[BlindMath] ? about teaching students TeX

[Robin Williams]

When I first started typesetting mathematics, I used asciiMath, which is a slightly scaled down markup language. I imagine this would be suitable for most high school students. I was around fifteen at the time.
See also the recent thread on this list regarding markdown.

All the best,
Robin

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From: BlindMath <blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Fahlberg, Tim R. (TCH) via BlindMath
Sent: 17 September 2020 02:20
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Cc: Fahlberg, Tim R. (TCH) <Tim.Fahlberg at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Re: [BlindMath] ? about teaching students TeX

Thank you Professor Rayner!

This is helpful and great to hear! 

Cheers!

Tim
Tim Fahlberg
Math and Computer Science Teacher
NaviLens Accessibility Project Coordinator Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1700 W. State St.
Janesville, WI 53546
Phone: 1-608-628-5858 - Cell
Email: tim.fahlberg at wcbvi.k12.wi.us


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From: prayner at unimelb.edu.au <prayner at unimelb.edu.au>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:38 PM
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Cc: Fahlberg, Tim R.  (TCH)
Subject: [BlindMath] ? about teaching students TeX

I can't really comment on teaching but I found the natural correspondence between TeX maths and braille maths made TeX quite easy to learn.
Fahlberg, Tim R.  \(TCH\) via BlindMath writes:
>Hi all,
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>?
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>I am looking for opinions, experiences and resources on teaching students TeX.
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>Currently, my students write math in plain text in MS Word. This year they will have MathType and MathPlayer on their laptops and many of them will use NVDA (1/3 of them) or JAW (1/6 of them). Since MathType can easily translate TeX into MathML, I am considering teaching them the basics of writing math in TeX so all their work could be read in Nemeth on a braille display.
>
>Thanks for considering this and for investing your time in sharing answers!
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>Gratefully,
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>
>Tim
>
>Tim Fahlberg
>Math and Computer Science Teacher
>NaviLens Accessibility Project Coordinator Wisconsin School for the 
>Blind and Visually Impaired
>1700 W. State St.
>Janesville, WI 53546
>Phone: 1-608-628-5858 - Cell
>Email: tim.fahlberg at wcbvi.k12.wi.us
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