
11:51 AM Russell Blyth: hi, ready to join the chat? Julianne Rainbolt: hi russell Nikolaus Vonessen: Hi Everybody! Michael Engquist: I'm ready. Hello. Julianne Rainbolt: stand by... Julianne Rainbolt: vnc address is 165.134.131.96 11:55 AM Julianne Rainbolt: quicktime address isrtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm1.sdp Russell Blyth: we're up! Julianne Rainbolt: let us know how you are doing Nikolaus Vonessen: Everything works fine for me. Dorothy Zeiser: Everything is fine here. Michael Engquist: Everything is working. 12:00 PM Susan Pustejovsky has joined this chat. Susan Pustejovsky: hi sorry i'm late Matt Goeke: The vnc address is 165.134.131.96 Nikolaus Vonessen: I tried using GAP in a small graduate class, and it seem to work ok, but I am not sure it is worth the time and effort. I would like to hear from people who used in in an undergraduate class. Matt Goeke: quicktime address isrtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm1.sdp Nikolaus Vonessen: Actually, I was wondering if it is worth the student's time and effort. Dorothy Zeiser: I tried to use it in an undergraduate class. The students had a lot of trouble with the line editor and with loading and saving files. Matt Goeke: Susan are you able to see and hear the video? Susan Pustejovsky: I'm still working on it. Nikolaus Vonessen: Can you give us a link for this? Russell Blyth: hulpke 12:05 PM Nikolaus Vonessen: Thanks. Russell Blyth: susan any problems? Nikolaus Vonessen: BTW, the video is much better than last year! Matt Goeke: Susan have you been able to load the video yet? Susan Pustejovsky: still "attempting to connect" Dorothy Zeiser: yes Michael Engquist: My first crack at teaching abstract algebra is spring 2006. I'm hoping to do some games and puzzles such as Rubik's cube. any ideas? Nikolaus Vonessen: I will teach an introductory undergraduate abstract algebra class to about 20 students. Russell Blyth: what about VNC susan 12:10 PM Julianne Rainbolt: Dorothy, when I get up front again to do the Maple, can you send me your latest Maple file through chat? Dorothy Zeiser: yes Julianne Rainbolt: great! Julianne Rainbolt: thanks 12:15 PM Julianne Rainbolt: welcome Susan Dorothy Zeiser: These short examples look useful. 12:20 PM Nikolaus Vonessen: When you give students GAP homework (lab) assignments, do you let them work in groups? Julianne Rainbolt: video stopped Matt Goeke: quicktime address isrtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm2.sdp Julianne Rainbolt: up again with pm2 Julianne Rainbolt: everyone up? Dorothy Zeiser: yes Julianne Rainbolt: Anyone not able to see? Michael Engquist: No audio here but video okay. Nikolaus Vonessen: If you look carefully, you sent the wrong link (1 at end, not 2). Matt Goeke: The link for Quicktime changed to quicktime address isrtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm2.sdp Julianne Rainbolt: All OK? Nikolaus Vonessen: The link does not extend to the "2"; hidden in the link is a "1" at the end. Michael Engquist: I don't have audio. Susan Pustejovsky: i have no audio either Julianne Rainbolt: Michael - if no audio, try restarting QT Julianne Rainbolt: we have audio here Julianne Rainbolt: quit QT Julianne Rainbolt: reopen QT Julianne Rainbolt: reconnect Julianne Rainbolt: to the URL we gave 12:25 PM Julianne Rainbolt: Susan, OK? Matt Goeke: rtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm2.sdp Nikolaus Vonessen: Audio and video stopped again. Michael Engquist: I have both video and audio. Julianne Rainbolt: NV: restart QT Susan Pustejovsky: okay now Nikolaus Vonessen: Video now ok. Julianne Rainbolt: OK - great 12:45 PM Dorothy Zeiser has left this chat. Nikolaus Vonessen: GeneratorsOfGroup gives the generators of a group; this should make it possible to extend the routine you talked about to groups with more than two generators. Dorothy Zeiser has joined this chat. Matt Goeke: rtsp://165.135.240.35/050707pm3.sdp Julianne Rainbolt: we are up on video - any problems? Michael Engquist: Do students work together in groups (tee hee) to learn GAP? I have noticed this phenomenon with Maple. any comments? Susan Pustejovsky: I've got video but no audio Nikolaus Vonessen: The link has a typo: "135' instead of "134". Dorothy Zeiser has left this chat. Matt Goeke: rtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm3.sdpis the correct address, sorry 12:50 PM Matt Goeke: If you are not getting audio please close and reload quicktime Dorothy Zeiser has joined this chat. Michael Engquist: Yes, thanks. 12:55 PM Michael Engquist: Is Dorothy going to make this worksheet available for download? 1:00 PM Dorothy Zeiser: ok Russell Blyth: anything to add? Dorothy Zeiser: no 1:05 PM Susan Pustejovsky: off to class; thanks 1:10 PM Dorothy Zeiser: Very nice Russell Blyth: up on pm4 Russell Blyth: rtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm4.sdp Julianne Rainbolt: new quicktime address:rtsp://165.134.240.35/050707pm4.sdp Russell Blyth: all OK? Julianne Rainbolt: any one not back? Dorothy Zeiser: yes 1:20 PM Dorothy Zeiser: wow Julianne Rainbolt: which n-gon shall we do? Nikolaus Vonessen: n=7 1:25 PM Dorothy Zeiser has left this chat. 1:30 PM Nikolaus Vonessen: Not at this time. Dorothy Zeiser went offline before accepting your invitation. 1:35 PM Nikolaus Vonessen: Thanks for the meeting today! Bye. Michael Engquist: Thanks.Back to Home Page
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