GeoGebra Institute of California Has a New Website
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 [...]
GeoGebra Prim – a Simpler Version of GeoGebra for Younger Students
The developers of GeoGebra have created a version of the algebra/geometry/creative math software for younger students. This “slimmed down” version has much of the capabilities of its bigger cousin, but with a simplified interface. Users of GeoGebra will find no difficulty with this version, but for new users it is somewhat easier since there are [...]
Bill Gets His GeoGebra Trainer Certificate – Anyone Want Some Training?
I just received my GeoGebra Trainer Certificate today from Agnes Tuska, Director of the GeoGebra Institute of California at CSU, Fresno. It’s taken awhile for all the paperwork process to be completed, but it certainly feels good. Here’s what it looks like: It feels good to be part of this ever-growing group of educators [...]
GeoGebra – 2010, The Year in Review
What a year it’s been for GeoGebra! There were three International GeoGebra Conferences in 2010 3 million netbooks with GeoGebra were given to students in Argentina. Similar projects are running in Australia and Europe. GeoGebra was part of Google Summer of Code 2010 24 new GeoGebra Institutes in all continents (except Antartica) 3.8 Million Downloads [...]
GeoGebra has just received the prestigious Tech Award
More kudos for GeoGebra; I continue to share this wonderful open-source software program with others and watch them experience the joy as they see mathematics come alive with power and creativity. My students experience this on a regular basis. From the Tech Awards website: http://techawards.org/ “The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology [...]
First North American GeoGebra Conference – Ithaca, New York
The First North American GeoGebra Conference will be held 27-28 July, 2010 at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. I’ve been honored to be a part of the Scientific Committee for this conference. This committee has the responsibility of reviewing conference proposals. I’m looking forward to an interesting experience seeing how others use the powerful [...]
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