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Home <self>
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About Us <about>
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Welcome
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The UTMOST project is a CCLI Type 2 grant (2010-2014) that promotes open-source
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software and open-source curriculum in the undergraduate mathematics classroom. For more details and the proposal, see the :doc:`About Us <about>` page.
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Components
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* `SageMathCloud <https://cloud.sagemath.com>`_: a comprehensive cloud
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computing environment for education and scientific computing
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* `Sage Cell Server <https://sagecell.sagemath.org>`_: embed live
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computations into any webpage
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* `MathBook XML <http://mathbook.pugetsound.edu/>`_: a framework for
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writing mathematical material to publish in a variety
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of formats
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* `Sage Education Workshops
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<http://wiki.sagemath.org/Workshops#Education_Days>`_: workshops for
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learning how to use Sage in education
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* `AIM Open Textbook Initiative <http://aimath.org/textbooks/>`_:
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quality open-source textbooks
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Freely-available open software, open textbooks, and other open
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curricular materials can allow teachers everywhere to transform the
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undergraduate mathematics curriculum by tightly and seamlessly
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integrating mathematics software with more traditional curricular
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materials.
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Open Software
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We integrate `Sage <www.sagemath.org>`_ directly into open course materials.
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* costly and time-consuming commercial licenses avoided
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* curriculum steers software development
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* usable anytime, anywhere, with just a web browser
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Open Textbooks
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Open course materials are freely available to anyone, anywhere.
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* freely change and adapt course textbooks and materials
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* freely distribute original or adapted textbooks and materials
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* integrate technology easily
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News
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:doc:`More news... <news>`
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Contact Us
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.. possibilities for images: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Book_blue.svg
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