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MattEducator

@teachmaths.org
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High school #maths and #science / #physics #teacher in NSW Australia with a background in #ElectricalEngineering and #ComputerScience. Other hobbies include #hamradio, #photography, and learning #languages. Visit my blog at www.teachmaths.org

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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 04/01/2026
So *that’s* what a round robin looks like…
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 15/03/2025
I haven't studied #Japanese for a while, so I pulled out a Casio math/science #electronic #dictionary that I bought a while back when I was in Japan. I forget a lot of kanji, so I wrote a short guide to remind myself how to use the dictionary: www.teachmaths.org/20250315-den... #learnjapanese
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Japanese Electronic Dictionary (Casio XD-G9850)
When I was working in Japan, I took the opportunity to buy a Japanese Electronic dictionary (電子辞書, or denshi jisho). I went to the BIC Camera store in Akihabara, and bought a Casio EX-word dataplus 10...
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 20/02/2025
I've been experimenting with producing #Beamer lesson notes slides for my student using #Emacs #OrgMode. It gives me the full power of #LaTeX #mathematics typesetting in a more readable form. For a simple example, check out my latest blog post: www.teachmaths.org/20250220_org... #EduSky #EduSkyAU
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Org Mode Beamer Presentations
Earlier I talked about using Org Mode to produce lesson worksheets for my students. This year I am thinking about using powerpoint-style presentation slides instead of worksheets to encourage students...
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 28/01/2025
@eduskyauteam.bsky.social High School Maths teacher, ready to take on another year in preparing our young people to take on the world! #EduSkyAU
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 28/01/2025
I recently posted my blog from Wordpress to #Emacs #OrgMode. One of my recent posts is how I can use #OrgMode to simplify the production of #LaTeX style lesson notes. www.teachmaths.org/20250105_org...
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Using Org Mode / LaTeX for Lesson Notes
Over the past year, I have been using \(\LaTeX\) together with Emacs to produce lesson notes for some of my classes. One reason I went with Emacs instead of TeX Studio and the like was that Emacs prov...
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 28/01/2025
𐑞𐑩𐑑𐑕 𐑩 𐑝𐑧𐑮𐑦 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑧𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑪𐑐𐑦𐑒 -- 𐑚𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑝 𐑤𐑳𐑒!
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 27/01/2025
𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑛 𐑑 𐑣𐑽 𐑞 𐑧𐑜𐑨𐑥 𐑢𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑢𐑧𐑤. 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑸 𐑿 𐑕𐑑𐑳𐑛𐑦𐑦𐑙?
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 24/11/2024
I notice they didn't go for a second bite lol
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 24/11/2024
I initially tried TeX Studio, which wasn't bad, but the lure of #Emacs is too strong with its shortcuts, auto-completion and #Magit to help keep track of my changes.
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 23/11/2024
Control-h is your friend :-) Doom Emacs is a gentler introduction to Emacs, since it starts you off with a sane configuration (that's assuming you can already use vi to some degree...)
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 23/11/2024
I've muddled around with #Emacs on and off for years, but I got into it more seriously when I recently went back to uni and used it together with #JabRef and #LaTeX to write papers with proper citations. Now I use #LaTeX for some of the lesson notes I make for my maths students...
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 23/11/2024
I guess you're out of luck if you can only sing off-key...
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MattEducator @teachmaths.org · 23/11/2024
...except for the buffer overflow vulnerability, which means we now have a new problem... :-D
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