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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 network of non-profit organizations around the world. Our California GeoGebra Institute will support local users in the following activities:
- face-to-face workshops for teachers
- online support for GeoGebra users
- presentations at California conferences
- publications in California journals
GeoGebra supports free learning materials (applets) which have interactive graphics, algebra, and spreadsheet components. These materials are available from elementary school levels through university levels.
We wish to show California teachers and students how to use GeoGebra so that it can be used as a major curriculum force in the classroom. GeoGebra is very easy to use, with a point and click interface. You can quickly create interactive applets that illustrate concepts in all of the major school mathematics curriculum areas. GeoGebra is a free program that can perform geometric constructions, graph functions, create sliders that can be used to define functions, find derivatives and integrals and change everything dynamically. It is also straightforward to create html files that will be available online to anyone with a browser. Since GeoGebra is a java program, Mac or PC computers both work fine. Come join us in celebrating this terrific software!
A big thanks goes to Andy Hammons, our website creator/guru, who made this possible. Andy is the 2011 Hesperia USD District Teacher of the Year.
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