Credits and Acknowledgements
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Appendix > Credits and Acknowledgements
KCP Technologies Project Director and Software Designer: William Finzer Software Engineers: Kirk Swenson, Matthew Litwin, Yoram Meroz Build Engineers: Scott Johnson, Rommel Manuel Project Coordinators: Vishakha Parvate, Jill Binker Quality Assurance: Marina Raskin, Owen Stone, Ian Rosenfield, Jonas Robledo, Juliana Froggatt, Leonid Vainerovsky, Marc Morris
Key Curriculum Project Editor: Heather Dever Editorial Assistants: Aneesa Davenport, Christa Edwards Production Director: Christine Osborne Production Editor: Kristin Ferraioli Copyeditor: Tara Joffe Production Coordinators: Ann Rothenbuhler, Thomas Brierly Design Supervisor: Marilyn Perry Graphics Designers: Keith Nguyen, Jeff Williams Executive Editor: Casey FitzSimons Project Manager: Heather Gomez Product Management Director: Josephine Noah Publisher: Steve Rasmussen
Consultants Design Consultants: Tim Erickson, Nicholas Jackiw Localization Consultants: Nathalie Sinclair, Lise Sinclair Statistical Consultant: Robin Lock This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under awards numbered III-9400091 and DMI-0131833. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Fathom © 2012 by KCP Technologies. All rights reserved. Fathom’s Formula Editor © 1999 by Pacific Tech GoIO & LabPro libraries © 2010 by Vernier Software & Technology. All rights reserved. The Vernier libraries and their use are covered under these license terms. Macintosh Tooltips using SolarPanel © Gabriele de Simone, 1998-1999. ZThreads Library Copyright © 2000-2005 Eric Crahen. The ZThreads Library and its use are covered under the terms of the MIT License. Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 ™Fathom Dynamic Data and the Fathom logo are trademarks of KCP Technologies. Key Curriculum technical.support@keycurriculum.com The Minnesota Population Center It has been our good fortune to collaborate with the IPUMS-USA project, part of the Minnesota Population Center, to make possible Fathom’s census microdata import capability. Citation: Steven Ruggles, Matthew Sobek, Trent Alexander, Catherine A. Fitch, Ronald Goeken, Patricia Kelly Hall, Miriam King, Colin C. Davis, and Chad Ronnander. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series: Version 3.0 [Machine-readable database]. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Population Center [producer and distributor], 2004. Acknowledgements Fathom Version 2 would not have come to be without the help and support of a wonderful community of educators. We gratefully acknowledge Luis Acuna, Jim Albert, Christian Aviles-Scott, Ron Avitzur, Wesley Bailey, Rolf Biehler, Bill Block, Jim Bohan, Frank Briody, Gail Burrill, Ruth Carver, Karen Coe, Jere Confrey, Gord Cooke, Brian Cooley, Steward Craven, Gretchen Davis, Colin Davis, Bob delMas, Chris deMers, Lew Douglas, Brian Erwin, Len Fellman, Joan Garfield, Rob Gould, Jim Hammerman, Chris Hancock, David Hoppe, Cliff Konold, Katie Makar, Craig Miller, Paul Myers, Sara Nerlove, John Olive, Chris Olsen, Henri Picciotto, Andee Rubin, Steve Ruggles, Al Sagel, Mike Shaughnessy, Franklin Sheehan, Tom Steinke, Tony Thrall, Carolyn Wales, Joel Yan, Joshua Zucker, and Steven Zucker. No project this size comes to fruition without the help of many family members and friends. Among these are Brigid McCaw, Lauren Finzer, Devin Finzer, Liam, Kieran, and Ramona Swenson, Anne Erickson, and Meg Holmberg. Excerpts from Version 1 Acknowledgements Many people over many years helped us in many ways. On the original NSF advisory board, Gail Burrill focused us on improving the lot of practicing teachers; Chris Hancock taught us the Tabletop metaphor and how to be concrete; Cliff Konold started us on the fruitful path of resampling; Andee Rubin not only warned us off dice but kept us thinking about learning; Mike Shaughnessy showed us the relationship between offline and online simulation; and Frank Sheehan brought us back time and time again to the statistical and probabilistic heart of the matter. Many teachers served as reviewers, consultants, and field testers. We mention Gretchen Davis, who did not fear to tell us the hard truths; Chris Olsen, who told us what he really wanted; Leona Mirza, who had faith in Fathom from the beginning; Howard Amerlan, who funneled both his own and his students’ ideas to us; Paul Myers, who helped us see the power of Fathom; Susann Mathews, who helped us think about uses for the network; Dudley Brooks, who gave countless good suggestions; Chris True, who made the first Fathom poster; Sue Gordon, who encouraged us with stories of student understanding; Sharon Shrader, who took Fathom home from the Teaching Statistics with Technology Institute and even surveyed her students about it; Mark Vosskamp, who advocated a balance between discovery and structure; Jim Fensom, who holds the record for bug submissions; David Hoppe, who gave us insightful criticism; and Joyce Smart, who was available for on-the-phone debugging; Len Fellman who has stuck with us through thick and thin, and Robin Lock for invaluable critiques, insights, and suggestions. Ron Avitzur provided not only an excellent formula engine and editor, but also valuable insights into how his engine should and could link to Fathom. Many people at Key Curriculum Press contributed to Fathom beyond their normal call. Dan Bennett critiqued just about everything; James Browne found last-minute bugs; Stefanie Liebman tested and told us she enjoyed it; Jennifer Strada tested tutorials and instructions; and Candice Miller helped us with naming Fathom. Steve Rasmussen believed in us, supported us, critiqued everything from ad copy to user interface, and did more than anyone else outside the team to make Fathom real. Nick Jackiw not only contributed in major ways to Fathom’s design, he continually brought us back to the fundamental vision of educational software we are pursuing. |
