Comments:GeoGebra Newsletter 2010-9
From GeoGebra Manual
Development News
- New GeoGebra Linux packages are now available for several Linux systems:
- Ubuntu & Debian
- [data:text/x-suse-ymu,http://www.geogebra.org/download/geogebra.ymp openSUSE]
- XO - one laptop per child
- A new update of GeoGebra 3.2 (version 3.2.45.0) is available via WebStart and Installers
- The latest GeoGebra 3.2 Release Candidate includes two new languages: Malay and Ukrainian.
- The development of GeoGebra 4.0 is continuing well. We are currently working on adding inequalities and improving the CAS.
Awards & Projects
- GeoGebra has received the National Technology Leadership Award in Washington D.C., USA
- 3 million netbooks with GeoGebra are given to students in Argentina
- 60,000 DVDs with GeoGebra are given to High School teachers in Kerala, India
- The Free Software Foundation Hungary is funding a three-month period of GeoGebraMobile and related work
Tutorials
- Guillermo Bautista's tutorials have been updated again
- Lots of new tutorial videos by Linda Stojanovska on GeoGebra's YouTube channel
New GeoGebra Institutes
- GeoGebra Institute of Sao Paulo
- GeoGebra Institute of Sweden
- GeoGebra Institute of Metro Manila (the Philippines)
Past Events
- 6th International Conference on "Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students" in Riga, Latvia 1-5 August
- HighAIMS GeoGebra Workshop at Monroe High School, Monore, OH, USA from 2 to 6 August 2010
- Teaching design with GeoGebra Workshop in Taiwan from 2 to 3 August 2010
- GeoGebra for Beginners Part 2, Sydney, Australia on 4 August 2010
- MAA GeoGebra minicourse at Pittsburgh, PA, USA on 5 to 7 August 2010
- the first Nordic GeoGebra Conference in Reykjavík, Iceland August 12-14, 2010
- MathPAD 2010 conference in Poland on 16-19 August 2010
- Teaching design with GeoGebra & JavaScript in Taiwan on 16-17 August
- The Fifth East Asia Regional Conference in Mathematics Education (EARCOME-5) in Tokyo, Japan, on 18-22 August 2010
- GeoGebra workshops for beginners and advance users by NGO Normala, Zagreb, Croatia (1-2 September 2010)
- 7th International Conference on Applied Mathenatics at Baia Mare, Romania on September 1-4, 2010
- ProfMat 2010 - Aveiro Portugal on 2-4 September 2010, National Mathematics Teacher Meeting including workshops with GeoGebra
- GeoGebra workshops at MSEC, Salamanca, Spain (September 9-11, 2010)
- 1st Polish GeoGebra Conference on 18 Sep 2010, Warsaw
- GeoGebra Series using Illuminate - first illuminate meeting on 20 September 2010
- GeoGebra Workshop in Timişoara, Romania on 24 September 2010
- Introduction to GeoGebra Workshop in Pulau Pinang (Malaysia) on 25 September
Future Events
See our Events Map & Calendar for a complete list of upcoming workshops and conferences. Furthermore you can check this page for the proceedings of some past conferences also. October
- GeoGebra Lectures and Workshops in Livorno (Italy) on 4 October 2010
- GeoGebra Group Meeting in Birmingham, UK on 14 October 2010
- Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics with GeoGebra Presentation on 14-15 October 2010 in Akron, Ohio
- 'Mathematics and Challenges of Modern Technology' Conference in Osijek, Croatia on 16-17 October 2010
- Effective Use of GeoGebra in the classroom workshop on 25-26 October in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
- Opening Conference of the GeoGebra Institute of Turin on 28-29 October, Keynote: Markus Hohenwarter
- PME-NA 2010 Optimizing Student Understanding in Mathematics October 28 to 31, 2010 - Columbus, Ohio
November
- Conference on 'Contribution of Mathematical Software to Education' on 5-6 November 2010 in Budapest, Hungary
- GeoGebra für DG-Lehrer/innen on 10 November 2010 in Strobl, Austria
- 36th AMATYC Annual Conference Boston, MA on 11-15 November 2010
- MathsJam on 13-14 November in Staffordshire, UK
- Online Global Education Conference on 15-19 November
- Kursy e-leaningowe / E-learning courses in Warsaw on 20 November
- The annual International Schools Mathematics Teachers Foundation (ISMTF) teachers’ conference is to be held November 26-28, 2010 at the International School of Aberdeen, Scotland. Both Michael Borcherds and Zsolt Lavicza from the International GeoGebra Institute will be speaking on using GeoGebra for the IB Portfolio Tasks, the future of GeoGebra and demonstrating GeoGebra 4.0 and GeoGebra 3D.
December
- GeoGebra Fortbildung in Reutte, Tirol 1-2 December 2010
- ATCM 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, 17-21 December 2010
January
- GeoGebra Conference in Novi Sad, Serbia from 15 to 16 January 2011
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