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Communicating Mathematics with Hypertext

June 3 - 7, 1996

Course Schedule

Monday, June 3
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:45 Welcome, Introductions (course leaders & participants),
Overview of the plan for the week, and
Demos: A Range of Mathematical Ideas
9:45 - 10:45 Good Design Principles for Web Documents
(in general, and specific to mathematics)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 1:30 Lab Time: Orientation to Geometry Center
facilities and software resources
Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:30 Mathematics on the Web I: Basic methods
2:30 - 3:30 Mathematics on the Web II: Advanced methods
3:30 - 5:00 Lab Time: Assignment #1
Tuesday, June 4
9:00 - 9:30 Demos: Mathematical Graphics
9:45 - 10:45 Still Images: Creating, converting, touching them up
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 1:30 Lab Time: Assignment #2a
Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:30 Making Animations: Creating, modifying, manipulating them
3:30 - 5:00 Lab Time: Assignment #2b & Start Course Projects
Wednesday, June 5
9:00 - 9:30 Demos: Forms & Scripts
9:30 - 10:45 Forms: Basic methods
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 1:30 Lab Time: Assignment #3a
Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:30 Perl: Language basics
2:30 - 3:30 CGI Strategies: Web Application Design
3:30 - 5:00 Lab Time: Assignment #3b & Continue Course Projects
6:30 Group Dinner (Sawatdee)
Thursday, June 6
9:00 - 9:30 Demos: Web Sites -- good & bad
9:30 - 10:45 Java: What it's all about
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 1:30 Lab Time: Course Projects
Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:30 Site Management Issues I: Running a Departmental Site
2:30 - 3:30 Site Management Issues II: Intellectual Property Issues
(Copyright, Plagiarism, Public Domain, Fair Use, etc.)
3:00 - 5:00 Lab Time: Course Projects
Friday, June 7
9:00 - 10:00 Lab Time: Put Finishing Touches on Course Projects
10:00 - 10:30 Discussion: Helping the World Find Your Site
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:15 Course Projects: Show & Tell
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch / Lab Time
1:30 - 3:00 Course Projects: Show & Tell
3:00 - 3:15 Closing Remarks
3:15 - 5:00 More Lab Time (optional)

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