We’ve already discussed guidelines for your Maple project. They are collected here and will be updated should the need arise.

You have complete freedom with respect to mathematical content. You have almost complete freedom with respect to your use of the tool; your project is to use the tool to help your audience understand the mathematical content and must satisfy the following two conditions:

  1. It must demonstrate knowledge and/or skills in the software itself. (For example, it must use both the computation and typesetting features, not just one or the other.) Why are you using this tool instead of another one?
  2. It must use Maple in a “pedagogical” way. How does your use of the tool help your audience understand the mathematical content?

The project itself consists of three components:

  • Your Maple file(s)
    • Optional: other documents you use for your project (for example, PowerPoint slides)
  • A written description of what your project is all about:
    • Who is your audience?
    • What knowledge are you assuming your audience knows?
    • How is the content delivered?
    • Why is Maple an appropriate tool for this content and this delivery?
  • A 5-minute presentation explaining what your project is about; include your Maple file(s) and/or screenshots of them.

Your Maple files will be collected over email and/or via USB stick in class. Your written description is to be submitted on the OpenLab (don’t forget to add the category “Project#3: Maple Anything” to your post). Your presentation will be given in class and will be scored by your peers according to our standard rubric and form.

Ideas:

  • lesson (like Project #1)
  • In-class activity (like Project #2)
  • Homework assignment
  • In-class assessment
  • Something completely outside the traditional school/classroom model (see, for example, the project described in the TED talk video from Homework #10)

Due date: Tuesday, November 29