Timothy Wilson allegedly wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Philip C Mendelsohn wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote: > > > > > I'd like to begin putting my lecture notes and overhead projector > > > transparencies in electronic format. I wonder if someone has a quick > > > recommendation. > > > I'd say it depends on what subject you're teaching and what age. I assume > > we're talking H.S. from your sig. If it's math or a hard science, I'd go > > with something TeX-ey, since they'll run into it later. > > I'm teaching 9th grade science and 12th grade physics. The math capabilities > of TeX would be cool. <snip> > <rant class=OT> > While I have the floor I'll take this opportunity to say that almost no > high school physics student will ever see TeX in their academic careers. > Even those in the most advanced high school courses rarely get to the level > in college science or math that would ever expose them to TeX. The > recognition that most students taking high school physics will never take > another physics course *should* make a difference in the way h.s. physics is > taught. > </rant> Testify, Brother! :^) BTW, have you invited the Physics Force to your school? If so, was it worthwhile? FYI, http://www.physics.umn.edu/pforce/. Adios, Chris -- C.S. Cornuelle School of Mathematics/MCIM, University of Minnesota 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 626-8930v, (612) 624-2333f, bob at math.umn.edu Ferventer Vestite --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org