If your high school has adopted McDougall-Littell, they provide a test
generator for use in the school that has test banks for their textbook and
also the capability to input your own questions and tests. It's free--if
you use their textbook.
I understand several other textbook publishers do the same. Check the boxes
of support materials that came with your most recent textbooks and see if a
CD with a test generator on it is included.
Jim Wayne
<penny...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I posted this as a reply to an earlier query:
>
>If your high school has adopted McDougall-Littell, they provide a test
>generator for use in the school that has test banks for their textbook and
>also the capability to input your own questions and tests. It's free--if
>you use their textbook.
>
>I understand several other textbook publishers do the same. Check the boxes
>of support materials that came with your most recent textbooks and see if a
>CD with a test generator on it is included.
>
>Jim Wayne
It's a pity that, with all the lip service being paid to the
importance of technology in education today, there is not an NEA or
AFT web site just jam packed with useful, reliable "free" software
(perhaps created with some of the money currently being spent on all
manner of $%&#!.)
And pigs will fly!
> It's a pity that, with all the lip service being paid to the
> importance of technology in education today, there is not an NEA or
> AFT web site just jam packed with useful, reliable "free" software
> (perhaps created with some of the money currently being spent on all
> manner of $%&#!.)
Right on!!!!! I have looked and looked and looked for something as simple as a
simple easy to use graphing package that will allow me to graph a simple linear
or quadratic function or inequality --- so that it has easily readable axis ...
grid etc .... and is functional with Microsoft Word ... yeah ... there's some
very sophisticated graphing packages ... I'd even pay for it - you wouldn't
believe this but I've been looking for YEARS for something like this ... not as
easy as you'd think ... but <sigh> ...
Then again .. of the 18 math teachers in my department perhaps 5 of us are
functional users of MS Word - and I'm the only one in the department that could
be considered somewhat of an "expert" ... that's another story.
Right on Jim .. a web site as a central repository for something like this would
be a great, and I mean G R E A T idea. I guess that it's not "political" enough
for something like the National Extortion Association.
Not as simple
> <m...@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:bmvmgv88o84m5me5m...@4ax.com...
> > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 20:08:35 -0400, "Jim Not-From-Here"
>
> > It's a pity that, with all the lip service being paid to the
> > importance of technology in education today, there is not an NEA or
> > AFT web site just jam packed with useful, reliable "free" software
> > (perhaps created with some of the money currently being spent on all
> > manner of $%&#!.)
>
> Right on!!!!! I have looked and looked and looked for something as simple as a
> simple easy to use graphing package that will allow me to graph a simple linear
> or quadratic function or inequality --- so that it has easily readable axis ...
> grid etc .... and is functional with Microsoft Word ... yeah ... there's some
> very sophisticated graphing packages ... I'd even pay for it - you wouldn't
> believe this but I've been looking for YEARS for something like this ... not as
> easy as you'd think ... but <sigh> ...
Have you posted a query in alt.comp.freeware?
They had a thread on graph paper that began on 6/18/03 and
they came up with several different programs... so if they
can find a free graph paper generator, maybe someone knows
of a graphing program to go along with that graph paper.
<s>
>Right on!!!!! I have looked and looked and looked for something as simple as a
>simple easy to use graphing package that will allow me to graph a simple linear
>or quadratic function or inequality --- so that it has easily readable axis ...
>grid etc .... and is functional with Microsoft Word
What exactly do you mean by "functional with Microsoft Word"?
> Thanks.
>
You're welcome -
I found this at http://www.digital.7hits.net/soft.php
FreeMath 0.5 29.01.2003
"This program, initially designed for plotting 2d graphs,
could produce some functional analysis. But it’s interface
very unfriendly meets you. It was enlisted here only for my
friends."
Download (346 Kb)
sssssssssss
I will keep looking!
> On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 03:33:11 GMT, "Jerry Beeler"
> <jerry...@att.net> wrote:
>
> > <m...@nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:bmvmgv88o84m5me5m...@4ax.com...
> > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 20:08:35 -0400, "Jim Not-From-Here"
> >
> > > It's a pity that, with all the lip service being paid to the
> > > importance of technology in education today, there is not an NEA or
> > > AFT web site just jam packed with useful, reliable "free" software
> > > (perhaps created with some of the money currently being spent on all
> > > manner of $%&#!.)
> >
> > Right on!!!!! I have looked and looked and looked for something as simple as a
> > simple easy to use graphing package that will allow me to graph a simple linear
> > or quadratic function or inequality --- so that it has easily readable axis ...
> > grid etc .... and is functional with Microsoft Word ... yeah ... there's some
> > very sophisticated graphing packages ... I'd even pay for it - you wouldn't
> > believe this but I've been looking for YEARS for something like this ... not as
> > easy as you'd think ... but <sigh> ...
>
> Have you posted a query in alt.comp.freeware?
>
I posted the query for you in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion and here is the reply:
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:42:13 -0700, "George \(Bindar
Dundat\)" <Jus...@nothome.net> wrote:
> Can that not be done using MS Graph which is included in the Office packages?
> You may have to do it in Excel and then export it to Word.
Hope that helps! Have you tried either option yet?
For crossword puzzles:
http://www.greeneclipsesoftware.com/eclipsecrossword/index.html
An array of valuable-looking utilities, including quiz and test
templates for Word and Excel:
http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/ct149.asp
A hash of freebies. Take a look. No guarantees <g>.
http://www.moochers.com
I'll post some more as I get 'em. Thanks, thanks very everybody.
Maybe we should gather all these pieces, license them, and put
together a package of software for teachers.
>They had a thread on graph paper that began on 6/18/03 and
>they came up with several different programs... so if they
>can find a free graph paper generator, maybe someone knows
>of a graphing program to go along with that graph paper.
http://www.azphx.com/dhtml/simplegraph.html
allows you to plot lines and parabolas in the region
from (-10,-10) to (+10,+10). The graph is a GIF image
which can be saved and pasted into documents.
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
Hot Potatoes is a nice piece of software which is free for educational use.