Brad --
My own approach to this problem has been to snip pieces of
screen from a MathCad worksheet and embed them as GIFs.
MathCad allows you to construct complicated textbooky
formulae with giant radicals, sigmas, calculus symbols,
greek letters, you name it, plus these equations are
"alive" (like in spreadsheets) -- not just a wordprocessor.
The program is a lot cheaper than Mathematica and does a
lot, so I recommend it to students and teachers alike
-- anyone ready to graduate from a calculator.
I have a memo to a Dr. Cowen describing how this approach
might be helpful to teachers doing curriculum on the web
at http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/cowenmemo.html and
this memo links to some other web pages where I demonstrate
the results.
Note: MathCad tends to like := instead of just = --
when I'm feeling really nitpicky, I pull up my screen
slice in PaintShop or the like and slide stuff around,
pick out the :s and so on.
I like the CorelDraw approach too. I'm just thinking that
having something like MathCad or Mathematica on your
computer is a good idea anyway, if you're into math, and
these applications give you what you need (visually) for
web pages as well (my understanding is the most recent
version of Mathematica now has the fancy typography
interface -- MathCad has always, and for a lot less
bucks).
Kirby
PS: my memo to Cowen is also about using freeware to do
geometry output in conjunction with the formulae. Basically,
for a small investment, a teacher is now able to compete with
a multi-million dollar text book company in terms of typography
and color images. So if you basic curriculum is better than
what the committees are doing, you can make your own math
site and share it with the world (which is what I've been
doing).
****************************************************************************
* To post to the list: email mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu *
* To unsubscribe, send mail to: majordomo@archives.math.utk.edu *
* In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: unsubscribe mathedcc *
* Words in the Subject: line are NOT processed! *
* Archives at http://archives.math.utk.edu/hypermail/mathedcc/ *
****************************************************************************