The planning of BEYOND THE FORMULA Statistics Conference for summer 2003 has begun.
Initial plans: Date: Thursday and Friday, July 24 & 25, 2002 Place: Monroe Community College � Damon City Campus, Rochester, NY Title: �Constantly Improving Introductory Statistics: The Role of Technology� Theme: As expressed in 2 different recent presentations: 1. Paul F. Velleman @ BTF, 8/8/02, �Statistics: Ready, Tech, Go� �If technology has revolutionized the teaching of statistics, why are we still teaching essentially the same course? Most statistics courses integrate technology into the course. But often we just tack the technology onto the old syllabus� .� 2. Ginger Rowell, and others @ JSM, 8/14/02, �Our Toolbox is Overflowing: Towards a Framework for Mapping Technologies and Topics in Introductory Statistics� �The past fifteen years have been a period of great creativity and invention in statistics education. We have radically rethought our aims and have generated an impressive array of new tools for teaching and for doing statistics. Our toolbox overflows with reliable fine old tools and gleaming new power tools. The availability of new teaching technologies should influence the content of our courses, and the content of our courses should influence our choice of technologies.� You may find information about us on our webpage at: http://www.monroecc.edu/go/beyondtheformula/ This webpage is currently being updated, but it will tell you about our history and shows last August�s program. Thanks for your consideration, Bob Johnson Professor, Mathematics Department Monroe Community College Rochester, NY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert R. & Barbara S. Johnson E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice / Fax (call 1st): 315.595.2844 Post: 84 West Lake Rd BranchportNY 14418 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
