Developers

Developers use ESCOT to rapidly assemble activities composed of reusable components in the domain of middle school mathematics. Developers work in small teams with teachers and facilitators to design activities with well-motivated educational goals and grounded in standards. They assemble components using an authoring environment, the ESCOT Builder, and deploy the resulting activity on the Web. Examples of components available include graphs, charts, tables, simulation engines and a geometrical construction viewer. ESCOT supports interoperability, meaning that components share data, including numbers, strings, and more complex data structures.

Basic Resources

FAQ

Component Catalog

JavaDoc for core ESCOT classes

Whitepapers (password required)

• ESCOT Technical Overview (in Adobe Acrobat)

• ESCOT and XML Design Document (in MS Word) (in Adobe Acrobat) [1.0]

• ESCOT Broker Design Document (in Adobe Acrobat) [1.0]

Archive (password required)

• ESCOT Builder Tutorial

• ESCOT Interoperability Cookbook

• ESCOT Scripting Philosophy

• ESCOT Scripting References

• Jason's Documentation on Runner Submission [1.0]

• How to make a component persistent [1.0]

• Getting started with the Escot source code [1.0]

• Component Implementor's Tip Sheet [1.0]

• How to parameterize a Sketchpad Sketch

Downloads

ESCOT 1.0 Developer Edition - Full install with Runner and Builder. May contain components and activities still being tested. Integration team members should install this version.

ESCOT 1.0 Classroom Edition - Minimal install with Runner and a few sample activities. This release licensed to teachers and students only.

BeanBuilder Preview Release - Escot 2.0 authoring environment.