Curriculum Vitae

David Richard Wood

Augustana College

Olin Center #212

Rock Island, Illinois,  61201

(309) 794-7821

DavidWood@augustana.edu

Personal

Born: August 23, 1946

Education

Certificate of Computing and Algorithmic Mathematics

University of California at Santa Barbara, 1989

(32 quarter hours of graduate credit–NSF institute)

Education Specialist Degree (Ed.S.)

Western Illinois University, 1981

(30 semester hours of graduate credit beyond a master’s degree)

Master of Science in Education Degree (M.S.Ed.)

Western Illinois University, 1977

Bachelor of Science Degree in the Teaching of Mathematics (B.S.)

University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign), 1968

Post-Graduate Study

Colgate University, 2000–workshop: AP computer science & case studies

Southern Methodist University, 1999–workshop: adv. C++ for teachers

Texas Christian University, 1997–workshop: C++ for teachers who know Pascal

Bowdoin College, 1995–workshop: teaching calculus with Mathematica

Sangamon State University, 1994–graduate class: alternative assessment in math

Illinois State University, 1994–graduate class: discrete dynamical systems

Knox College, 1993, 1992, 1991–workshops: teaching with Mathematica

Areas of Experience

college courses (2002-2006)

MA220 – calculus II (9 sections)

MA219 – calculus I (9 sections)

MA218 – pre-calculus (2 sections)

CS112 – spreadsheet software (Excel) (2 sections)

CS113 – math software (Mathematica) (1 section)

CS115 – web page design (html) (2 sections)

Trigonometry–30 years

AP calculus–27 years

Analytic geometry–17 years

College algebra–16 years

Introduction to computer science–16 years

Introduction to statistics–14 years

AP computer science–7 years

AP statistics–3 years

Academic and Professional Interests

Computer mathematics–especially Mathematica and TI graphing calculators

Casino mathematics, the mathematics of games and gambling

Web pages and the Internet in teaching

Chaos and fractals

Awards and Honors

Pi Mu Epsilon

Augustana College's Illinois Eta Chapter, 2004

Tandy Technology Scholars Award

as one of the top100 math and science teachers in the nation, 1998

Master Teacher Award

for teaching excellence in Western Illinois, 1995

Mel McKay Award

as the top secondary school teacher in District #41, 1985

Phi Kappa Phi

Western Illinois University Chapter, 1981

Major Grant Support

Mathematica High School Grant recipient, 1995

training, support, and twenty copies of Mathematica for school lab

Rock Island Education Foundation Grant recipient, 1995

thirty copies of the textbook Calculus: Modeling and Applications

Certification

Type09–Secondary Teaching–mathematics, computer science, German

Type75–General Administrative–high school and elementary school principal,

curriculum director, school business official

Professional Employment

Visiting Instructor of mathematics

Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois–2002 to the present

Teacher of mathematics and computer science

Rock Island High School, Rock Island, Illinois–1968 to 2002

Teacher of computer mathematics

Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois–summers of 1989 and 1990

Teacher of calculus

Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois–summer of 1982

Interim teacher of eighth-grade mathematics

Glenview Junior High School, East Moline, Illinois–spring of 1968

Professional Service

served as a READER of advanced placement examinations in calculus

for the College Board in 2004, 2005, and 2006

served as a READER of advanced placement examinations in computer science

for the College Board in 2001 and 2002

served in 1995 and 1996 on the Illinois State Board of Education’s task force to

write the Standards, Goals, and Benchmarks for K-12 mathematics
adopted by the Illinois State Legislature in1997

served on NCA visiting team to J. D. Darnall High School, Geneseo, IL 1993

chaired NCA evaluation steering committee for Rock Island H. S., 1990-92

served on NCA visiting team to Fremd High School, Palatine, IL 1992

chaired NCA evaluation steering committee for Rock Island H. S., 1984-85

chaired NCA evaluation follow-up committee for Rock Island H. S., 1977-78

represented Western Illinois at the University of Illinois’ Allerton Workshop on

the high school - college interface in mathematics, 1986

served on NCA visiting team to Peoria High School, Peoria, IL 1984

Selected Recent Invited Talks

Casino Mathematics - Craps, Beling Lecture - Augustana College–2003

Casino Mathematics - Slot Machines, Beling Lecture - Augustana College–2003

Pascal’s Wheel, Pi Mu Epsilon induction banquet - Augustana College–2002

Casino Mathematics, ICTM annual meeting–1994

Mathematica, Rock Island Education Conference–1993

Calculators, Computers, and Chaos, ICTM annual meeting–1992

Computer Mathematics, ICTM annual meeting–1991

Polyhedra, Rock Island Education Conference–1990

Affiliations

Mathematics Association of America

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Publications

Ode to Joy, and other music in Mathematica, , http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/5168/, 2004

a Mathematica notebook showing how to play sine waves and produce recognizable music

Napoleon’s White Cat, ICTM Journal, 1988

a method for teaching inverse trigonometric functions

References

On Request

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