Lesson Plan Templates in TeX/LateX/Lyx format

beasly

beasly

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Hi all, a bleg.

I run Slackware Linux and use Xemacs to code and write in.

I am looking for a generic lesson plan template in Tex/LateX or Lyx format

Does anybody know of any?


Thanks,

b
 
tgrayson said:
I actually use LaTeX for most of my documents, including lesson plans. However, the format is nothing special and I can't particularly recommend it.
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Thanks, I am poking around the internet now looking for one.
My plan is to have something that I can run a linux command on that will take the input and create a pdf, html, or texinfo file all from the source.

Right now I just have a binder notebook and a backup notebook--I want to get them on the web so I don't lose them. Too many hours developing them to lose them.

I will let you know what I find.

cordially,

b.
 
tgrayson said:
I actually use LaTeX for most of my documents, including lesson plans. However, the format is nothing special and I can't particularly recommend it.
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Wow, I can't believe anyone still uses LaTeX... Then again, I started out using troff, pic and tbl.
 
drunkenbeagle said:
Wow, I can't believe anyone still uses LaTeX... Then again, I started out using troff, pic and tbl.
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Never heard of pic or tbl! Just brought up an xterm and whaddya know, they are there!

Here is a bash prompt to bring back some memories for ya!

bash-3.1$ troff
^C
bash-3.1$ pic
.lf 1 -
^C
bash-3.1$ tbl
.if !\n(.g .ab GNU tbl requires GNU troff.
.if !dTS .ds TS
.if !dTE .ds TE
.lf 1 -
^C
bash-3.1$
​
Re. Latex, I am new to it, but I have (what I think) are good reasons for using it.


  1. For a doctorate dissertation, you use it
  2. The PDF's look fantastic compared to word.
  3. I use it for my resumes--if somebody requests a word doc then I don't want the job (unless its a pilot job)
  4. I like messing around with it--you always find something new to play with
  5. I use texinfo (a subset of Latex) to record my notes as I study a new programming system--currently design patterns--formerly c etc. With that one file I can view it on a terminal (which is why I use xemacs--no gui needed if you don't have one) or I can use a tool-chain to transform it to html pages with all my hyperlinks done for me.
  6. I am hoping I can get the functionality in Latex/Lyx that I have in texinfo so I can do the lesson plans once and output to pdf,html..whatever.
But, with that flexibility comes complexity and an increased learning curve.

I have searched the web a couple of times for a lesson plan template in .lyx or latex format and haven't found squat. I will probably have to adapt some other template to do so.

When I do, I will be sure to make them available to anybody who wants them.

Cordially,

b.
 
beasly said:
I have (what I think) are good reasons for using it.
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In many ways, LaTex is similar to html or CSS.

Advantages over WYSIWYG:

  1. It lets you focus on your content without regard to its formatting. Cutting and pasting text from one location to the other is easier because you don't have to worry about copying the formatting like you do in WYSIWYG applications.
  2. The document layouts are more robust; they don't start screwing up for no reason like sometimes happens in WYSIWYG applications.
  3. You have precision control over every aspect of your output.
  4. Vast quantity of add-ins that provide you with ready-made solutions to document challenges.
  5. Very high quality output, due to the TeX engine, a brainchild of Donald Knuth.

Draw backs:


  1. Very forbidding to those who have only been exposed to WYSIWYG applications and windowing environments.
  2. Poor documentation.
  3. Can't exchange source documents with other people like you can with Word.
  4. Poor font control.
 
tgrayson said:
In many ways, LaTex is similar to html or CSS.

Advantages over WYSIWYG:

  1. It lets you focus on your content without regard to its formatting. Cutting and pasting text from one location to the other is easier because you don't have to worry about copying the formatting like you do in WYSIWYG applications.
  2. The document layouts are more robust; they don't start screwing up for no reason like sometimes happens in WYSIWYG applications.
  3. You have precision control over every aspect of your output.
  4. Vast quantity of add-ins that provide you with ready-made solutions to document challenges.
  5. Very high quality output, due to the TeX engine, a brainchild of Donald Knuth.

Draw backs:


  1. Very forbidding to those who have only been exposed to WYSIWYG applications and windowing environments.
  2. Poor documentation.
  3. Can't exchange source documents with other people like you can with Word.
  4. Poor font control.
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Wow! I that is the first time I heard about poor font control....

All the other points are just the open-source way--you learn ways to get things done and in that process learn a lot of things you would have never known. Most proprietary software is just bores me..

Thanks for the tips.

b.
 
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