 2004, Academic Computing launched the High Performance 
Computing (HPC) for Undergraduate Education pilot project with the 
objectives of: assessing the educational values of HPC clusters, 
identifying support requirements to provide reliable and effective service, 
and exploring the use of computational tools for undergraduate teaching. 
This presentation will review where the project stands and will report on 
HPC clusters' usage.



For more information contact:

Daniel Jamous
<mailto:jamous at mit.edu>jamous at mit.edu
617-252-1383



Daniel Jamous
Educational Technology Consultant, Academic Computing
MIT Information Services & Technology
Room N42-040G
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-252-1383
jamous at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/acs