By Bill Lombard on 21 February, 2012
There were more than 7 Million visits to www.geogebra.org in 2011; this compares to 5 million in 2010. The visitors came from 226 countries and territories. Please visit and share these pages to discover the best GeoGebra materials and coolest math-loving people! GeoGebra Institutes GeoGebra User Forum GeoGebraTube GeoGebra Facebook Page GeoGebra Twitter Page GeoGebra on LinkedIn GeoGebra on Google+ This information [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 13 February, 2012
GeoGebra Video First Steps-Basic Customizing demonstrates five items that will make your GeoGebra experience more productive and personal. Learn how to view grid and axes Get to the Home Position easily Set your font size for you and for classroom/large audience viewing Set your text defaults for on-screen writing Set your default drawing options for [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 10 February, 2012
GeoGebra – First Steps – Downloading is a tutorial showing the viewer how to navigate to the GeoGebra website and download this free open-source dynamic software package. Users will be introduced to the main GeoGebra site and the several ways to interact with this powerful mathematics software package. Download and join the math playground for [...]
Posted in GeoGebra, Mr. L's Videos | Tagged algebra, dynamic software, GeoGebra, geometry, Mathematics, open-source |
By Bill Lombard on 3 February, 2012
From the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2011. This, the 5th Annual Survey of Learning Tools, was finalised on 13 November 2011. This year’s list was compiled from the Top 10 Tools lists of 531 learning professionals worldwide – from education, training and workplace learning. What is a “learning tool”? This [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 26 January, 2012
My favorite math teaching software, GeoGebra, just got a nice boost. The GeoGebra Institute of California has a new website. The mission of the International GeoGebra Institute (IGI) is to empower students and teachers at all levels to learn and teach mathematics with our easy-to-use and freely available software and interactive materials. The IGI is a rapidly growing [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 27 November, 2011
Guillermo Bautista, who is the host of Mathematics and Multimedia, recently posted a terrific article about GeoGebra, in which he summarized reasons why this incredible open-source software has been so successful. I asked his permission to reprint his post for my readers and he readily accepted. Michael Borcherds, lead developer of GeoGebra, asked why GeoGebra is [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 3 November, 2011
Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – Math Videos from Bill Lombard is the PowerPoint presentation I gave at the California Math Council – South section in November, 2011. Here is the link to download Friday Afternoon Lifesavers – Math Videos from Bill Lombard – ppt.
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By Bill Lombard on 3 November, 2011
Algebra Problem Solving with the new Common Core Standards is the PowerPoint presentation I gave at the California Math Council – South section in November, 2011. Here is the link to download Algebra Problem Solving with the new CC Standards – ppt.
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By Bill Lombard on 2 October, 2011
Ring a Bell Numbers is one of my favorite game-type activities in the classroom since it allows numbers from outside the classroom to enter my students’ lives in a fun, engaging way. Here are some reasons to use this activity: Good for class game by teams Excellent way to reinforce the importance of numbers Shows [...]
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By Bill Lombard on 13 April, 2011
On my mathvideouniversity site on youtube, I’ve begun a series of videos intended to bring FUN into the math classroom while still teaching sound mathematics. My coauthor, Brad Fulton, and I have created literally thousands of pages of activities on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that are currently residing on our hard drives. Prior to making [...]
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