Everytime I'm at a wedding where they're playing Pachelbel's Canon, I think of that song. It doesn't exactly set the right tone!
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Everytime I'm at a wedding where they're playing Pachelbel's Canon, I think of that song. It doesn't exactly set the right tone!
Have you heard the song about a cellist suffering through Pachelbel's Canon by Rob Paravonian?
It's finally here! "Linear Optimization: A Geometric Inquiry Course" gives an inquiry based course in linear optimization supplemented by technology for intuition building. A great class for interests in either pure or applied math! Physical Copies now on sale: www.619wreath.com/store/p53/Li...
She says that she is about to teach planar graphs in one of her classes, so thanks for reminding her to show the MGP example!
That's so cool! I'll pass it on to her!
If you're interested in building interactive visuals or guided activities in your math classes, you should check out this free webinar about Doenet!
I've loved using it in classes this year. Check out beta.doenet.org for examples, or I can show some of mine.
(Especially relevant for #PreTeXtGang)
Another free #PreTeXt workshop, this time on a Monday (3/2), only one hour, and focused on creating a worksheet using the pretext.plus online editor. Register here: scholarlattice.org/collections/...
Our next "Getting Started with #PreTeXt" workshop is next week on Thursday, February 12, 12-2pm EST. Space is limited. Register for free: scholarlattice.org/collections/...
As the semester picks up, if there are elements in your courses you would like to be free/accessible/interactive, then #PreTeXtGang may be your answer! Please join me, @chrissysafranski.bsky.social @clontz.org and @oscarlevin.com 12-1 Eastern each ThF for drop-in office hours! mathtech.org/events/
On Jan 27, come hang out with the @mathtech.org crew and learn how you can get started with PreTeXtBook.org to author accessible mathematical documents! Free registration is now open on @scholarlattice.org!
scholarlattice.org/collections/...
I think this would make a great guest post on mathtech.org if you're willing!
I joined the ranks of the #HoagieHomies today, and it was awesome. Great way to start a definition-and-proof heavy math course. Thank you, @matthematics.com.
It was great meeting you in person, too! But now I'm sad I haven't met your toddler, yet!
Screenshot of the linked document
Excited to share the below announcement for our new app at pretext.plus -- author PreTeXt in your web browser, no GitHub required! Join the @mathtech.org Discord chat to grab an invite code: first come, first served!
pretext.plus/projects/80f...
I always get annoyed when people say ‘mathemagics’ as why something works in physics - during some sort of derivation. But these two (and credit to others as well) seem like real life mathemagicians.
You can use the webwork.runestone.academy webwork server for your pretext project that's intended to be hosted on Runestone, like I have in my Runestone publication file. But that does mean rebuilding your pretext every time you want to change a problem. A course on a ww server would be faster.
I usually started on a webwork server. You can also just build the usual PreTeXt web output and check that problems work. Runestone is kind of like a wrapper on a PreTeXt book which allows you to save student scores and work. Everything should work and give feedback in your PreTeXt book first.
Kind of, yes! Here's one place in a project where I have uploaded .pg files and included them in my PreTeXt source, and I put it on Runestone and used it with students this semester. github.com/Tanaquil18/m...
Runestone should just work with all the webwork embedded in a pretext book. The only thing is that you need a label attribute on each exercise.
Yeah, this is uncanny!
Five year old son: Why was six afraid of seven?
Me, patiently, having heard the joke many, many times before: I don't know, why?
Five year old: 6-7!
I started out suffering through it for my kids' sake, but I really enjoyed it by the end. Which is nice, since I hear the songs on the Alexa daily.
Guest poster @mitchkeller.phd shares with us how to make partially handwritten slides accessible! 👀
mathtech.org/2025/10/27/a...
I'm more shocked by the non-recognition of "decile"!
@mitchkeller.phd shares how he creates accessible annotated slides for class using PreTeXt.
mathtech.org/2025/10/27/a...
We'd love to git your post on our MathTech.org blog! All it takes is a web browser and a story to share:
mathtech.org/2025/10/16/g...
I know there are lots of great causes to support, but in case you want to help Kenyan kids learn math... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/open-digit...
In today's blog post, @StevenClontz shares his passion for getting mathematicians (and other mathy academic types) up and running using GitHub tools that only require a web browser.
mathtech.org/2025/10/10/g...
If you need to find me today, look on cloud nine.
I tried to tell my students that class was over, and one of them exclaimed that it couldn't be. Over half of them kept talking and working as I left the room. Then I got a text that my 5th grade son at school had seen a younger girl without a chair and gave her his seat and stood instead.