classroom usage

classroom usage

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asked 12 years ago

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Trying to get started in replacing Mathematica with SAGE in a classroom setting where every student has a PC. What's the simplest way to get each student PC to acess SAGE ? Do I have to install SAGE on each PC ? Can I just get our IT people to install SAGE on our local server and then the students could just login to the server (is this naive ?) ? Or can we not download at all and use SAGE through the internet from an outside host server ?

How did other instructors get started ?

Thanks for any directions.

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Hi! This is a great question, but perhaps not as suited to this venue - people will have long answers and there is no "right" answer. Do you mind starting a thread at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu about this? There are lots of people with experience.

kcrisman ( 12 years ago )

That said, the most efficient solution many of us use is the local Sage server. But it really does depend on your needs and individual pedagogy.

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answered 12 years ago

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Various working strategies (to be combined) are listed on the wiki page How to spread sage during a workshop.

If PCs have Linux installed with all the same version, you can install Sage on them by repeating a single procedure. Otherwise (if students have their own laptop, mostly running windows), the solution using self-replicating live USB key works quite well.

As explained, unless you have a huge server set up for that purpose or few students, the local server solution won't work alone, but it helps to get rid of a few remaining recalcitrant PCs.

Feel free to share your experience on the wiki page.

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