Math 410/510

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January:

1/23:

Overview, Device/Software, Q. & A., Basic Vista handling & O/S.

1/28:

File encryption, Internet & Files

1/30:

[1] R. MacIvor: Basic Excel techniques to handle students' grades (20 min. talk)
     Sample sheet            Quiz
[2] D. Duncan: Demonstrate the use of Microsoft Word with respect to 
     creating exams and handouts with 
     a) the mathematics expression editor and 
     b) placing/formatting/resizing/etc. images from files and clip art and 
     c) using wordart to jazz up the appearance.
         Sample:     1     2     3     4     5
         Quiz:         1     2
[3]  Other techniques in Windows.

February:

2/04:

[1] R. MacIvor: Making a grade report using Excel and Word.

     Excel file           Quiz
[2] D. Duncan: Demonstrate the use of a TI83/84 for graphing functions in
     the three forms: rectangular, parametric and polar.
     Using TI-84         Quiz
[3] J. Porter: Using Google Pages:

    how to create and host web pages as well as files on the GooglePages service,

    with only a web browser.

2/06:

[1] B. White: An introduction to MATLAB (20 min. talk).
[2] J. Riehl: BASIC, BASIC matlab programming
     Example        Monte-Carlo       Quadratic      HW_Ex   
[3] S. Shappell: the Statistics Functions for the TI-84+:
     Entering data into lists
     Plotting data
     Calculating linear regression
     Calculating Statistical Variables

2/11:
[1] J. Ocvirk: Excel Functions (20 min)
      Excel file                    Quiz
[2] D. Duncan: Demonstrate the use of the fancier presentation features of
     PowerPoint, such as special effects for bullets (flying in/out, fading,
     and/or the basics of powerpoint, such as creating/reordering/formatting
     slides.    File           Quiz          

[3] D. Keck:  Discuss the standard toolbar in Cabri II:

     I would review each option, giving examples of what each option 

     means, and highlight a few of the less intuitive options. So this

     is more "what's available on the toolbar and what the options mean."

     File          Quiz

2/13:

[1] S. Rollins: Cabri Jr.

     Quiz
[2] J. Eberle: Using MatLab to teach solving and graphing of polynomials.

     PPT file      M-files:  Polynomial    PolyPlot    Quadratic      Quiz

[3] D. Keck:  Basic object creation:
     During this talk, I would go into more depth on actual object

     creation, and manipulation including how to add labels, change

     object properties, and moving and rotating objects. This talk is more

     "how to actually use the different toolbar options."

       Quiz

2/18:

[1] B. White: I will plan on discusing MATLAB's random number generator
     and will create an m-file to spotlight an application or two
    (I cover m-file creation on Feb. 6).
     This will be an easy-to-follow program geared to those unfamiliar with
     random numbers.
     I will then demonstrate the one-click html publishing feature.
     I will also include some notes on the different plotting techniques
     in MATLAB (scatter, histogram, etc.)

[2] J. Holmes: How to solve equations using poly root finder and graphing,
     and how to solve systems of equations using poly simult, matrices and 
     graphing. All in the TI graphing calculator. (20 min.)

     Quiz

[3] D Sohl: Microsoft Equation Editor

2/20:

[1] R. MacIvor: Basic Mac OS
[2] K. Ewing: How to use MATLAB to convert the system into 
     matrix notation.  Handout    m file     Quiz
[3] J. Holmes: How to create a basic program, such as the quadratic formula,
     in the TI 84 graphing calculator.   Quiz

2/25:

[1] J. Ocvirk: Excel Charts     Spreadsheet file
[2] J. Eberle: Using MatLab to teach trigonometry

     PPT           m-file          Quiz
[3] D. Keck:  Create an interactive homework (HW) assignment 
     that can be completed via Cabri, Word, Powerpoint, or calculator. (20 min.):
     I'll create a specific problem, like inscribing a circle in a triangle and

     take the class through the process from beginning to end. 

     One major subtopics would include macro construction so once a 

     particular activity is created, the work can be repeated with the click of

     a button. The second major subtopic would cover exporting 

     the Cabri activity to HTML, Word, Powerpoint, and the TI, so

     students with varying technical resources can still have

     an interactive HW experience.    Quiz

2/27:

[1] K. Ewing: How to use Excel Solver to easily solve these problems and
     also solve problems with 3 or more variables that cannot be solved 
     by graphing. (20 min.)

     Cargo Express      Furniture     Quiz
[2] M. Bass:  Transformation application on the TI-84 Plus

    PPT             Link

[3] Basic knowledge

March:

3/03:

[1] S. Rollins: how to make study flashcards for a graphing calculator? 

      Quiz

[2] H. Kim:     Plotting using Matlab
[3] M. Bass:   Introduction to Scientific Notebook (20 min.)

     PPT      Demo

3/05:

[1] J. Riehl: Integrals with Matlab (20 min. talk).
[2] K. Ewing: some basic operations using Excel's Data Analysis feature,
     which provides statistical analysis of simple data sets for use in
     introductory statistics courses. Emphasis will be on descriptive
     statistics, correlation between variables, and basic graphing.

     Quiz:Excel        Quiz Doc

[3] M. Bihn: Introduction to Math Visualization Toolkit(MVT) I.
There is a long list of functions in the tool, starting from graphing simple functions for algebra level to plotting directioon field and ODE for Diff Eq. It is a tool that is in development, The website is advertising for help on ongoing development. This tool is a product of UC Boulder, and could be a up and coming tool of choice. It is uasable for High School through College students. It could be used by teachers to quickly plot functions to be cut and paste into slide presentations.    File

3/10:

[1] M. Bass: graphing inequalities on the TI-83/TI-84

       Application download

[2] M. Bihn: Introduction to Math Visualization Toolkit(MVT) II.

[3] S. Shappell:  Cabri II -- "How to graph a function and insert an image." (20 min.)

3/12:

[1] J. Eberle: Basic LaTeX – Creating math reports and handouts  (20 min.)

     PPT           Simple         Complete

[2] S. Shappell: TI-84's applications: "Area Formulas" and

      "Topics in Algebra -- Linear Systems."

[3] M. Madsen:     United Streaming  (20 min.)
3/17:

[1] J. Ocvirk: Calculator Functions - Integrals, Derivatives, Combinations, etc. 
[2] J. Holmes: Probability Simulation in the TI calculator

[3] M. Madsen: 2d, 3d plots.

3/19: [*]  Advanced techniques: (Binary) Trees, Barcodes, JPEG

         File

3/31:

[*] J. Hedden: Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) (20 min.)

                     File

[*] Q&A File

April: 

4/2:

[1] J. Riehl: diff(f,x).

[*] Matlab: Beginning         april2.m file ,  Lecture

[*] Q&A:  Internet Security

4/07:

[*] J. Hedden: Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP): Creating figures to show various geometry theorems and animating them

- inscribed angles/arc angle measure, central angles/arc angle measure, proportional triangles/parallel line to a side.     File

[2] Matlab: Special arrays   april7.m file  ,  Lecture

4/09:

[1] J. Hedden: GSP: tessellation project example        File

[2] Matlab: functions, flow control, etc.     fred.m  function file   ,  Lecture

4/14: 

[1] M. Madsen: TI-83+ calculator, using the TVM solver

[2] Matlab:  2-D plotting, 3-D basics, etc.    flow.m file   ,      Lecture

4/16:

[1] B. White: The elementary statistical features in MATLAB:

     Box plots, means, variances, and methods of hypothesis

                    testing (z-scores, etc.).    10 min.       

[2] Matlab:  3-D plotting                             net.m   file    ,    Lecture

4/21:

[1] J. Porter: How to use the tool win merge for comparing different copies of files and directories?

[2] Matlab:  Programming, Debugging, etc.    pg1.m program file  ,   findmax.m  , 

                              findmin.m,   copyrows.m  ,  sorts.m  ,    Lecture

4/23:

[1] D. Sohl:  PMT function in Microsoft Excel.

[2] Matlab:  Completion of sort program, and some other examples.

                             findmin.m  ,   sorts.m   ,  switch ,  test 1,    test 2 ,  Lecture

4/28:

[1] Gene Eisele: Introduction to Relational Databases

[2] Matlab:  Meshgrid function, Advanced plotting, etc

                             mg2.m   ,    Lecture

4/30:

[1] Gene Eisele:  Creating a Relational Database in MS Access

[2] Matlab:  Symbolic aspects

                             symbol3.m   ,   Lecture

5/05:

[1] H. Kim: Matlab:  Plotting

[2] Matlab: MP3 programming, Images, File handling, Graphic User Interfaces, etc.

5/07:

[1] Shelstad: Cabri II Plus

graphing derivatives of functions and animating using the trace tool

                           Graph example

[2] Dan Sohl: Forms and Queries in Microsoft Access
[3] MS Visual Basic

5/12:

[1] Shelstad: Cabri II Plus

How to solve math problems visually like finding the maximum area of a rectangle with a fixed perimeter.
[2] Internet

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Quizzes 1-5 and a sample. 

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  Binary Exponentiation Algorithm  ,  Converter ,  RFID   (Explanation)

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