From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: brian powell Subject: Re: How do teachers use org-mode Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:54:07 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4F2AC538.9000309@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04182552fbef8104b7fee10a Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43191) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rt0rP-0002b6-FJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rt0rJ-0000TI-IA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:15 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:55232) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rt0rJ-0000Sv-DV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:09 -0500 Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so2817629wib.0 for ; Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:54:07 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F2AC538.9000309@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Scott Randby Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --f46d04182552fbef8104b7fee10a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 * Dear Venkatesh Choppella: Thanks for the notes on teaching OrgMode etc.: While reviewing your class notes and emails to your class about OrgMode and TeX/LaTeX I came across your suggestion to students to play with: http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html ** Detexify can be useful; but, this may give your students more traction/uses: http://webdemo.visionobjects.com/equation.html ---which not only suggests an equivalent TeX/LaTeX; it provides a MathML suggestion as well. *** Disclaimer: I have no relations to visionobjects.com that I know of (but the example site looks free to play with at least). On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Scott Randby wrote: > I use org-mode to keep track of grades and all other information I > collect on students. I make great use of tables, table formulas, tags, > headlines, and lists. I can compute a grade in milliseconds. Entering > data is a snap. Since everything is plain text, I can add comments with > ease and use git to keep track of everything. > > Scott Randby > > On 01/31/2012 11:10 PM, Venkatesh Choppella wrote: > > Dear Org-mode users: > > > > I am using org-mode this semester to host my course notes. For me > ... --f46d04182552fbef8104b7fee10a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable * Dear Venkatesh Choppella:=A0Thanks for the notes on teaching OrgMode etc.= : While reviewing your class notes and emails to your class about OrgMode a= nd TeX/LaTeX I came across your suggestion to students to play with:

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Scott Randby <srandby@gmail.com> wrote:
I use org-mode to keep track of grades and all other information I
collect on students. I make great use of tables, table formulas, tags,
headlines, and lists. I can compute a grade in milliseconds. Entering
data is a snap. Since everything is plain text, I can add comments with
ease and use git to keep track of everything.

Scott Randby

On 01/31/2012 11:10 PM, Venkatesh Choppella wrote:
> Dear Org-mode users:
>
> I am using =A0org-mode this semester =A0to host my course notes. =A0 F= or me

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