Utilizing Computers and Mobile Phones for Mathematics Learning

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UTILIZING COMPUTERS AND MOBILE PHONES FOR MATHEMATICS LEARNING

SEAMEO REGIONAL CENTER FOR QITEP IN MATHEMATICS 2010 i

Table of Contents

I. Utilizing Blog for Mathematics Learning ...................................................................... 1

A. Signing Up To Wordpress Blog . .................................................................................................... 1

B. Creating New Post ............................................................................................................................... 4

C. Inserting Image ..................................................................................................................................... 5

D. Inserting File.......................................................................................................................................... 5

E. Inserting Mathematics Equation ................................................................................................... 6

II. Utilizing Mobile Phones for Mathematics Learning ................................................ 9

A. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 9

B. M-Learning .......................................................................................................................................... 10

C. M-Learning Application Development ................... ....................... ...................... ..................... 13

D. Creating Mobile Learning Application Using MJBOOK............................. ..................... .... 16

III. Utilizing Microsoft Equation Editor and Draw for Math .................................... 21

A. Equation Editor ................................................................................................................................. 21

B. Drawing Tools .................................................................................................................................... 25

IV. Utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint v2003 ..................................................................... 27

V. Creating PDF Files ............................................................................................................ 33


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SEAMEO REGIONAL CENTER FOR QITEP IN MATHEMATICS 2010 1

I. Utilizing Blog for Mathematics Learning

Blog is a powerful media for sharing and interacting. It is an effective way to publish learning

materials on the internet.

This tutorial will guide you to create and manage a wordpress blog, especially for educational

purposes.

A. Signing Up To Wordpress Blog

If you dont have wordpress account yet, you have to sign up to this service first.

Visit the Wordpress.com and select the 'Sign Up' button to register for a Wordpress account.

You'll need a valid email address to sign up for a new account.


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Then enter your information. You'll be prompted to enter a username and password of your

choosing. You have to provide a valid email address. You are required to confirm that you've

read the terms and conditions of the Wordpress website. If you want to start a blog, make sure

the box next to 'Gimme a Blog!' is checked.

Enter the text you want to be displayed in your domain name. Your blog will end it with

'.wordpress.com', so the name you choose will always be followed by that extension. Next, you

have to decide the blog title.

Once you have successfully completed the 'Create Your Blog' step, you'll see a screen telling you

that your Wordpress account is active, and to check an email confirming your login information.You will get an email with an activation link. It should arrive within seconds.


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After you click the activation link youll be given a password, which will then allow you to login

and start blogging.

To click on the confirmation link is important to fully activate your blog. If you dont click on the

link, your blog will not be active and will be up for grabs within two weeks.


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B. Creating a New Post

Posts are the entries or articles to your WordPress blog that are displayed on your blogs home

page. Posts usually have comments fields beneath them and are included in your sites RSS feed.

To write a post:

1. Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel Dashboard.

2. Click theAdd New link in Posts menu.


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3. Start filling in the blank forms including title and content.

4. As needed, select a category, add tags, and make other selections from the sections

below the post.

5. When you are ready, clickPublish.

6. Try to open your own blog to view the post.

C. Inserting an Image

To insert an image do these following steps:

1. Enter editing post mode (Add New Posts or Edit Posts)

2. Open the Image uploader by clickingAdd Image icon ( )

3. Choose the image file and clickUpload button.

4. Provide the Title, caption, and description and Click Insert Into Post

5. Continue write your post and clickPublish when it is already done.

D. Inserting File

Some learning materials are available in several file formats i.e. PDF, DOC, PPT, etc. You can

insert the file into your blog post by following these instructions:

1. Enter the editing mode (add new Posts or Edit Posts)

2. ClickAdd Media icon


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3. Select the file and clickUpload.

4. Provide the Title, caption, and description and Click Insert Into Post

5. Continue write your post and clickPublish

E. Inserting Mathematics Equation

Mathematics has several symbols and equations that cannot be easily inserted into post.

There are several tools can be used to insert equations into post. One of them is CodeCogs, a

Latex based visual tool. To Launch CodeCogs visit the p4tkmatematika.org/equations or

CodeCogs.com.

ClickLaunch CodeCogs Equation Editor


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By means of visual editor, CodeCogs it is easy to create equation and generate it into an

image format (PNG, GIF or JPG). The image can be downloaded to the computer (By clicking

the download link) and then can be uploaded to the blog post like upload image as usual.


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II. Utilizing Mobile Phones for Mathematics

Learning

A. Introduction

Nowadays, mobile devices have more sophisticated features, and do not function merely as

communication tools. Now, they are capable to run application softwares and to connect to the

resources on the internet. The numbers of mobile subscribers around the world are rapidly

growing due to the trend of the cheaper devices price and the lower communication costs. These

facts open a great opportunity to develop mobile-based applications software for a mobile and

wireless learning. This paper explores the stages of developing a mobile application to assistmathematics learning using J2ME technology.

Great numbers of people around the world have become mobile users and the numbers are still

rapidly growing. Moreover, mobile devices are cheaper in price but have more sophisticated

capabilities, like: playing multimedia, taking pictures and connecting to internet. The range of

cellular network has wider area coverage and the services are getting better. These facts lead to

develop a learning model based on mobile technology called mobile learning ( m-learning) and

enabling the awaiting dream: Learning at any place, at any time.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have undergone dramatic changes in the

last decades, providing new opportunities for many sectors. This rapid development of ICT

contributes to the increasing abilities and availability of the mobile devices and wireless

communications. Convergent of the technologies are reshaping many industries and sectors.

They are changing how, when and where people communicate, transact business and access

information for a wide range of reasons including learning and education.

Mobile learning or m-Learning promises a new form of learning using the advantages of mobile

devices and communication technology. While the traditional education is conducted in

classrooms where the teacher presents the learning material to students so that they must

physically participated, m-Learning gives the more flexibility in terms of time and place learning

happens. M-Learning gives a real independence of time and space more than the one in e-

learning. E-learning does not fulfill this independence as the basic requirement, since the

learning process in e-learning needs a personal computer (PC). M-Learning enables learning tohappen anytime, anywhere we want. The basic requirement to learn is only a mobile device as


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the core of the learning media. Besides, the price of mobile devices is getting cheaper and has

got more sophisticated features. Indeed, the range of cellular network has more wide area

coverage and the services are getting better.

However, m-learning has consequences, especially in the capabilities of mobile devices and their

restrictions due to the limitations of the computing resources. Mobile devices have limited

power, processors, screen size, input possibilities and the availability of the wireless network

resources. Thus, the development of an m-Learning system must consider those restrictions to

maximize the reach of the learning goals.

B. M-Learning

The term of mobile learning (m-learning) refers to the use of mobile and handheld IT devices,

such as PDAs, mobile phones, laptops and tablet PCs, in teaching and learning [1].

Nowadays, the technologies become more portable, affordable, effective and easy to use. It

provides many opportunities for widening participation in accessing to learning technology, and

particularly the internet. Mobile devices such as phones and PDAs have much more reasonably

price than desktops, and therefore represent a less expensive method of accessing the internet.

Mobile devices also have more flexibility in term of access due to the wide range area of cellular

services. It can be an alternative solution for rural areas that have lack internet connectivity.

M-Learning is a form of existing d-Learning (distance learning) and e-Learning (electronic

learning). Historically, the distance education has more than one hundred years of experience

and traditions. Its main characteristic is the distance and the time separation between teacher

and students. The e-Learning offers new methods, for instance education based on computerand net technologies. Simultaneous with e-Learning, the other forms of d-Learning still exist (for

example satellite-based d-Learning).


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Fig 1. Place of m-Learning as part of e-Learning and d-Learning.

The advantages of M-learning

M-learning provides independence of the learning. This means that the learner can take learning

opportunities directly in whatever situation they want, because his learning environment isalways in hand. Moreover, the widespread availability of the cellular network services will

enable learning anytime and any places.

M-learning offers the possibilities to arrange learning settings flexibly and spontaneously, help

organizational skills , encourage a sense of responsibility, help both independent and

collaborative learning, and can be used to help track students progress and for assessment

[Laroussi].

Some advantages of m-learning including:

Ensuring that all students have the equal access

Interaction and collaboration

Creation of a learning community

Access to a variety of online resources

Enhancing self-directed learning

Enhancing learning by making technology ubiquitous throughout the educational

experience

Having e demanding technical skills

Classification

M-Learning systems can be classified into several types [4]. In terms of the information and

communication technologies, the proposed classification is based on the following main

indicators:

m-Learning

e-Learning

d-Learning


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the type of supported mobile devices - notebooks, TabletPCs, PDAs, cell phones or

smart phones; the type of wireless communication which is used to access learning

materials and

administrative information - GPRS, GSM, IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, IrDA.

Fig 2. M-Learning classification

In relation to the educational technologies, the proposed classification is based on the following

main indicators:

support of synchronous and/or asynchronous education;

support of e-learning standards;

availability of permanent Internet connection between the mobile learning system and the

users;

location of the users;

access to learning materials and/or administrative services.

In line with the time when the teachers and the students share information with each other, the

mobile learning systems can be classified as follows:

Systems which support synchronous education. These systems give the ability for studentsto communicate in a real time with teachers and other students. More often for this purpose

voice communication and chat are used. Sometimes, a video communication is used.

Systems which support asynchronous education. In these systems the students cant

communicate in a real time with teachers and other students. More often email and/or SMS

are used to send asynchronous information.

Systems which support synchronous and asynchronous education.


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At present, there are no m-learning specifications and standards. This is the reason to include in

our classification the indicator about support of e-Learning specifications and standards.

Related to the indicator about support of e-Learning specifications and standards the m-

learning systems are divided into:

M-learning systems which dont support e-learning specifications and standards

M-learning systems which support e-learning specifications and standards.

The next classification examines mobility as an access to learning materials and administrative

services with the dependence on the location of the users and permanent Internet connection

availability. Basedon the necessity of permanent Internet connection between the mobile

learning system and the users to reproduce the teaching materials on mobile device, the existing

mobile learning systems can be divided into: Systems for on-line mobile learning. These systems require permanent communication

between the system and users mobile devices.

Systems for off-line mobile learning. The learning material is uploaded in the users mobile

device. There is no need of wireless communication between mobile learning system and

mobile devices.

Systems which ensure both on-line and off-line mobile learning. The access to the part of the

learning materials is on-line while the access to the remaining materials is off-line.

Regarding the location of the users, the mobile learning systems can be divided into three

groups:

On-campus systems, which can be accessed inside the universities, schools and companies.

The typical access to such system is by using laptop computers or Tablet PCs and via

wireless network of the educational institution.

Off-campus systems, which can be accessed outside the universities, schools and companies.

The access to these systems is realized by pocket-sized computers (PDA), cell phones or

smart phones as these devices support long distance wireless communications and offer

more mobility than laptop computers and Tablet PCs.

Systems, which can be accessed both from inside and outside the educational institutions.

In terms of the access to learning materials and/or administrative services existing systems can

be divided to the next three groups:

Systems for mobile learning which support an access to the educational content


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Systems for mobile learning which support an access to the educational administrative

services.Mobile learning systems which support an access to the learning materials as well

as access to the educational organization administrative services.

Limitations

Limitations of m-learning including:

The limited processing power and resources

The variety of screen sizes and resolutions limit the amount of information that can be

displayed.

The lack of input devices reduces the devices usability.

The limited storage size The intermittent connection network

The limitations of device lead to the conclusion that not every mobile phone is suitable for

mobile learning application software. Consequently, it needs some solutions to overcome this

problems and it emerges some challenges to be addressed.

C. M-Learning Application Development

Mobile Learning Content Adaptation

Mobile learning content has different characteristics from e-learning or conventional learning,

due to the limitations of the device m-learning content which has to be adapted.

Mobile learning has unique learners and environments. In m-learning environment, learners

rather use the application during the spare time or in the idle periods i.e. while they are

waiting for the bus or sitting in a restaurant. It causes a learning process to be possibly

disrupted or stopped abruptly as well as to continue anytime. It also indicates that learning

process could happen eventhough in a limited amount of time. In addition, learners rather

enjoy the learning process with their mobile devices in less than 5 minutes. The limited learning

time and the small screen size lead to the requirement that each learning contents should be

structured in small and homogenous information chunks and each should be fit one screen and

easy to read. The screen size also limits the amount and the type of information that can be


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4. Plain text in Unicode

5. Plain text in Unicode big endian encoding

6. Font for letters. It is possible to use any (True Type, proportional or fixed) MS Windows

font with height up to 32 pixels:

In order to make comfortable text view, use the following fonts:

For small displays (less than 128*128) - Small Fonts, height 7

For (128*128, 128*160) - Tahoma, height 8

For big displays (smartphones, PDA, 176*208 and above) - Tahoma or Verdana, height 8-10 and

above, bold

The program has the preview window that displays selected text with selected font as on phonedisplay. The font can't be changed after midlet installation.

Tags analysis - check the checkbox if you want to include images into your book. See an

example of text with tags for details.

Images - set images import mode. That switch allows you to use a free tool (Image Magic) for

image transformation/resize etc.

Part size - some phones can't install midlets with size more than 64 kbytes, thus, you have to

make several small midlets instead of the large one. Specify part size as you need and program

will divide large text into some parts and make a midlet for each part. Note that a 64 kbytes

midlet can contain about 90.000 - 120.000 English letters due to ZIP compression.

Font color and back color. You can specify any 24 bit color using RGB scheme. Note that some

phones can show a limited numbers of colors thus colors on PC screen differ from the same ones

from phone screen. These colors may be changed after midlet installation.

Password - you can set a password to secure your text.

Picture for splash screen - you can set any png image as a picture for splash screen. Use only

PNG file format, because every phone supports this format. Do not use images larger than

128*128 pixels, otherwise it will be truncated on small screens.

Picture for icon - you can set any png image as a picture for midlte icon in phone menu. Use only

PNG file format. Size of image depends on phone, you should not use icons larger than 32*32.


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Press Start button and program makes midlets (jad and jar files).

Reading Mobile eBook

At first, download these files into your phone and install them as ordinary java applications.

Run the midlet - you will see a splash screen. You can press any key or wait for 2 seconds and

the program will show the first page of the book (if it is the first launch) or a page from last

stored book mark.

Key 1 - set autoscroll options

Mode On / Off

Set interval (in seconds)

Autoscroll mode allows to Note: autoscroll mode is turned off when you open any menu or

navigate.

Key 2 - set display mode

Set screen layout modes portrait or landscape

Turn word wrap on / off

Choose font0 - embedded font (it displays all letters in all display modes)

1-12 - phone fonts (may be used for portrait layout only, may not correctly show some national

letters)

Set char spacing

Set line spacing

Set font color

Set back color

Portrait layout

Landscape layout

Key 3 - backlight control (for Nokia series 40 only)

Turn backlight on /off

Set light level

Set light delay (in seconds)

Key 4 - book navigator


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Display options - show window for setting display options.

BackLight options - show window for backlight control.

Autoscroll options - show window for autoscroll options.

Date Time - show current date and time.

Book info - show information about book, font, author etc.

Help - show short help.

About - show information (version, author) about the program.

Exit - exit from the program.

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III. Utilizing Microsoft Equation Editor and Draw

for Math1

A. EQUATION EDITOR2

Equation Editor is a simple, yet powerful program that can be used to add mathematical and

scientific equations to any Microsoft Word document or PowerPoint presentation.

Accessing the Equation Editor Menu1) Position your cursor where you want the equation to be inserted2) From the Insert Menu, selectObject.3) From the Object Dialogue Box, scroll down and selectMicrosoft Equation 3.0.4) An equation editor textbox appears along with the equation shortcut menu.

5) Type your equation and then click away from the equation textbox. Your finishedequation will be displayed on your document.

Adding the Equation Editor icon as a shortcut to the standard toolbar1) From the Tools Menu selectCustomize2) In the customize dialogue box click on the

Commands tab

3) In categories highlight Insert. UnderCommands scroll down until you find Equation

Editor4) Click and drag the equation editor icon onto one

of your toolbars.

Working with Equation EditorTake a few minutes to explore the Equation EditorShortcut keys. It is possible to create equations with

exponents, subscripts, fractions, inequalities, integrals,derivatives, Greek letters, set notation and much more.

When you open Equation Editor, the usual Microsoft

Word toolbars are replaced by the Equation Editor Toolbar with the following choices: File, Edit,

View, Format, Style, Size, Window and Help.

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FormatUse the format menu to alter the way a pile of equations are aligned. You can align equations

at the equal sign, at a decimal point, to the right, left or center.

Style

Each of the commands in the Style menu is used to assign a specific style or font to a selectedgroup of characters in your equation, or to control how styles and fonts will be assigned to any

characters that you subsequently type.

Math assigns the Math style either toselected characters or to charactersthat you subsequently type. In most

cases, you should use the Math style

because it differentiates between

functions and variables and thenformats the characters accordingly. Use

other styles to include special

characters.

Text assigns the Text style either to selected characters or to characters that yousubsequently type. Choose this option to make it easier to type ordinary text with

Equation Editor. This option also disables the automatic spacing function in EquationEditor and activates the SPACEBAR on your keyboard.

Function assigns the Function style either to selected characters or to characters thatyou subsequently type. Use this command to assign the Function style to a sequence ofcharacters that Equation Editor fails to recognize as a function name.

Variable assigns the Variable style either to selected characters or to characters thatyou subsequently type. Use this command to assign the Variable style to a sequence of

characters that Equation Editor incorrectly recognizes as a function name.

Greekassigns one of the two Greek styles either to selected characters or to characters

that you subsequently type. Lowercase characters are assigned the L.C. Greek style, anduppercase ones are assigned the U.C. Greek style.

Tip: to turn on the Greek style for one letter press Ctrl+G.

SizeEach of the commands on the Size menu is used to assign a specific size either to a selectedgroup of characters or to characters that you type subsequently. You have the following choices.

Full

Subscripta smaller font

Sub-Subscriptan even smaller font Symbola large font

Sub-Symbolbigger than full but not as big as symbol

Otherhere you can explicitly assign font size (in points)

SpacingEquation Editor automatically adds the appropriate space between elements. Only when you

use Text style will you need to use the SPACEBAR. If you want to add space in an equation orclose up the space between two elements, use the following methods.

Position the insertion point where you want to adjust spaces, and then choose one of the

following spacing symbols from the Spaces/Ellipses palette, or press the following shortcut

keys.


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Formatting an Equation within your documentOnce the equation has been completed it responds as a textbox within Microsoft Word. Do the

following to format the layout and text wrapping of the equation.1) Right click on the equation2) Select Format Object3) Modify size, color and layout as desired

4) Alternatively, drag on the corners of the equation to resize the equation.

PRACTICE:

1. Division

.

0

100

100

175

185

25

43525

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How to:

1. Open the Equation Editor2. Press Enter to make a line for the result Type the

divisor, 25, and then add the long division template.

There is no keyboard shortcut for the division template,

so if you cant click with the mouse, press F2 to move tothe ToolBar, then the left or right cursor keys to goalong to the Fraction and Radical template. Press the

down cursor key to open the palette, cursor down, and

press Enter to insert the template.

3. Now TAB and type in the number to be divided - 435.-Cursor up and add the first whole number result -1 -

then cursor down, press Enter and type in the firstproduct, - 25.- Type CTR-SHIFT-R to right-align.

4. Hold down Shift and cursor left to highlight the 25,then go to the Underbar and Overbar template and

add an underbar, (Keyboard users use F2), OR:5. Hold down Shift and cursor left to highlight the 25,then hitCTRL-F to add a line by inserting a fraction

6. HitEnter and type in the difference 18 - then add the5 from the dividend above. Cursor up, add 7 to the

result, cursor down to the end and press Enter, thentype in the product of 7*25, = 175. Add an underbar or

fraction as above, then the difference, 10. Cursor up tothe result, and add a decimal point and 4.

7. Cursor down and add - 0 after the difference, 10.press Enter and type in the product of 4*25, = 100. Addan underbar or fraction as above, then the difference,

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2. Powers

3662 = 4843 =

343

7

49

73

=

After typing each expression, ESC exits the editor, and TAB adds the spacing. Then openthe editor again.

To type a number with a power, type the number, then superscript, CTR+H and theindex, then hit TAB, the =, and the result.

3. Algebra

yx

yxyx

yxyx

27

82105

)4(2)2(5

+=

++=

++

How to:Type 5, then CTRL-9 to add the brackets. Type x+2y, then TABto move outside the brackets. Add the rest of the expression in

a similar way, with Enter between each line.

4. Greek letter and Formulae

Dc = h

ox =osin

=E

You can type foreign and Greek letters straight

into Word see Insert Foreign Characters in

the Word Help by typing, for example,

CTRL+SHIFT+: to get , or by usingInsert>Symbol. Equation Editor has these

letters built in, and you can type them by

pressing CTRG+G followed by the key:

p for , for example. If you want to type

several Greek characters, select Style>Greekfrom the Editor menu.

5. Matrix

=

32124

1303

42215

A


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B. DRAWING TOOLS3

The Drawing Toolbar in Microsoft Word can be used to create geometric figures such astriangles or trapezoids. Additional text boxes can be used to label diagrams and provide

instruction on handouts or presentations.

Accessing the Drawing Toolbar1) Click on View; Toolbars and selectDrawing.2) The drawing toolbar will display at the bottom of your screen.3) You can click on the far left hand corner of the toolbar and position it in any desired

location on the screen.

Drawing Geometric Shapes1) Click on the Rectangle, Oval or AutoShapes button on the

drawing toolbar to select a shape.

2) Position the crosshairs in the desired location ofyour document and click and drag to create your

shape.3) Click and drag on a corner point in order to resize

the shape.4) Click and drag on the center of the object to

reposition the shape

5) Click on the green dot to rotate the shape.

6) Click on the yellow diamond (if available)to change the dimensional properties of the

shape.Note: If you want to have a perfect square or circle,

hold down the shift key on your keyboard whileperforming the last two steps

Formatting Geometric ShapesFormatting your shape allows

you freedom in choosing how theobject will interact with the rest

of your document. You can makechanges to color, layout and

order.1) To access the format

menu either double clickon the object or right

click on the object and select Format Picture.2) Click on the Colors and Lines tab to modify the outline and fill color and transparency.3) Click on the Size tab to size, rotate and scale your shape4) Click on the Layout tab to control how your shape will wrap with other text in the

document.

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Adding Labels and Identifying Information with Textboxes

1) Activate the textbox tool by clicking on the icon on the draw toolbar.2) Click and drag to create a textbox of the desired size.

3) Type the desired text.

Tips for working with Textboxesa. If you are creating multiple textboxes (i.e. for the labeled

vertices of a triangle), create one textbox and then modify its

format as desired and then copy and paste the textbox as oftenas needed

b. Modify the textbox colors and lines so that it has no fill and noline.

c. Temporarily disable snap to grid to precisely position yourtextbox in the right location by holding the Alt button while you

move your textbox.

d. Change the text direction using the textbox shortcut menu

Grouping and Ungrouping Shapes

As you work with multiple shapes you may wish to group them. This will then allow you to

move or resize all of the shapes as one unit.1) First you need to select all of the shapes you wish to work with. You can do this in two

ways:

a) Click on each item one at a time while holding down your shift key

b) Click on the "Select Objects" button , and then click and drag a

box around the shapes you want2) Now click on the "Draw" button3) From the pop-up menu choose "Group"4) Now all of the items act as one unit5) To ungroup, click on "Draw" and choose

"Ungroup"

Ordering ShapesAnother problem with multiple shapes can be theirorder. Suppose you have two shapes that overlap, but

you want one of them behind the other.1) Click on one of the shapes to select it2) Click on the "Draw" button3) Choose "Order" from the pop-up menu4) Pick the ordering option you want from the side

menu, such as sending the image backward or

forward one step or all the way

A

BC


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IV. Utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint v20034

To Start a New Presentation:1. Launch the PowerPoint application.2. The New Presentation Window appears.3. Click on Formatand select Slide Design, and the Slide Design window will appear at

right side of window

4. Click on one of the design templates to select5. Click on File, selectSave. Give project an appropriate name, navigate to saving location

and clickSave.

To Add Text:1. If the Layout has a text box, click in the box and enter text.2. If the Layout does not have a text box, click on Insert, selectText Box and click on the

slide where text is to be added. The text box will be created as text is entered.

3. To alter the field's location, select the field by clicking on one of the edges with the arrowtool. The selection boxes will appear. While the selection boxes are showing, click andhold on the edge of the field, and drag the field to a new location.

4. To alter the field's size, select the field by clicking on one of the edges with the arrowtool. The selection boxes will appear. While the selection boxes are showing, carefully

grab one of the selection boxes with the tip of the arrow and drag to resize.5. To format the text of the entire field, select the field by clicking on one of the edges with

the arrow tool. The selection boxes will appear. Under Format select Font or use theText Tools to change the Font, Size, Style, Alignment or Color.

6. To change a single word or section of text, drag over it with the browse tool and then

change the Font, Size, Style, Alignment or Color using the Text Tools. A text field canhave various fonts, styles and colors.

To Add Additional Slides:

1. Click on Insert, selectNew Slide or usethe New Slide button on your tool bar.

2. The New Slide window appears. Select alayout.

To Insert a Picture:

1. Click on Insert, choose Picture and selectClip Art.2. Enter a key word into the Search for text box and click

on Go

3. Click and drag the desired picture to the slide.4. Size and position as desired.

TIP: For more clip art, be online, and click on Clip art on Office Online link at the bottom of the

ClipArt window and search by topic.

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To Use Custom Animation/Animate Bulleted List:

1. Create or select a slide with list of bulleted items.

2. Highlight text or image to be animated.3. Under Slide Show, selectCustom Animation.4. The Custom Animation window appears.5. Click onAdd Effect.6. Click on Entrance and select an effect.7. Click on the down arrow next to text and selectEffect

Options.

Tip: If animating a bullet list, be sure each line of text has the

Mouse Click icon. This is necessary to have each line of the list

appear separately.

8. Select a sound if desired.9. UnderAfter animation: select a dim color to

customize the appearance of previous lines of text

if desired.10.UnderAnimate Text: choose how text appears on

the screen.

11.Click on the Timing tab.12.Click on Startto set Mouse click or timings.13.Select desired Delay and Speed on animation.14.ClickOKwhen done.15.Run the slide to preview the selected animation.

16.To animate other text or images, select desiredtext or image and repeat steps 2 through

Slide Transitions:

1. Under Slide Show, selectSlide Transition. The SlideTransition window appears.

2. Click on an effect to preview3. Select an Effect, a Speed, a Sound and anAdvance

mode. A preview appears in the upper left corner of

the Slide Transition window.

4. ClickOKto apply the effects to this slide or click onApply to All Slides.

5. To view the entire presentation, from the Slide Show menu selectView Show.


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To Apply a Template or Modify a Color Scheme:

1. Click on Format, selectSlide Design or click on the Design button in the Toolbar.2. Select a template.

3. Click on the down arrow and selectApply to All Slides orApply to Selected Slides.

4. To access more Design Templates, click on Browse linkat the bottom of the Slide Design window. Be sure to be

connected to the internet as this link will be to the

Microsoft website with available templates. Browse for

templates; click on desired templates; click on Download

and templates will be downloaded to computer.

5. To change the colors of a template, selectColor Schemeslink towards top to Slide Design window.

6. Select one of the standard color schemes and click and hold on the down arrow andselectApply to All Slides orApply to Selected Slides.

7. Click on Edit Color Schemes link at bottom of the Slide Design window to change thecolor of individual items.

8. Pick a Background Color and Text & Line Color to modify.9. Select the new color.10.Click onApply.

To Create Hyperlinked Text:

1. Highlight the text to select it.

2. Under Slide Show, selectAction Settings.3. SelectHyperlink to: radio button.4. Click and hold on Next Slide and drag down to desired

slide and clickOK


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To Create a Custom Hyperlink Button:

1. Click on Slide Show, hold on Action

Buttons Drag over to select desiredbutton

2. The cursor changes to a drawing tool (+).Click and hold to draw the button.

3. Action Settings window will appear4. SelectHyperlink to radio button in the

Action Settings window.5. Click and hold on Next Slide and drag down to

Slide

6. Select desired slide and clickOK. Run slide showto test link..

5. Tip: To create buttons of different shapes and

styles, useAutoShapes on the Drawing toolbarto choose a style. Draw the button. While it is

selected, click on Slide Show selectAction

Settings. Repeat steps 3 through 6 above.

To Insert a Movie or a Sound:

Movie and sound files must be in same folder as the presentation to run.

1. Click on Insert, choose Movies & Sounds, and selectMovie from Clip Organizer orMovie from File.

2. Locate the movie or sound to beinserted. Click on Insert.

3. Click on movie or sound to selectit, then click on Slide Show and

selectCustom Animation

4. Select appropriate settings


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To Play an Audio CD:

1. InsertAudio CD in the computer CD drive.2. Click on Insert, choose Movies & Sounds, and selectPlay CD Audio Track.3. Adjust tracks to desired start and

end4. ClickOK.5. Click eitherAutomatically (if sound

is to start at start right away), or

When Clicked.

6. Click on the CD icon to preview andCustom Animation window will appear at right side ofwindow

7. Click on down arrow beside the name of the CD to viewthe options.

8. Select desired Start9. Click on Effect Options and then Effect

10.Select playing options and Enhancements11.Click on Timing tab and select desired Delay and/or

Triggers

12.ClickOKand run the Slide to preview

To Use Auto Advance:

1. Click on Slide Show and selectSlide Transition; the SlideTransition window appears on the right.

2. Select desired transition.3. Select desired Speed and Sound.4. SelectAdvance slide options On mouse clickorAutomatically

after and set the number of seconds. Note: This applies the autoadvance and transition to the currently selected slide(s) only.

5. ClickApply to All to use the auto advance and transitions for allslides.

6. Click on Play to view current slide or Slide Show to preview thewhole show.

7. Click on Slide Show and selectSet Up Show.8. Under Show Type, make desired selections.9. Under Show Slides, selectAll or enter the numbers of the slides

to be automated in the From and To boxes.10.UnderAdvance Slides, selectUse Timings,

if present.11.Under Show Options click on Loop

continuously until Esc to have the projectrepeat.

12.ClickOKwhen done.


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PRACTICE:

Make presentation about shaping up in math:

Triangles

By Sides

By Angles

ObtuseAcute Right

SCALENEISOSCELES

EQUILATERAL

Quadrilaterals

Parallelogram Trapezoid

Rectangle Rhombus

Square

Isosceles

Trapezoid

Shaping up in Math

Triangles

Quadrilaterals

Circles

Other polygons

Click on one of the following to learn more about these shapes:


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V. Creating PDF Files

You can make PDF files from more or less any document. There are 4 ways to do this:

Some applications can use PDF as their native file format: you can save files as PDF files,

open and edit them again. A number of applications feature an export to PDF kind of function. This is either a

menu option in the File menu or accessible through a button in the toolbar. There are a number of tools on the market that can convert a print-file (usually a

PostScript file) or a native file to a PDF file. Use an on-line tool that converts a document to a PDF.

PDF as the native file format

There are not that many applications yet that can use PDF as their native file format. All of the

existing ones might actually use a trick to do this: they embed their native file format asmetadata in a PDF file. The only applications that I am aware of that can use PDF as their native

file format are Adobe applications such as Illustrator or Photoshop next to some PDF editors

(which obviously use PDF as their native file format).

Export to PDF

A number of applications have built-in support for exporting PDF files. The list of applications istoo long, so Ill just mention some of the most important ones:

Virtually all Adobe applications

Most illustration programs such as Corel Draw OpenOffice

There is software on the market that installs such an Export to PDF menu option or button inapplications.

Adobe Acrobat Professional adds PDF capabilities to other applications such as

Microsoft Office and AutoCAD.

Convert a print file to a PDF

If your application does not yet offer support for PDF, you need extra software. This softwarecan convert a print file (usually a PostScript file) to a PDF file. Some applications acts as dummy

printers, intercept the output of an application and directly convert the data to a PDF.

Below is an overview of some of the solutions that are available on the market. Some of them

are perfectly usable for prepress, like

Acrobat Distiller (part of Adobe Acrobat)Acrobat Distiller is a separate application that can convert PostScript files into PDF-files.

In many ways it resembles a RIP which, instead of writing a bitmap pattern to an image

setter, writes the resulting PDF file to a disk. Distiller is part of the Adobe Acrobat

package. It is available for Mac, PCs and some UNIX flavours.


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Use an on-line tool that converts a document to a PDF

For some web services you do not need to create a print file: simply upload the sourcedocument to the site and it will convert it to a PDF file. An example of this is Adobes own web

service. (http://createpdf.adobe.com/) These arent services that focus on creating high quality

print-ready PDF files but if you received a native file and dont own the matching application, itcan be a solution.

From 4 ways above, lets try to create PDF Files with third way using Free Software like Bullzip

PDF Printer. The Bullzip PDF Printer works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to

write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application.

What We Need

1. GPL Ghostscript program version 8.54 or newer (can be downloaded inwww.bullzip.com/download/gsl/gslite.exe)

2. Bullzip PDF Printer (BullzipPDFPrinter_5_0_0_609.exe can be download inwww.bullzip.com/download)

The Principle

1. Create file from the document you want to convert.2. Print to PDF through selecting bullzip PDF printer and give the name of file

Preparation

Install Bullzip PDF Printer

Before you install bullzip PDF printer, you should install the Ghostscript

Program (gslite.exe). After that run the Bullzip PDF Printer will get the following

display:1. Choosing the language used during installation. Select Indonesian and

press OK.


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2. Welcome to view, click the button LANJUT

3. Display a license agreement. Select SAYA SETUJU DANGANKESEPAKATAN TERSEBUT and click LANJUT

4. Select the directory where the bullzip program will be placed and clickLANJUT

5.


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6. TThen click INSTAL button to begin installing the program and wait until

the end

7. Click the SELESAI button which means the application has beensuccessfully installed Bullzip PDF Printer


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8. In the window PRINTER AND FAXES will see a new printer with BullzipPDF Printer

Ready to Rock

Now you are ready to create a PDF file. Document file ->Print to Bullzip PDF Printer

->PDF file.

Create or open a file from the document . Suppose you want to create a PDF file from a worddocument created by MS Word. (Other applications should follow the same pattern.)

1. Open the document with MS Word.

2. ClickFile->Printfrom MS Wordmenu panel.3. In the Printer Name box, choose the printer you have just installed. (e.g. Bullzip

PDF Printer)


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4. ClickOK. Then you will be prompted to name your PDF file. ClickOKto saveyour PDF file.

5. Now you have a PDF file

Documents

Utilizing Computers and Mobile Phones for Mathematics Learning