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Dear Members of GeoGebra Institutes,
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== Community News ==
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*Support the [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geogebra/geogebra-for-the-ipad?ref=live GeoGebra for the iPad Project]!
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* Join us and share your ideas with other members of the community on [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl GeoGebra Conference 2012], 21-23 September in Warsaw, Poland. The registration is still open!
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== GeoGebra 10 Years Logo Contest Winners ==
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* We held a very successful pre-conference: [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GGB_Korea_2012 GeoGebra ICME Pre-conference 2012] with 160 participants from 32 different countries in Seoul, Korea on Sunday, 8 July, 2012, just one day before  [http://www.icme12.org/ ICME 2012]. Based on the success we are planning to organise more pre-conferences.
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*New book on GeoGebra! Learning GeoGebra with examples (practice) (따라하며 배우는 지오지브라) by Kyeong Choi, published on the day of GeoGebra Conference pre-ICME 2012.
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Our heartfelt congratulations to Mehdi Boulifa, GeoGebra Institute of ATEPS, Tunisia who won first prize on our 10 years anniversary logo contest!
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*New Milestone on Facebook: we reached the 10.000th like! Follow us and share your ideas!
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* Our 19 years old Google Summer of Code student Damien Desfontaines  makes theorems proven in no time! Read Zoltán Kovács's [http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/07/19-and-makes-theorems-proven/ account].
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* Meet the GeoGebra Ambassadors on [http://blog.geogebra.org/ Official GeoGebra Blog]: [http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/07/geogebra-ambassadors-4/ Juan Pablo Echeverría], Costa Rica, [http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/07/geogebra-ambassadors-3/ Steve Phelps], Chair of [http://giohio.pbworks.com/w/page/7469379/FrontPage GeoGebra Institute of Ohio], USA, [http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/07/geogebra-ambassadors-2/ Sanjay Gulati], India and [http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/07/geogebra-ambassadors/ Guillermo P. Bautista], Chair of [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GeoGebra_Institute_of_Metro_Manila GeoGebra Institute of Metro Manila], The Philippines, and [http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/08/geogebra-ambassadors-5/ John Golden], USA
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'''What you can do:'''
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*Talk about, teach, spread GeoGebra! Network, go to conferences, help establish new GeoGebra Institutes! We will recognize the efforts of the members of our community who have been the most active, by naming them GeoGebra Ambassadors. You can also nominate someone you know and think should deserve it to become a GG Ambassador. Send your suggestions to [mailto:community@geogebra.org community@geogebra.org]!
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*Post, discuss, share online your experiences with GeoGebra! Start a blog, a facebook, twitter, google+ page or just simply share with us any interesting pages you find about GeoGebra on the worldwide web. [https://docs.google.com/a/geogebra.at/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dHF1UmlFSC14VWRGazMwc1JMS3RVVVE6MQ. Click here to submit a page]<br>
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*If you tweet about a conference please use the #ggbconf hashtag.
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== Our Community in Numbers in 2012/1 ==
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* At the moment we have '''110''' GeoGebra Institutes all around the World.
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*  '''24''' new GeoGebra Institutes were established  in the first seven months of 2012.
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* The number of people who joined our GeoGebra Facebook group has grown from  '''8888''' to more than '''10 100'''.
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* There are '''3368''' people who follow GeoGebra on Twitter!
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* We had more than '''4.2 million''' visits to [http://www.geogebra.org www.geogebra.org] until mid August in 2012 out of which 66.5% are new visitors.
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[[File:Gg2012.png|600px|none|caption]] <br>
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* Users clicked on our download links (from our website alone)
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* Our visitors came from '''218''' countries and territories. Most visitors are from the US, Europe and Latin America.
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== [http://blog.geogebra.org/ten-years-of-geogebra/ 10 Years of GeoGebra Contest] Winners ==
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* Results and materials are available on our [http://www.facebook.com/groups/461631497199786/ facebook page].
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Our sincere congratulations to Mehdi Boulifa, Chair of [http://wiki.geogebra.org/s/en/index.php?title=GeoGebra_Institute_of_ATEPS&wiki=en GeoGebra Institute of ATEPS, Tunisia] who won first prize!
 
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The second prize went to Natalia Gonera, Poland:
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I am also delighted to tell you that the second prize went to Natalia Gonera, Poland:
 
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The third place has also been won by Mehdi Boulifa:
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The third place has also been won by our incredibly creative Tunisian friend Mehdi Boulifa:
 
 
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Our first three contestants won GeoGebra prizes!
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Our first three contestants won fantastic GeoGebra prizes!
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Let us also thank all of you who participated in either creating or voting for the 10 years GeoGebra logos.
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Let me also thank all of You who participated in either creating or voting for the wonderful 10years GeoGebra logos.
 
 
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'''What you can do:''' Watch out for upcoming new "GeoGebra 10 years" contest calls and participate!
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'''What you can do:''' Watch out for upcoming new contest calls and participate!
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== [[Translation_Status|Translation Issues]] ==
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== GeoGebra Institute Websites ==
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The GeoGebra software is currently available in about 55 languages, however there are a few translations still missing or need updating like Albanian, Thai, Afrikaans, Filipino, Malayalam, Hindi etc.
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'''What you can do: '''Do your students understand everything? If GeoGebra is not available in your local language, please work with us to find volunteer translators and make GeoGebra accessible for everyone. [mailto:translation@geogebra.org E-mail Translation]
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== Development News ==
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'''GeoGebra 4.2 Release Candidate'''
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We have been working very hard over the Summer with testing, adding the last few features and fixing bugs.
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We need your help to catch the last few bugs, so please install the Release Candidate and try it out!
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You can install the WebStart version [http://www.geogebra.org/webstart/4.2/geogebra-42.jnlp here]
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and the installers are [http://code.google.com/p/geogebra/downloads/list?can=3&q=4-1&sort=-uploaded&colspec=Filename+Summary+Uploaded+ReleaseDate+Size+DownloadCount here]
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Some of the highlights of the new version:
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* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/CAS_View Powerful Computer Algebra (CAS) View]
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* Improved Probability Calculator
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* Sort Algebra View by Construction Order or Layer
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* Draw lists as drop-down menus in the Graphics View
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* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Freehand_Shape_Tool Freehand Shape Tool (recognizes functions, lines, circles, polygons)]
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* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/SlopeField_Command Slope Field Command (for differential equations)]
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* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Pen_Tool Improved Pen Tool (supporting undo/redo)]
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* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Intersect_Command Find Intersection Points of a Line and Parametric Curve]
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* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Rigid_Polygon_Tool Rigid Polygon Tool can now be used to copy an existing Polygon and make it Rigid]
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== Articles & Materials ==
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* [http://www.ggbmidwest.com/ojs-2.3.4/index.php/ggbj/issue/view/1 Midwest GeoGebra Journal] with new articles, activities, and sketches on GeoGebra. They are currently recruiting volunteers to review manuscripts for the journal for publication in 2012.
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We are working on new features of the [http://www.geogebra.org/?lang=en GeoGebra tube], so that it will be even more useful!<br>
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Some nice resources on GeoGebra:
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/421 Dynamic Polar Plotter]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/4379 Section d'un pavé droit]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/13176 Potential energy]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/12733 Site de figures GeoGebra]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/4093 Surface Area for Cuboid]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/15264 Exponential Growth or Decay?]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/11062 3D Coordinate Axes in Geogebra]
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*[http://mathhombre.tumblr.com/post/27719574817/escalator Escalator. Inspired by a Twitter problem posed by Bowman Dickson]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/15167 Circle proportions simulation]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/14774 Rubber Pencil Illusion]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/7950 Elliptic Orbit. Proof of Kepler's 1st Law by using Newton's Law of Gravity and Kepler's 2nd law]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/14470 Logarithmic Spiral]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/14147 Dilations]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/13821 Temperature and relative numbers]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/13377 Harmonisk svängning]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/14215 Der Differenzenquotient]
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and form other sites:
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*[http://www.antonija-horvatek.from.hr/applets/math-applets.htm GeoGebra applets from Croatia]
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*[http://lima.osu.edu/people/iboyadzhiev/MyGeogebra.htm Irina Boyadzhiev's website with many GeoGebra applets]
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*[http://n.ethz.ch/~lballo/index.php?id=6614 Graphic Statics in GeoGebra from Lukas Ballo]
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'''What you can do:''' Please keep on uploading materials! We will include some of the most impressive ones in our newsletters.
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== GeoGebra in the Media ==
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*[http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/unpcperognistudente/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=237&ID_articolo=88&ID_sezione=502 Article mentioning GeoGebra in La Stampa.it]
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*[http://mathandmultimedia.com/2012/06/27/reasons-why-mathematics-teachers-should-blog/ 10 Reasons Why Mathematics Teachers Should Blog]
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*[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Hm5y1glb_lSGdtaVhBRUEtVzQ Jeff Patmore and his colleague's article about GeoGebra translated into Chinese by Professor Guo Kan]
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*[http://www.eltribuno.info/Salta/182764-Docentes-saltenos-aun-no-logran-superar-la-brecha-digital.note.aspx Docentes salteños aún no logran superar la brecha digital]
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*[http://sciencecampaign.org.uk/?p=10330 CCITE - promoting the return of the polymath]
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*[http://www.geogebra.org/publications/2008-Lu-acta-scientiae.pdf Upper secondary teachers' approaches to the use of GeoGebra]
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*[http://www.eltribuno.info/Salta/182764-Docentes-saltenos-aun-no-logran-superar-la-brecha-digital.note.aspx Docentes salteños aún no logran superar la brecha digital]
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*[http://ccite.org/testimonials.htm What we need to do to develop the appropriate education for our pupils today and into the future]
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'''What you can do''': Please let us know if you do any GeoGebra related research activities (writing an article, study, manual, lesson plans etc.) by uploading information [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Publications here] or if it is more convenient by filling out a form [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dHlfdHNVSlRDelJCYkJad2RTWTZMTkE6MQ here]
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== [http://www.geogebra.org/cms/hu/institutes GeoGebra Institutes] ==
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'''Virtual Homes'''<br>
 
We are delighted to see that so many of you have created beautiful and unique websites for your GeoGebra Institutes. In each newsletter we will present a few of those sites that have captured our attention.
 
We are delighted to see that so many of you have created beautiful and unique websites for your GeoGebra Institutes. In each newsletter we will present a few of those sites that have captured our attention.
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*[http://www.geogebra.or.kr/ GeoGebra Institute of KSTM, Korea]<br>
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• GeoGebra Institute of KSTM, Korea [http://www.geogebra.or.kr/]<br>
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*[http://www.pucsp.br/geogebrasp/ GeoGebra Institute of Sao Paulo, Brasil]<br>
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• GeoGebra Institute of Sao Paulo, Brasil [http://www.pucsp.br/geogebrasp/]<br>
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'''New Institutes'''<br>
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We would like to hereby welcome our new GeoGebra Institutes:
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'''What you can do''': Get inspired! Create your own GI website and let us know about it! [mailto:institutes@geogebra.org E-mail Institutes]
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*GeoGebra Institute of Chalimbana, Zambia
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Once you have your own site, do not forget to update it with information to serve your local community!
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*GeoGebra Institute of NUM, Mongolia
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*GeoGebra Institute ISGEMA, El Salvador
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== GeoGebra Ambassadors ==
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*GeoGebra Institute of UPT, Romania
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*GeoGebra Institute of Banten Province, Indonesia
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Please welcome our four new GeoGebra Ambassadors, who have done a lot for our community:
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*GeoGebra Institute of Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
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*GeoGebra Institute of Okinawa, Japan
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# Juan Pablo Echeverría, Costa Rica
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*GeoGebra Institute of San Jorge Gulf, Argentina
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# Steve Phelps, Chair, GeoGebra Institute of Ohio, USA
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*GeoGebra Institute of CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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# Sanjay Gulati, India
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*GeoGebra Institute of BKF, Budapest, Hungary
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# Guillermo P. Bautista, Chair, GeoGebra Institute of Metro Manila, The Philippines
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*GeoGebra Institute of Al-Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran
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*GeoGebra Institute of Khuzestan, West of Iran, Iran
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Read brief interviews with our new Ambassadors talking about GeoGebra:
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'''What you can do''':
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http://blog.geogebra.org/2012/07/geogebra-ambassadors/
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* Get inspired! Create your own GI website and let us know about it! Once you have your own site, do not forget to update it with information to serve your local community!
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* Help us extend the GI network! Please let us know at [mailto:institutes@geogebra.org institutes@geogebra.org] if you know anyone who would be willing to establish a GeoGebra Institute.
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== Events from summer and in autumn ==
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'''What you can do:''' Talk about, teach, spread GeoGebra!Network, go to conferences, help establish new GeoGebra! We will recognize the efforts of the members of our community who have been the most active, by naming them GeoGebra Ambassadors. You can also nominate someone you know and think should deserve it to become a GG Ambassador. Send your suggestions to community@geogebra.org
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See our [http://www.geogebra.org/cms/events Events Map & Calendar] and the [http://www.geogebra.org/en/wiki/index.php/GeoGebra_Conferences_2012 GeoGebra Conference 2012 Wiki] for a complete list of upcoming workshops and conferences as well as for proceedings of past conferences.
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'''June'''
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== Blogs and Social Media ==
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*Jun 7: [http://www.cientec.or.cr/matematica/festival.html#5 The Eighth International Mathematics Festival] at National University of Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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*Jun 11-12: [https://sites.google.com/site/ggbmidwest2012/ Midwest Regional Conference of GeoGebra 2012] at Miami University, Oxford OH, US
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* Our 19 year old Google Summer of Code student Damien Desfontaines  makes theorems proven in no time! Read Zoltán Kovács's account on the GeoGebra blog:
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*Jun 18: GeoGebra workshop at Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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*Jun 20-21: [https://sites.google.com/site/ggbgv11/home GeoGebra  at GVSU Gatherings)] at Grand Valley State University Regional Math and Science Center, Michigan, US
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*Jun 21: [http://sites.dmi.rs/events/2012/CADGME2012/came.html CAME] in Novi-Sad, Serbia
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*Jun 21-23: [http://fcia.tibiscus.ro/xa/ 4th European Conference on Computer Sciences and Applications] in Timisoara, Romania
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'''What you can do:''' Post, discuss, share online your experiences with GeoGebra! Start a blog, a facebook, twitter, google+ page or just simply share with us any interesting pages you find about GeoGebra on the worldwide web [https://docs.google.com/a/geogebra.at/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dHF1UmlFSC14VWRGazMwc1JMS3RVVVE6MQ Click here to submit a page]<br>
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*Jun 22-24: [http://sites.dmi.rs/events/2012/CADGME2012/ CADGME 2012] in Novi Sad, Serbia
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*Jun 25-27: Introductory GeoGebra workshop at Berkeley Unified Schools District, Berkeley, CA, US
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*Jun 28-30: [http://conference.mei.org.uk/ MEI 2012], at University of Keele, UK
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*Jul 2-5: [http://www.ideal-conferences.net First International Dynamic, Explorative, and Active Learning (IDEAL) Conference] in Bayburt, Turkey
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*Jul 2-6: [http://math.nie.edu.sg/merga2012/ The 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia [MERGA]] in Singapore
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*Jul 2-8: [http://ese2012.milset.org/en/ Milset Expo-Sciences Europe 2012 (with GeoGebra programme by Mascheroni CAD Team)] in Tula, Russia
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*Jul 3-6: [http://www.matekhalo.hu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24:rlv2012&catid=7&Itemid=101 Rátz László Vándorgyűlés 2012] in Pécs, Hungary
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*Jul 4: [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fas/cpd/statistics/courses/Introducing-and-using-Geogebra Introducing and using Geogebra] in Manchester, UK
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*Jul 4-6: [http://www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access-01.html Developments in Computer Algebra Research 2012] in Kyoto, Japan
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*Jul 4-6: Uso de GeoGebra para la Enseñanza de las Matemáticas, at Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, El Salvador
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*Jul 6-9: [https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iggcw12 IGGCW-Miskolc-2012 (International GeoGebra Conference and Workshop)] in Miskolc, Hungary
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*Jul 8: [http://www.geogebra.org/en/wiki/index.php/GGB_Korea2012 GeoGebra ICME Pre-conference 2012] in Seoul, Korea
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*Jul 8-15: [http://www.icme12.org/ ICME 2012] in Seoul, Korea
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*Jul 9-12: [http://www.tsm-resources.com/tsm-2012/workshops.html TSM 2012] in Oundle, Peterborough UK
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*Jul 10-14: [http://time2012.ut.ee/ TIME2012 Technology and its Integration in Mathematics Education] in Tartu, Estonia
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*Jul 12: [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fas/cpd/statistics/courses/Introducing-and-using-Geogebra Introducing and using Geogebra] in Liverpool, UK
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*Jul 12-13: [http://www.mathstore.ac.uk/conference2012 CETL-MSOR Conference] at University of Sheffield, UK
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*Jul 18-22: [http://tame.tw/pme36/ PME36] in Taipei, Taiwan
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*Jul 25-28: [http://www.gauss.acatlan.unam.mx/geogebra/cartelEsp.html 3rd Northamerica GeoGebra Conference] in Mexico
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*Jul 30-Aug 3: [http://www.atm.org.uk/mt/archive/mt191files/ATM-MT191-37-40.pdf Key Concepts, Fundamental Ideas and Core Awarenesses in Mathematics] in Oxfordshire, UK
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* Aug 2-4: [http://geogebra.itm.edu.co/index2.html Latin-American GeoGebra Conference 2012] in Medellin, Columbia
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* Aug 8-10: GeoGebra Summer Camp, in Seoul, Korea
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*Aug 9: GeoGebra Day, at State College Area School District State College, Pennsylvania, US
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* Aug 17-22: [https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Hm5y1glb_ldGZMdklaelVlRVk NIS Conference], in Astana, Kazakhstan
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*Aug 28: [http://crossborder.experienceworkshop.hu/?page_id=796&lang=en CrossBorderScience 2012 Conference] in Kaposvár, Hungary
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* Aug 28: [http://opencommons.public1.linz.at/?page_id=800 OC12 Symposium "Open Commons Initiative Linz: Leben und Zusammenarbeiten mit digitalen Gemeingütern"] in Linz, Austria
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*Aug 29: [http://www.geogebrainstitut.se/events/aug.pdf GeoGebra AfterWorkshop] in Sweden
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'''Sept'''
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* Sept 3: GeoGebra Introduction, in Semnan, Iran
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*Sept 10: GeoGebraCAS für UP, in PH Hollabrunn, NÖ, Austria
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*Sept 14-16: [http://hylblog.edu.hel.fi/wpmu/ggtartu12/ The 3rd Nordic GeoGebra Conference] in Tartu, Estonia
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*Sept 21-23: [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl The International GeoGebra Institute Conference 2012] in Warsaw, Poland
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*Sept 24-26: [http://www.sdiwc.net/iccaee2012/page.php?id=4 The International Conference on E-Learning and E-Technologies in Education] in Lodz, Poland
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*Sept 26: [http://www.szegedtech.hu SzegedTech] in Szeged, Hungary
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'''Oct'''
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*Oct 3: [http://www.futhermaths.org.uk Introducing and using GeoGebra], in Reading , UK
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*Oct 10-12: [http://www.nctm.org/dallas/ NCTM 2012 Regional Conference in Dallas], Texas, US
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*Oct 17: Landes-AG Mathematik APS OÖ, in Linz, Austria
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*Oct 18: [http://www.futhermaths.org.uk Introducing and using GeoGebra], York, UK
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*Oct 19-20: [http://semcv.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=11&Itemid=115 Annual meeting of GeoGebra Institute of Valencia], in Velancia, Spain
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*Oct 24: GeoGebra como instrumento para las Matemáticas Educativas, in Acatlán, Mexico
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*Oct 24-26: [http://www.nctm.org/hartford/ NCTM 2012 Regional Conference in Hartford] in Connecticut, US
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*Nov 5: GeoGebra-Fortbildung, in Innsbruck, Austria
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*Nov 6: Geogebra–2D: Das Werkzeug, in Steyr-Münichholz, Austria
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*Nov 8-10: [http://www.geogebra.org.uy/2012/paginas/img/1erAnuncio.pdf Latin-American GeoGebra Conference Uruguay 2012] in Montevideo, Uruguay
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*Nov 16: [http://www.futhermaths.org.uk Introducing and using GeoGebra] in Sussex, UK
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*Nov 16-17: VTN 2012 Varga Tamás Módszertani Napok, Budapest, Hungary
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*Nov 24: GeoGebra Day in Segovia, Spain
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*Nov 28-30: [http://www.nctm.org/chicago/ NCTM 2012 Regional Conference Chicago] in  Illinois, US
 
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# It is our goal that GeoGebra appear in every important Math or IT related conferences. We are maintaining a [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GeoGebra_potential_conferences list] of those conferences. Represent GeoGebra at one or more of these events! <br>
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[http://www.geogebra.org/en/wiki/index.php/Category:Newsletter GeoGebra Newsletters] for previous newsletters <br>
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Community News

What you can do:

  • Talk about, teach, spread GeoGebra! Network, go to conferences, help establish new GeoGebra Institutes! We will recognize the efforts of the members of our community who have been the most active, by naming them GeoGebra Ambassadors. You can also nominate someone you know and think should deserve it to become a GG Ambassador. Send your suggestions to community@geogebra.org!
  • Post, discuss, share online your experiences with GeoGebra! Start a blog, a facebook, twitter, google+ page or just simply share with us any interesting pages you find about GeoGebra on the worldwide web. Click here to submit a page
  • If you tweet about a conference please use the #ggbconf hashtag.

Our Community in Numbers in 2012/1

  • At the moment we have 110 GeoGebra Institutes all around the World.
  • 24 new GeoGebra Institutes were established in the first seven months of 2012.
  • The number of people who joined our GeoGebra Facebook group has grown from 8888 to more than 10 100.
  • There are 3368 people who follow GeoGebra on Twitter!
  • We had more than 4.2 million visits to www.geogebra.org until mid August in 2012 out of which 66.5% are new visitors.
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  • Users clicked on our download links (from our website alone)
  • Our visitors came from 218 countries and territories. Most visitors are from the US, Europe and Latin America.
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10 Years of GeoGebra Contest Winners

Our sincere congratulations to Mehdi Boulifa, Chair of GeoGebra Institute of ATEPS, Tunisia who won first prize! Tenyearslogo.jpg
The second prize went to Natalia Gonera, Poland: Tenyearslogo2.jpg
The third place has also been won by Mehdi Boulifa:
Tenyearslogo3.jpg Our first three contestants won GeoGebra prizes! Let us also thank all of you who participated in either creating or voting for the 10 years GeoGebra logos.
What you can do: Watch out for upcoming new contest calls and participate!

Translation Issues

The GeoGebra software is currently available in about 55 languages, however there are a few translations still missing or need updating like Albanian, Thai, Afrikaans, Filipino, Malayalam, Hindi etc. What you can do: Do your students understand everything? If GeoGebra is not available in your local language, please work with us to find volunteer translators and make GeoGebra accessible for everyone. E-mail Translation

Development News

GeoGebra 4.2 Release Candidate We have been working very hard over the Summer with testing, adding the last few features and fixing bugs. We need your help to catch the last few bugs, so please install the Release Candidate and try it out! You can install the WebStart version here and the installers are here Some of the highlights of the new version:

Articles & Materials

  • Midwest GeoGebra Journal with new articles, activities, and sketches on GeoGebra. They are currently recruiting volunteers to review manuscripts for the journal for publication in 2012.

We are working on new features of the GeoGebra tube, so that it will be even more useful!
Some nice resources on GeoGebra:

and form other sites:

What you can do: Please keep on uploading materials! We will include some of the most impressive ones in our newsletters.

GeoGebra in the Media

What you can do: Please let us know if you do any GeoGebra related research activities (writing an article, study, manual, lesson plans etc.) by uploading information here or if it is more convenient by filling out a form here

GeoGebra Institutes

Virtual Homes
We are delighted to see that so many of you have created beautiful and unique websites for your GeoGebra Institutes. In each newsletter we will present a few of those sites that have captured our attention.

New Institutes
We would like to hereby welcome our new GeoGebra Institutes:

  • GeoGebra Institute of Chalimbana, Zambia
  • GeoGebra Institute of NUM, Mongolia
  • GeoGebra Institute ISGEMA, El Salvador
  • GeoGebra Institute of UPT, Romania
  • GeoGebra Institute of Banten Province, Indonesia
  • GeoGebra Institute of Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
  • GeoGebra Institute of Okinawa, Japan
  • GeoGebra Institute of San Jorge Gulf, Argentina
  • GeoGebra Institute of CABA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • GeoGebra Institute of BKF, Budapest, Hungary
  • GeoGebra Institute of Al-Kharazmi, Tehran, Iran
  • GeoGebra Institute of Khuzestan, West of Iran, Iran

What you can do:

  • Get inspired! Create your own GI website and let us know about it! Once you have your own site, do not forget to update it with information to serve your local community!
  • Help us extend the GI network! Please let us know at institutes@geogebra.org if you know anyone who would be willing to establish a GeoGebra Institute.

Events from summer and in autumn

See our Events Map & Calendar and the GeoGebra Conference 2012 Wiki for a complete list of upcoming workshops and conferences as well as for proceedings of past conferences. June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

What you can do:

  1. Please attend and also take a minute to let others know about our events!
  2. It is our goal that GeoGebra appear in every important Math or IT related conferences. We are maintaining a list of those conferences. Represent GeoGebra at one or more of these events!
  3. If you know about a potential conference where GeoGebra should be present , if you need assistance with organizing a conference/workshop or have news for our next newsletter please let us know at events@geogebra.org.

See GeoGebra Newsletters for previous newsletters
Go to GeoGebra User Forum if you have any technical questions Thank you for your attention!
The GeoGebra Team

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