jwishnie@next.com (06/14/91)
Paul Wellin, of Sonoma State University, has founded a new Mathematica focused newsletter called Mathematica in Education. I've attached to this message a letter from Paul describing the publication and providing submission and subscription information. The submission deadline for the first issue is ---> July 31, 1991 I would like to thank Paul for providing this forum for exchanging views and information related to the pedagogical uses of Mathematica. If you have any questions or would like to submit materials, Please respond to Paul at: wellin@sonoma.edu Jeff Wishnie jwishnie@next.com Begin Attached Message Dear Colleague, As an educator and a user of Mathematica, you have probably wondered at some point about its use in schools throughout the world. How are others implementing this tool in their respective disciplines? What barriers have they encountered? Has somebody, somewhere developed Mathematica packages or Notebooks that would be useful for a course you or your colleagues are planning to offer? What pedagogical issues related to the use of CAS systems and laboratory courses warrant serious debate? Many attendees at the Mathematica Conference this past January in San Francisco were involved in lively discussions related to these concerns. There was a strong consensus that a forum for those using Mathematica in education would be highly desirable. I am pleased to announce the launching of a newsletter, *Mathematica in Education,: designed to address many of these needs. Mathematica in Education will contain articles and notes by people using Mathematica in all areas of academia who wish to share their experiences and projects with others. The articles and notes will be organized into the following broad categories: 7 Experiences in implementing Mathematica laboratories and classroom usage. 7 Academic projects that use Mathematica in a significant manner. 7 Curricular changes related to the availability and usage of Mathematica. 7 Philosophical and pedagogical issues. 7 Software and hardware compatibility issues. 7 Resources (both human and electronic), including user groups and archives. 7 Calendar of events (workshops, conferences, etc.). Mathematica in Education will be produced quarterly, beginning with the Fall 1991 inaugural issue. Subscriptions will cost $15 per year. The enclosed card contains subscription information including how to receive one complimentary issue. I invite you to submit an article or note for the initial issue of Mathematica in Education. Submitted materials should be received by July 31, 1991 for publication in this issue. Notes should be no more than 500 words and articles should contain approximately 3500 words. Although this is not the proper forum for the distribution of Mathematica packages and Notebooks (see The Mathematica Journal), it is appropriate to indicate how the reader could obtain any materials that you are making available. If you are interested in submitting a contribution, please send two copies of the material, together with a cover letter indicating that it is being submitted for publication in Mathematica in Education, to the following address: Paul Wellin, editor Mathematica in Education Department of Mathematics Sonoma State University 1801 E. Cotati Avenue Rohnert Park, CA 94928 Documents may be submitted electronically on Macintosh diskettes to the same address, and should also be accompanied by the article or note in hard copy. Materials may be sent via email, but hard copy should also be submitted through the postal system or by fax. The use of TeX (or any of its supersets LaTeX or AmS-TeX) is encouraged, although documents produced in other formats will not be discriminated against. In particular, documents may be submitted as Mathematica Notebooks if desired. It is important that all Mathematica users (both new and old) have a resource to share our ideas and experiences as we work to integrate this technology into the classroom. Please help inaugurate this forum for Mathematica users. I look forward to hearing your suggestions and comments in regards to Mathematica in Education. Sincerely, Paul Wellin, editor Mathematica in Education wellin@sonoma.edu