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Please encourage people to apply for the MathAndCobb Fund for ME!

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27.02.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey #MathSky, do you have questions about #education, #documents, or #accessibility? The @mathtech.org team is on Zoom for the next hour! mathtech.org/dropin

05.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting Started with PreTeXt (Feb 2026) | ScholarLattice Learn more on ScholarLattice.org!

Our next "Getting Started with #PreTeXt" workshop is next week on Thursday, February 12, 12-2pm EST. Space is limited. Register for free: scholarlattice.org/collections/...

04.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Events Showcasing open-source technologies that innovate mathematics education and communication.

As the semester picks up, if there are elements in your courses you would like to be free/accessible/interactive, then #PreTeXtGang may be your answer! Please join me, @chrissysafranski.bsky.social @clontz.org and @oscarlevin.com 12-1 Eastern each ThF for drop-in office hours! mathtech.org/events/

21.01.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting Started with PreTeXt (Jan 2026) | ScholarLattice Learn more on ScholarLattice.org!

On Jan 27, come hang out with the @mathtech.org crew and learn how you can get started with PreTeXtBook.org to author accessible mathematical documents! Free registration is now open on @scholarlattice.org!

scholarlattice.org/collections/...

17.01.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Events Showcasing open-source technologies that innovate mathematics education and communication.

Want to get started with #PreTeXt? Maybe write your syllabus or a worksheet so it is accessible? @mathtech.org is hosting a free zoom drop-in office hours 12-2pm EST today. Link available at mathtech.org/events/

09.01.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Missed out on getting a PreTeXt.Plus invite code? Now you can try it without an account at pretext.plus/tryit!

If you want to be able to save and share your accessible mathematical documents, find me or @oscarlevin.com at the AIM booth at #JMM2026 for an invite code. More codes will be shared soon!

04.01.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

In case you missed the first batch, five more codes just dropped at the @mathtech.org chat.

mathtech.org/chat

02.01.2026 05:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to share the below announcement for our new app at pretext.plus -- author PreTeXt in your web browser, no GitHub required! Join the @mathtech.org Discord chat to grab an invite code: first come, first served!

pretext.plus/projects/80f...

01.01.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Starting in 10min! Looking forward to hearing from MathTech.org contributors @oscarlevin.com and @mitchkeller.phd on this important topic!

16.12.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am excited to see this lesson analysis manuscript come out of the @tbil.org community!

13.12.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Editathons: Getting the Most Out of Community Editing As yet another Fall semester comes to a close, I’m finalizing the logistics for our next Team-Based Inquiry Learning (TBIL) editathonβ€”a 4-day stretch of focused editing to review and implement improve...

Check out Jordan's @mathtech.org post about next week's EditAThon!

mathtech.org/2025/12/01/e...

Join us in our community driven effort to create high quality activities for mathematics classrooms!

13.12.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Free for MAA and AMS members! Not a member and don't have $15? The MathTech.org team can help - email steven@clontz.org to learn more.

07.12.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Free for MAA and AMS members! Not a member and don't have $15? The MathTech.org team can help - email steven@clontz.org to learn more.

07.12.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Okay hey let's do this. Join me and the @mathtech.org gang on our Discord: mathtech.org/chat

We'll pilot this game night idea this Friday, 8pm-10pm Eastern. You can also jump into our #games text channel to suggest ideas and talk casually with other community members in the meantime.

12.11.2025 22:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Tell your friends! Warn your enemies! @mathandcobb.bsky.social will be sharing his take on Math in the Age of Social Media on Monday at the next @code4math.org Convening! Join the conversation on our Zulip:

code4math.zulipchat.com#narrow/chann...

06.11.2025 16:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Making Partially-Handwritten Slides Accessible The Problem As instructors work to make digital course materials accessible to individuals who use screen reader technology, a common question is how to approach slides. One common instructional stra...

Guest poster @mitchkeller.phd shares with us how to make partially handwritten slides accessible! πŸ‘€

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31.10.2025 17:22 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
MathTech.org Showcasing open-source technologies that innovate mathematics education and communication.

Join the conversation! Our community of over 100 mathematicians and friends discussing open source math education can be found on Discord.

Easy link: mathtech.org/chat

#MathSky #MTBoS

31.10.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Open Digital Textbooks for Kenyan Schools Co-create next-generation open digital maths textbooks for new competency-based curriculums with students, teachers and caregivers.

I know there are lots of great causes to support, but in case you want to help Kenyan kids learn math... www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/open-digit...

17.10.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Calling all Guest Posters! Continuing my series on Getting Started with GitHub, I thought I should point out that you can directly contribute your own guest post to our blog using your GitHub account, and it’s probably easier t...

We'd love to git your post on our MathTech.org blog! All it takes is a web browser and a story to share:

mathtech.org/2025/10/16/g...

17.10.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Getting Started with GitHub This post is supported by National Science Foundation award #2449139. While anyone in the mathematical sciences should have no trouble engaging in the development of software supporting math-relate...

In today's blog post, @StevenClontz shares his passion for getting mathematicians (and other mathy academic types) up and running using GitHub tools that only require a web browser.

mathtech.org/2025/10/10/g...

10.10.2025 17:33 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
AIM Research Communities | American Inst. of Mathematics

Did you know @code4math.org is an AIM Research Community (ARC)? ARCs are collaborative efforts involving at least 40 people, organized around a particular area of mathematics research.

Proposals for new ARCs are now open and due November 1! Visit aimath.org/programs/researchcommunities for more!

10.10.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
True Randomization in an Introductory Statistics course For about a decade now, I’ve been teaching on and off some form of introductory statistics for a wide variety of students across different institutions. This is an immensely popular course at the und...

Here @tienchihmath.bsky.social shares with us how he uses programming and randomization in his OER statistics materials, powered by SageCell.SageMath.org!

mathtech.org/2025/10/01/r...

07.10.2025 11:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of interactive applet that illustrates how scaling a column of a determinate scales the determinate's value by the same factor.

Screenshot of interactive applet that illustrates how scaling a column of a determinate scales the determinate's value by the same factor.

Use Doenet.org to create mathematical interactives to support inquiry-based learning: mathtech.org/2025/09/26/d...

28.09.2025 02:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Handouts and Worksheets in PreTeXt We all know that PreTeXt is great for writing textbooks. But did you know that it can also be used to create small, standalone course materials? Perhaps you want to create an in-class activity to en...

New PreTeXt feature: Handouts!

If you use guided notes in your teaching, or just want to make accessible versions of the printouts you bring to class, you can now author these in #PreTeXt and print directly from the browser (or save as PDF to annotate on a tablet).
mathtech.org/2025/08/17/h...

17.08.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Updating Your Version of PreTeXt and PreFigure PreTeXt and PreFigure are under active development - many people are currently improving them, making them easier to use, adding new features, and fixing bugs that have been identified. While it’s aw...

An update on updates?! In our latest blog post, @chrissysafranski.bsky.social shares her tips on upgrading and updating PreTeXt and PreFigure! mathtech.org/2025/05/28/u...

28.05.2025 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Accessible Course Materials with PreTeXT Workshop Showcasing open-source technologies that innovate mathematics education and communication.

Accessible Course Materials with PreTeXT Virtual Workshop: Monday, May 19 to Thursday, May 22, 2025; 12-2pm EDT

Not only free, but limited participant stipends are available! Info at mathtech.org/workshops/ma...

01.05.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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If you're interested in authoring accessible and/or interactive course materials, or curious about learning more, come by tomorrow's PROSE drop in hours with me
@chrissysafranski.bsky.social @oscarlevin.com @clontz.org, at 12:00E, 9:00P!

prose.runestone.academy/dropin/

23.04.2025 15:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Accessible Course Materials Recent state and federal laws in the United States have brought renewed urgency to efforts to ensure all educational content meets accessibility standards. Many universities (especially those subject...

My post about accessible math and other STEM materials is now up: mathtech.org/2025/04/10/a...

17.04.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting to PROSE dropin...

If you're interested in authoring accessible and/or interactive course materials, or curious about learning more, come by today's PROSE drop in hours with me @chrissysafranski.bsky.social @oscarlevin.com @clontz.org, 12E, 9P!

prose.runestone.academy/dropin/

17.04.2025 10:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0