Update from JMM2014: WeBWork, LaTeX, and Sage Cells
Applied Discrete Structures 2014-01-23
I was in Baltimore for a couple of days last week and concentrated on talks related to open source texts and software. I spoke in one of the sessions on open source texts, outlining this project. There were three main things I added to my "to do" list based on the talks I attended.
- Start developing problem sets for WeBWork. To that end, I've arranged for out WeBWork server at UMass Lowell to updated, and once that's done I hope to get started on developing problems.
- Start the process of converting our book to LaTeX. One of the talks, by David Farmer, convinced me that getting our "source content" into a mainstream format is the way to go.
- Embedded Sage Cells seem to be a good to introduce the use of Sage in mathematics. I hope to gradually add content in that form to our web page. I did a short test page showing how to create graphs at http://faculty.uml.edu/klevasseur/ads2/sage_cell/sage_cell_graphs.html
This should keep me busy for a while!
By the way, the Baltimore Convention Center is next door to Camden Yards and also near the birthplace of Babe Ruth.