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We show how simple formulas with polar coordinates can create a variety of neat spiral effects with only a few lines of code. A brief overview of polar coordinates is provided. Continue reading A spirals bonanza from a few simple polar formulas
We show how to use Shaders in Godot to add straight lines to an image. There is a brief discussion of shader basics, and then three examples of increasing complexity, starting with a single fixed arrow, then a shader with arrows in four directions, and finally a shader that can draw an arrow in any direction. Continue reading Stupid Shader Tricks: Fun with Arrows in Godot
My main goal is to talk about making an “edge-of-screen” pointer that indicates the direction of objects that aren’t in the visible screen. Since this involves showing where objects are when those objects aren’t visible actually visible on the screen, I’m going to kill two CharacterBody2D’s with one stone and also show how you can use a “picture-in-picture” screen to test that the pointer works as intended. Continue reading Figuring Out Godot 2D Off-Screen Pointers and Bonus Picture-In-Picture
In this video, I show demonstrate how to embed Desmos Activities in a Blackboard class. Desmos Activities Desmos Activities build on graphs to allow the instructor complete control over how the students interact with the graphs, and allow student submission Continue reading Embedding Desmos Activities in Blackboard
||| Jump to Video ||| Jump to the Interactive Demonstration ||| I’ve been impressed with the free graphing calculator Desmos.com for quite a while now. It offers a very simple interface that is not intimidating to new users while providing Continue reading Dancing Rectangles! – Building an Interactive Riemann Sum Demo in Desmos
MathJax has become the modern standard for displaying mathematics on the web. Here, we will see how low the barrier to entry for using MathJax is if you already know \(\LaTeX\), and we will explore some the features it has to offer. Continue reading Exploring MathJax
Preliminary Comments This page hosts links to various platforms that support LaTeX for some form of online communication. Most of them are websites or apps, but some are systems for publishing websites. My personal experience with them ranges from having Continue reading Platforms Supporting \(\LaTeX\) Online
Here are some useful references for doing mathematics with LaTeX: Quick References for Mathematics Note that some of these references may assume features not included in the implementation of LaTeX you are using. For example, most online LaTeX math interpreters Continue reading Resources for \(\LaTeX\) Mathematics
The goal of this post is to maintain some hopefully useful information about what support currently exists in popular Learning Managment Systems (LMSs) for displaying mathematics using LaTeX mathematics code, which is the standard for modern for communicating science and Continue reading \(\LaTeX\) and Learning Management Systems