Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day WEDNESDAY
Brenda Lyseng
Of interest for STEM faculty, especially those interested in quantitative reasoning.
From the the Wolfram/Alpha website:
-- Goals
Wolfram|Alpha's long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make it possible to compute whatever can be computed about anything. Our goal is to build on the achievements of science and other systematizations of knowledge to provide a single source that can be relied on by everyone for definitive answers to factual queries.
-- Homework Day is Wednesday, October 21, from noon to 2 a.m.
Throughout Homework Day, Stephen Wolfram and the Wolfram|Alpha team will tackle your toughest assignments and highlight some of the most creative submissions from teachers and students. Send us your questions anytime throughout the day. Those who submit questions used on the show are eligible to win great prizes!
- - Excitement is building as we count down to our first-ever
Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day, a live interactive web event starting
at noon CDT on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
This event is dedicated to showing how Wolfram|Alpha, a
groundbreaking free website, is a powerful new discovery and
learning tool for students, parents, and educators.
We are proud to announce today some of the highlights we have
planned for Homework Day, including:
* Several interactive segments where Stephen Wolfram and the
Wolfram|Alpha Team help you tackle tough homework problems
* Step-by-step tutorials for educators by educators demonstrating
how to integrate Wolfram|Alpha into the classroom
* Vibrant panel discussions about Wolfram|Alpha and the future of
education
* And lots more
More details about Homework Day and how you can participate are
available on the Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day home page:
http://homeworkday.com
We hope you will check out the site and save the date for
Wolfram|Alpha Homework Day on Wednesday, October 21, 2009.
Best regards,
The Wolfram|Alpha Team