Presentations made at the
2008 New Orleans Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA
from the contributed papers sessions on
Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra

Session 1, Monday morning

A java applet and tutorial for the Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel and SOR Methods
    David Strong, Pepperdine University

The effects of perturbations on matrix multiplication-interative flash simulation
    Paul R. Bouthellier, Univerisity of Pittsburgh-Titusville

Making transition to linear independence through set theory and a web module
    Hamide Dogan-Dunlap, University of Texas at El Paso

A double-minded fractal
    Andrew J. Simoson, King College

Computational linear algebra and social networks
    Mason Alexander Porter, University of Oxford

The Problem with the "junk food problem"
    Stephen Szydlik, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Matrices and their adjoints
    Jack W. Rogers, Jr., Auburn University

Homogeneous coordinates: they work, but where do they come from?
    Jonathan R. Senning, Gordon College

Getting down with determinants: defining det A via the PA = LU decomposition
    Henry J. Ricardo, Medgar Evers College (CUNY)

Computing the Moore-Penrose Inverse of a matrix with a computer algebra system
    Karsten K. Schmidt, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Session 2, Tuesday morning

More linear algebra for all
    Clyde Greeno, MALEI Mathematics Institute

Developing reading comprehension in an introductory linear algebra course
    J. Alfredo Jimenez, Penn State Hazleton

Using WeBWork in linear algebra labs
    Karen Clark, The College of New Jersey
    Thomas Hagedorn, The College of New Jersey

Classroom voting in linear algebra
    Holly Zullo, Carroll College
    Kelly Cline, Carroll College
    Mark Parker, Carroll College

Starting with two matrices
    Gil Strang, Massachutts Institute of Technology

More quantum mechanics and linear algebra: the neutrinos and other subatomic particles
    Itai Seggev, Knox College

Biological applications illustrating linear algebra concepts
    Brian Walton, James Madison University

Singular value decomposition and digital image processing
    Mohamed Allali, Chapman University

A remote sensing demo using ENVI
    Elyn Rykken, Muhlenberg College
    Linda McGuire, Muhlenberg College