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1. Cross out templates are available in MathType 9 Write each ratio as a fraction in simplest form LLPP PP KAA 4 0 OK gt BALA a pencils bells b stars airplanes c bells stars 10 Stefan and Wanda played a game and completed the table below W N TH TR TAC Wanda wins W Times played W Ml MN NUL Stefan wins think the game is fair in page 14 What else can I do with MathType that I can t do with Equation Editor MathType includes over 200 symbols and templates that are not included in Equation Editor Some of these are shown here Examples gt x ZJSaeRt x lt i In addition MathType includes the ability to include a tilde hat arc or harpoon vector barb over more than one character It also includes crossout templates for showing cancellation 44 fi 60 se 2640 fi bR see 1min min Y 2 Color MathType lets you color all or part of an equation or use multiple colors in a single equation This Examples AB is great for making captivating PowerPoint presentations or for printing color transparencies on an ink jet printer Web publishing MathType lets you save your equations as GIFs to use in your web documents MathType also generates MathML an XML based markup language that is the W3C standard for publishing mathematics on the web MathType includes features that let you make great looking Web pages directly from Microsoft Word These Web pa2. By One of the major Sub Subscript Superscript 42 v a kp differences is the Symbol hso x x aX dee presence of a Sub symbol ho fx p l oreview window User 75 Apply The preview window User 2 fi 50 z F IV Use fornew equations Factory settings doesn t show you the actual equation you may be working on but it does give you an indication of what exactly will change if you change the setting that s highlighted to the left of the preview window For example in the picture above the only thing that will change in that sample equation when I change the Full size setting notice the 12 is highlighted is the X In MathType the size setting called Full is the setting that you want to be identical to the text size in your document If you re typing a test and you re using 11 pt type size make sure the MathType Full size is set to 11 pt Notice the rest of the sizes except Smaller Larger Increment are specified as a percent Percent of what These are percentages of the Full size The beauty of leaving these set as percentages is that once you set them you never have to change them If you change the Full size from 10 pt like you may use in a quiz to 32 pt like you may use in PowerPoint or on an overhead transparency you don t have to change the other sizes because they re still proportionally correct If you want to set these other sizes as point siz
3. box or simply dialog is a window like the one shown to the right where you can select Define Styles options and settings Simple C Advanced In the Define Styles dialog you ll see a Pri font Cancel couple of radio buttons labeled Simple LAOS TOUR Times New Roman xl Help and Advanced We ll go over each of these Erol and mah forte Symbol andMT Ete and MT Extra He Simple is the one you ll use most often Italic variables Apply In the selection labeled Primary font the P font you choose will be the font MathType Iv Italic lower case Greek Factory settings will use for text function names variables Use for new Vv equations vector and matrix names and numbers Normally you ll want all of these to be the same font but we ll see in a minute how to make them different You ll probably want the Primary font to be the same font you re using in your document MathType doesn t know what font you re using in your document so it s important to set it here The selection labeled Greek and math fonts isn t normally changed You ll see you have only two options there anyway Symbol and MT Extra and Euclid Symbol and Euclid Extra You likely won t see much difference between these two choices so leave it set as you see above At the lower right of this dialog is a final checkbox labeled Use for new equations This is checked by
4. coefficient on a graph or you want the student to do so so you choose to have the variables in Times New Roman italic but the coefficient in Times New Roman bold italic For example could say Describe the effect on the graph of the function when the value of a increases y ax bx c In this example used User 2 style for the coefficient a The Size Menu setting the sizes Preferences Help y Full Just like MathType automatically changes the style depending on the types of Subscript items contained in your equation it also changes sizes For most of your Sub Subscript equations you ll just leave the size specification set to Full When you type an Symbol exponent MathType knows you want it to be smaller than the base so it ee switches to Subscript size Likewise if you re teaching sequences and series User 2 and want to enter a summation template MathType knows to create the Sigma Other symbol larger than the surrounding variables and numbers so it switches to Smaller Ctri lt Symbol size Even though this switching is automatic you still have control Larger Ctrl gt over what sizes MathType uses when it selects these special sizes To specify these sizes select Define at the bottom of the Size menu page 11 The Define Sizes Define Sizes dialog is quite different from the Full ne i p gt Define Styles dialog Subscript Superscript 58 x x 1
5. default and if you leave it checked all subsequent equations you create will use these same font settings until you change them again If you re just wanting the next equation to have a certain special look but want the rest of the equations to look like the equations before the one you re working on uncheck this box page 10 After everything s set the way you want it click OK and the dialog closes Now click on Style Define again and Define Styles this time select Advanced You ll see the dialog that s pictured to the right Advanced OK This is where you would make special settings like if you wanted all the Font Character Style numbers in Arial and the rest of the Bon ee Help 4 r equation in Times New Roman for Times New Roman x some reason Notice also the boxes Function Times New Roman labeled Bold and Italic Check or Variable Times New Roman uncheck as desired By the way L C Symb Greek is lower case Greek Guess Symbol what U C Greek is b Symbol x User 1 and User 2 styles are not Se Times New Roman normally used but when you need Times NewRoman gt them they re quite handy One MT Esta i sts example where you may want to use 1 Courier New x a User style is if you re discussing Times New Roman Apply lt S t Factory settings lt I Use for new equations lt H E E e Ni E e G a ani E a the effect of a variable s
6. get the best use out of MathType and save time in the process www dessci com tips v Handouts Whenever present a session like this one at a conference post my handout on our web site for a year You can access this handout and others at www dessci com handouts y Technical Support We provide lifetime technical support for MathType For technical support gt Phone 562 432 2920 gt Email support dessci com Please provide your MathType Product Key when you write You can find your Product Key by clicking About MathType in the MathType Help menu gt Web www dessci com click one of the Support links A collection of support notices at the site covers most topics for both Equation Editor and MathType hort athe Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science Inc 140 Pine Avenue 4 Floor Long Beach California 90802 USA 562 432 2920 562 432 2857 fax info dessci com www dessci com Technology Technology can be a great way to enhance or augment your lesson but it s not a substitute for you The point to this session is that you can reach many students electronically simply because you have their attention Many of them will get involved writing for the class blog or answering homework questions that wouldn t otherwise spend much time on math outside of class When will we ever have to use this Surely your students never ask you this Of course they do and you may get t
7. private and what members can post so this is very important Be sure to click Save at the bottom when you re finished 6 The next page Invite is where you invite your students to join You can invite them by email or by typing in their Facebook names Once you have more members than just yourself you can make one or more of them Officers if you want Just click the Officers tab at the top 7 Anytime you want to make changes just type the name of your group in the Search bar at the top of the Facebook home page and click on your group It will recognize you as an admin and you can make the changes you need page 5 Email There are any number of reasons why you may not want your students emailing you and vice versa but there are probably just as many reasons why you would want to use email only you can decide Assuming for the moment that you think it s a good idea MathType makes it very easy to include math notation in these email clients e Gmail e Outlook Express e Hotmail e Windows Live Mail e Outlook e Windows Mail e Yahoo Mail If your school has a site license for MathType the license allows students to use it as well home computers laptops etc Getting math into Web 2 0 apps and other websites Many software and Web 2 0 apps already have a translator in MathType 6 7 Here s a list Windows only ANGEL Learning Math Help Forum Springpad Art of Problem Solving Forum Mathematica Texify Blackboar
8. L of article e Problem solving e Real world math e Problems of the week e Glossary of mathematical terms e Collaborate with other schools e Visual arts e Case studies Twitter Originally intended for people to post answers to the question What am I doing in 140 characters or less but has evolved into much more than that Not the best tool for math updates because it s difficult to use mathematical notation It is useful for announcements to students especially if you use hashtags e g ACHS NCTMDEN10 etc Hashtags begin with the symbol and are useful for returning targeted results from a search Short URL services such as bit ly help keep to the 140 character limit by shortening URLs to 20 characters or less For a good brief video introduction to Twitter 2 2 minutes check out Common Craft http www commoncraft com twitter page 4 Facebook Most everyone s familiar with Facebook but in case you re not it s the equivalent of a cocktail hour where you may now amp then associate with people you ve never met but mostly you hang out with your friends You can post status updates to let others know what you re doing what you re thinking where you re going or just about anything else you want You can post videos and photos join groups join fan pages put things on the calendar and on amp on Privacy is a concern but if you re careful you don t really need to worr
9. Using Facebook and Other Social Media Asa Teachings Tool Presented by Bob Mathews Director of Training Design Science Inc E mail bobm dessci com Twitter afwings MathType y i Yb Design Science How Science Communicates October 7 2010 Welcome to Using Facebook and Other Social Media As a Teaching Tool Your students already use social media text messaging chat Facebook and who knows what else All teachers want to be able to reach all of their students in the most effective ways possible so why not use methods they re already comfortable with This session will introduce you to some of these avenues of social media We ll look at some of the best ones for math teachers most of which are free but all are valuable ways to communicate with and teach your students This is not a session about how to use MathType but if you use MathType and need help in the future the following sources are available v MathType Help Both Equation Editor and MathType have extensive help files In fact the entire content of the MathType User Manual is now incorporated into MathType Help MathType version 6 and later v Math Anywhere and Everywhere We have additional help on our website for using MathType with many other applications and websites www dessci com interop v Tips amp Tricks This is the newest feature of our website MathType Tips amp Tricks Periodically we post new tips that help you
10. d MoboMath WebAssign Cobocards Moodle Tex filter Wikibooks Cramberry Ning Wikidot Edoboard Outlook Wikipedia Evernote Outlook Express Wikispaces Gmail Physics Forum Windows Mail Google Docs old editor Physics Help Forum Wolfram Alpha Hotmail Quia Web Yahoo Mail LearnHub S O S Mathematics Cyberboard Zoho Writer Maple Springnote For the apps that don t have a translator there are a couple things to try e For apps like WordPress and wordpress com and many others that have LaTeX built in the first thing to do is determine the type of delimiters it uses Some apps enclose the math in tags like tex tex and others use more standard delimiters like or You may be able to find a suitable translator in the Equation for application or website group of MathType s Cut and Copy Preferences dialog but if not you can probably be successful by typing the delimiters manually and using the Zoho Writer translator which doesn t use any delimiters e Some Web 2 0 apps like Zoho Writer and the old Google Docs have their own equation editor In many cases like these 2 mentioned you can choose a translator from MathType and paste your equation directly into the editor Most of the time their editor is simple enough but using MathType keeps you from having to learn another editor or from having to learn LaTex e For apps that don t have any math capability at all LaTeX or otherwise the best thing to try is th
11. dents When The Empire Makes The Rules some thoughts on cell phone use at school http nashworld edublogs org 2009 11 23 when the empire makes the rules page 8 Example sites I used during the presentation These are in the same order in which they appeared during the presentation Precal Blog Mr Byrne http prec alcul us Good example of scribe blogging Algebra 2 With Trig Kate Nowak http a2t910 blogspot com Mix of scribe blogging and teacher posted lesson material Unfortunately it requires an authorization to log in and read the blog o Slideshare Kate uses www slideshare net to upload PowerPoint slides from the day s lesson and embeds them in her blog You can also add them to your class Facebook group Students can access the lesson any time they want The Dalton Math Wiki David Gomprecht http wikis dalton org math index php title Precalculus_2A Good examples of a math wiki Also click on the Gompblog tab He uses wordpress com which I ve recommended Mr Lamb s Math Wiki Jim Lamb http mrlambmath wikispaces com Integrated Math Advanced Algebra wikis good examples Teaching College Math Maria Andersen http teachingcollegemath com Despite the name there is plenty here for teachers of all levels of math MathType and WordPress me http mathtypeequation wordpress com Step by step instructions for using MathType with wordpress com both getting equations into a WordPress b
12. e Google Docs translator and either copy amp paste or drag amp drop the equation from MathType e If you re on a Macintosh start off with the AMS LaTeX translator if the app has LaTeX capability The Mac version of MathType should catch up with the Windows version early next year 2011 and remain fairly equal after that page 6 Appendix 1 Free Web 2 0 Apps Sites Recommend page 8 2 Example sites used during the presentation page 9 3 MathType quick reference e Setting fonts amp sizes page 10 e Keyboard shortcuts page 13 e What else can I do with MathType that I can t do with Equation Editor page 15 page 7 These have math capabilities Really good Free Web 2 0 Apps Sites I Recommend Perfect for math science teachers Wolfram Alpha http www wolframalpha com There s a special MathType translator for W A Chat IM SMS Chatzy http www chatzy com advanced htm Contxts http contxts com SMS business cards Text MrMathType to 50500 for mine Twitter Poll Everywhere http www polleverywhere com Good for adding polls to PowerPoint slides Can be used for warm ups or mid lesson retention questions but no math capability PowerPoint Twitter Tools http www sapweb20 com blog powerpoint twitter tools Visible Tweets http visibletweets com visualize tweets sent by your class Free websites blogs wikis Wordpress http wordpress com Absolute best free blogs math capabi
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14. es you have that option but chances are you won t want to Notice there s a User 1 and User 2 size Use these similarly to the way you d use a User 1 or User 2 style So what s a Smaller Larger Increment Notice back up on the MathType Size menu pictured at the bottom of the previous page two items near the bottom are labeled Smaller and Larger If you want to make an item or items in your equation smaller or larger than the surrounding items in the equation you can select them and repeatedly select Smaller or Larger from the Size menu until you get the size you want How much smaller or larger MathType makes them is determined by the Smaller Larger Increment on the Define Sizes dialog BEWARE It s generally not a good idea to highlight an entire equation and select Smaller or Larger because the results will almost certainly not be what you wanted see below If you want to increase or decrease the size of an entire equation the best way to do it is by changing the Full size specification You may want to deselect the Use for new equations checkbox 2 Example 10 pt x 18 pt X 10 pt plus 8 larger applications x2 Notice that the 18 pt expression is proportionally correct but the 10 pt equation that was converted to 18 pt by repetitively clicking larger on the size menu has an exponent that is too large That s because both the base and the exponent are increased by 1 pt each ti
15. f communicating with their students We ll be looking at these forms of social media with the thought How can use this in teaching math e Blogs e Wikis e Twitter e Facebook e Email page 3 Blogs The word blog is taken from the words web log but is more than a simple diary hosted on the internet There are dozens of blog hosts to choose from but for ease of use features amp adaptability to use by math teachers recommend wordpress com see Appendix 1 page 8 Uses for a blog e scribe blogging e explanation of concepts e embed PowerPoint or other slides amp notes from class e announcements e practice problems We ll see how to get math into a blog in a later section Wikis A wiki is more of a total website than a blog is though either can be used in place of a typical class website Wikis are more adaptable to class collaboration because they re designed precisely for collaboration You re probably familiar with Wikipedia and the fact that anyone can sign in to Wikipedia and edit a page Of course such edits are very closely monitored by other editors so things like incorrect information blatant commercial advertising etc are removed nearly immediately Like blogs there are numerous wiki hosts from which to choose recommend Zoho wiki zoho com Strategies for using a wiki in mathematics teaching from the article Using Wikis in Math Classes see Appendix 1 for UR
16. ges retain equation numbering and referencing include the MathZoom feature to allow easy readability of small characters and print in word processing quality directly from the browser Equation numbering Not everyone needs to number equations or include references to equations in the text of a document If you are a textbook author or write manuscripts for journal publication you will appreciate the fact that MathType can number and reference your equations automatically when used with Microsoft Word Precise formatting ruler You get a sophisticated word processor like ruler for precise njn II Lon peo formatting Align columns at operators decimal points or set tab stops to make 35 a formatting easier and to give your documents a more professional look This example _3 _3 4 4 cannot be duplicated exactly in Equation Editor for two reasons cross out templates 73 a and ruler formatting fractions aligned at right edge with a right justified tab New spacing adjustments possible e Radical check mark width adjustment V2 V2 V2 e Subscript and superscript horizontal gap xox x e Slash and diagonal fraction gap 4 4 y e Horizontal gap between fence templates parentheses brackets braces etc and their contents x 4 x 4 x 4 e Stroke thickness for box lines strike throughs radical signs etc La AE AE AB 2 2 AIS alo n page 15 MathType for 49 for NCTM attendees must order b
17. ired of hearing it but it s a valid question The question is just as valid for the topic of this session You can also ask yourself Why does it matter to my students Whatever the answers to those questions you don t want your message to look or sound like Charlie nou Brown s teacher That s what some people hear when we start using words like summation square u root nou variance future value standard deviation etc We all use math every day is a slogan made popular by a television show but it s fairly accurate Since we all use math it s not that great of a leap to hone the skill of communicating math What is Social Media Wikipedia gives a fairly complicated definition of social media but for our purposes consider that social implies two way interaction so included in social media is any medium of communication that allows interaction Television for example would not be considered social media but a homework help forum on the internet would be Social media are also examples of Web 2 0 Like social media Web 2 0 apps all have some sort of interaction capability between participants Why is Web 2 0 important to me as a math teacher For the simple reason that it s important to your students Since most of them adapt to it very readily and like to interact with their friends this way many teachers are seeing a great deal of success by using these means o
18. lity use the Texvc translator in MathType 6 0 and later Zoho Wiki http wiki zoho com Built in equation editor but it s easier to use MathType Good resource websites amp articles Setting up and Introducing a Collaborative Student Math Wiki http langwitches org blog 2009 10 20 setting up and introducing a collaborative student math wiki North Scott begins using cell phones in classroom Article in Quad City Times http bit ly a9tNs2 What is Social Media free e book PDF http www icrossing co uk fileadmin uploads eBooks What_is_Social_Media_iCrossing_ebook pdf Introduction to Social Media http c4lpt co uk academy ism index html Guide to 140 Learning How to use Twitter Facebook and Google Buzz for Social Learning http www c4lpt co uk 140Learning More Challenges with Wikis 4 Ways To Move Students from Passive to Active http thejournal com articles 2009 10 07 more challenges with wikis 4 ways to move students from passive to active aspx PLN Yourself http suewaters wikispaces com Describes Personal Learning Networks Time for upgrade 20 ways to become Teacher 2 0 http www swedishteacher se blog 2009 11 time for upgrade 20 ways to become teacher 2 0 Using Wikis in Math Classes http teachertipstraining suite101 com article cfm using_wikis_in_math_classes Using Wiki Technology to Engage Students http teachertipstraining suite101 com article cfm using_wiki_technology_to_engage_stu
19. log and copying them from a WordPress blog to use somewhere else Note that these are instructions for wordpress com not necessarily for a WordPress blog hosted on your own website such as GoDaddy offers page 9 Setting MathType Fonts amp Sizes the Style and Size menus You most likely want your equations to match the text in your document PowerPoint presentation or web page so you need to know how to change the fonts amp font sizes in MathType The Style Menu setting the fonts Size Preferences Help You ll see several style names listed on the MathType Style menu but the v Math Ctrl one you ll use most often is called Math Actually Math isn t a style of its Text Ctrl Shift e own it s a combination of other styles MathType is smart enough for Function example to know that when you re typing sin 4 x you probably want Variable Ctrl Shift v Greek Symbol Ctrl Shift G the variable and the lower case Greek letter to be italicized but not the Vector Matrix function name or the number Thus MathType switches between Function User 1 Ctrl Shift U Variable Greek Symbol and Number styles as appropriate Number isn t User 2 Ctrl Alt Shift U Par j pe a style you see on the menu but it is a separate style of its own as we ll Other see in a minute To set all this up select Define at the bottom of the E e When you select Define yov ll see another dialog box A dialog
20. me you click on larger page 12 Keyboard Shortcuts The keyboard shortcuts built in to MathType are listed in the Help file You ll find that most of the shortcuts are so intuitive that you can learn them quickly though and be able to use the software even more efficiently to create professional looking documents Many of the shortcuts used in MathType are standard shortcuts such as CTRL S for save CTRL C for copy CTRL V for paste etc On the Mac most of the time you can substitute the COMMAND key for the Windows ctr key Listed here are some of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts TOXt MODES ioraa seisoin SHIFT CTRL E Math mde eceecceeeseeeeeeeneeeeeceeeeseeeeeeetes SHIFT CTRL Greek l ttersisccsisccvcvsscsavccantesvsnsectsacetvenAceenss CTRL G followed by corresponding letter of the alphabet a for a b for B etc Expanding parentheses CTRL 9 Full sized fraction template eeeeeee CTRL F Radical Square root ccssccccccesesesstteeeeees CTRL R Superscript exponent sssr CTRL H h for high COMMAND E on the Mac SUDSGMIP tics isscceicasstiveeevelcadeavasevinevibexd ivaniees CTRL L for low TRIN SPACE si cscs arisia nerna ases CTRL SPACE Insert equation in Word eseese CTRL ALT Q Edit equation in Word seese ALT O select the equation first For more keyboard shortcuts you can refer to e Customize Keyboard in the MathType Prefere
21. nces menu e The MathType Help file under MathType Reference Keyboard Shortcuts e The Equation Editor Help file Reference Information Keyboard Guide Also note that in MathType when you point to an item with the mouse the description and keyboard shortcut are displayed in the Status Bar MathType Equation in Algebra 2 Final Exam doc TER m File Edit View Format Style Size Preferences Help keyboard shortcut information in the status bar Equation Editor displays A only the description zi page 13 Full size fraction Ctrl F Examples of uses you may not have considered for MathType Sixth Grade Examples Three drawings are shown What would the next three look like 7 Find the quotient 24 120 60 Special symbols may be inserted into a matrix by O O O O O finding the symbols with O O O MathType s Insert Symbol o dialoa on the Edit menu Find the value of this expression 12 9 x 6 1 Compare Use lt gt or to complete th statement a 5 3x1 5 3 x1 b 44 4 Write a variable expression for this model Squares represent ones shaded rectangles represent variables EE Gii Oo oO N 1 8 N Add or subtract Use models as needed a 7 1 b 1 2 0 91 Find the areas of the two parts of the rectangle Then find the total area of the rectangle but not Equation Editor
22. y about it Facebook is not very good for communicating math but there are still some very good ways a math teacher can use it One of the best ways to use Facebook for your class is to start a Facebook group for your class Students in the class can join the group and write on the wall on the group s page You are automatically an admin when you create the group but you can appoint others as admins and can even rotate this duty among the class whenever you want to switch admins YOU have total control over who joins the group and what they can post to the group s wall News Feed To create a Group in Facebook E Messages Events 1 On the left side of the page beneath your profile picture if one of the links says Groups click it R Friends v Mathematical Formulas 2 If you don t see a Groups link find the first See More link and click it LaTex Groups should be in the list now See screen shot to the right 22 Groups ay PER l 3 Now you should be on the Groups page and at the top there will be a button that says Create a Group Click it Groups Create a Group 4 On the Create a Group page fill out the page with as much info as you want to include the first 3 items are required Once you click the blue Create Group button at the bottom you ll have more options 5 This next step Step 2 Customize is where you specify whether the group is public or
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