How I use LaTeX

In the last installment, I described what LaTeX is and my adventures in learning to use it. Today, I’ll explain how, as a teacher still figuring out all this LaTeX craziness, I get things done using it.

As I mentioned, I’ve been using LaTeX to write up lab reports in the classes I’m taking this [...]

Digital video projects with bare-bones equipment

Originally written as a guest post over at Free Technology for Teachers.

Last semester I had students create videos that creatively describe the families of elements despite a lack of much in the way of digital video hardware, software, or technical support. There were some challenges along the way, but overall I found the project [...]