Expository Writing to Communicate Mathematics

Tentative Schedule

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Check into your hotel (The Churchill Hotel). Dinner on your own.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Breakfast (Hotel)

9:00 a.m. Introductions

Presenters introduce themselves. Participants introduce themselves and their paper topics. Using and contributing to the workshop wiki.

10:30 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Selecting and Researching a Topic (Case Study)

12:30 p.m. Lunch (MAA Carriage House)

1:30 p.m. Fundamentals of Expository Writing (Peterson) 

2:30 p.m. Small Groups

3:30 p.m. Break

4:00 p.m. Internet Resources (Peterson)

5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up 

Dinner on your own. 

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 (Canada Day)

Breakfast (Hotel) 

9:00 a.m. Grammar, Punctuation, Usage, and Style (Peterson)

10:30 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Small Groups (Manuscript Critiquing)

12:30 Lunch (Carriage House)

1:30 p.m. What Do Editors Look For? (Dudley. Zorn)

3:00 p.m. Break 

3:30 Small Groups and Manuscript Reviews

5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up

Dinner on your own.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Breakfast (Hotel)

9:00 a.m. Media Coverage of Mathematical Topics (Devlin, Peterson)

10:30 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Small Groups (Manuscript Critiquing)

12:30 p.m. Lunch (Carriage House)

1:30 p.m. Writing Books (Dudley, Devlin, Zorn)

3:00 p.m. Break

3:30 Small Groups and Manuscript Review

5:00 p.m. Wrap-Up

6:30 p.m. Public Lecture (Devlin)

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Breakfast (Hotel)

9:00 a.m. Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and YouTube (Peterson)

10:30 a.m. Break

11:00 Group Reports and Tips

12:00 Wrap-Up and Farewell

12:30 Lunch (MAA Carriage House)