College Isn't for Learners Entry #37 23 Dec 2015 10:44 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments In a very interesting and disturbing post at The Coffeelicious web site Tyler O'Briant posts a four minute read article that will really make you think. Check it out at https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/college-isn-t-for-learners-3ea69952fdbe#.nyh0lxqwg . In the piece Tyler says,...
Ideas for differential equation models are all around us Entry #36 21 Dec 2015 5:10 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments I sit at my office window and outside there is a flowering pear tree. It is rather large. It goes above our roof on top of our two floor home. My office window faces out to this flowering pear tree on the second floor. There is a family or colony of squirrels that live somewhere in a nest nearby,...
MathFest 2016 SIMIODE Minicourse Announced Entry #35 20 Dec 2015 12:47 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments We just got approval for an MAA Minicourse at MathFest 2016, 3-6 August 2016 in Columbus OH. The workshop will be led by Therese Shelton, Southwestern University, and Brian Winkel, Director SIMIODE. Below are the available details. Complete details and registration information will be...
SIMIODE Open House at Joint Mathematics Meetings, 8 January 2016 Entry #34 18 Dec 2015 12:36 am Brian Winkel 0 comments We are in the final stages of planning for our SIMIODE Open House at the Joint Mathematics Meetings on Friday evening, 8 January 2016, from 7 - 9 PM in the Willow Room of the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. Room layout is done; T-shirts which can be won from registration drawing are printed and...
Things you never thought you would do Entry #33 16 Dec 2015 1:35 am Brian Winkel 0 comments While studying for prelims or qualifying exams in graduate school or writing your thesis, there were lots of things you probably never thought you would be doing later in your life, even if folks told you that you would. Serving on committees is one of them, while attending faculty...
Modeling Scenario material coming in from summer workshops Entry #32 13 Dec 2015 12:15 am Brian Winkel 0 comments We are beginning to realize the great wealth of terrific materials which will be forthcoming from our one-week Developer Workshops held during the summer of 2015, one at Carroll College, Helena MT and one at Virginia Wesleyan University, Norfolk VA, as well as from our MAA-PREP workshop held at...
Two exceptional pieces from NCTM journal on technology and modeling Entry #31 09 Dec 2015 9:37 am Brian Winkel 0 comments I just got my copy of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) December 2015/January 2016 issue of MATHEMATICS TEACHER. Two wonderful articles grabbed my attention and I kept bouncing back and forth between them. I commend them both to you (and give a full citation below) and...
What mathematics folks often do on breaks. . . Entry #30 27 Nov 2015 8:41 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments When a break in the steady demands of teaching, committees, students in the office, administration, hall conversations, etc. comes over a holiday break mathematicians often have a feeling of mindfulness about things that have been set aside in the rush of the semester. We consider questions to...
Break in the Action Entry #28 24 Nov 2015 6:19 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments It is the Thanksgiving break in America and many faculty are taking family and friends time or just taking a break from the academic structure. We hope that it is a refreshing time for all and that they can do some reflecting on things personal and things professional. Some faculty carve out...
Can we teach differential equations in a modeling first approach? Entry #27 19 Nov 2015 9:20 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments At SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations we BELIEVE students can learn differential equations using mathematical modeling to motivate, introduce, and develop understanding and skills. But is that true? Our informed answer is a...
SIMIODE At Joint Mathematics Meetings 2016 Entry #26 18 Nov 2015 10:20 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments SIMIODE at The Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle WA USA, 6-10 January 2016 SIMIODE will have a strong presence at the JMM. Come join us at these events and activities and read about our work in our meeting flyer from your registration packet, SIMIODE Exhibit Hall Booth As we did at MathFest...
Welcome to "What's Happening in SIMIODE" our Blog Entry #25 18 Nov 2015 10:12 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments We welcome you to our Blog in which we will share news of SIMIODE, past, present, and future, and encourage you to comment. SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations is developing a rich set of teaching and collaboration resources for...