Resources for teaching w/models
Readings:
Starfield and Salter
Web-based course on modeling using Excel (search: Starfield vermont modeling)
Heuristic for using model in class (developed by Tony Starfield)
A common vocabulary for faculty using modeling as a pedagogical tool.
Software:
Netlogo : http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/
AgentSheets : http://www.agentsheets.com/products/index.html
Vensim : http://www.vensim.com/
Sage : http://www.sagemath.org/
STELLA : http://www.iseesystems.com/softwares/Education/StellaSoftware.aspx
Excel
Organizations that support System Thinking/Computational Modeling
Shodor
Capital University
http://www.capital.edu/21424/Computational-Studies/7111/
Santa Fe Institute
Carleton College