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GeoGebra Conference 2012 & GeoGebra Summer of Code

Registration is open for the GeoGebra Conference 2012 in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23, September, 2012. Join us to share your ideas with other members of the Community!
GeoGebra Summer of Code 2012: Apply for a summer job with GeoGebra until April 6!

Development News

GeoGebra 4

GeoGebra 4.0.27.0 with bugfixes, updated translations and a new keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-B to export to GeoGebraWeb (see below) has been released
http://www.geogebra.org/download/

GeoGebra

A new version of GeoGebra has been deployed including a super-fast applet loading mechanism
GeoGebra worksheets now also work on Chromebooks, iPads and Android Tablets. Please report successes and problems in our forum

GeoGebra 4.2

A new version of GeoGebra 4.2 Beta has been released with enhanced Python Scripting

Tutorials & Materials

Some nice resources on GeoGebra:

GeoGebra Community News

It would be great if you could join us in Seoul, especially if you are planning to attend ICME. We will organise a ICME Pre-conference in Seoul, Korea, just one day before ICME on Sunday, 8 July, 2012. If you plan to attend please register as early as possible, because we can accommodate maximum 100 people in the room.
Sign up for the Midwest GeoGebra Journal. They are currently recruiting volunteers to review manuscripts for the journal for publication in Spring 2012 and looking for funding so that the GeoGebra Midwest Conference can be free for participants.
The FMSP is running an online Geogebra for A level Maths course, More info

GeoGebra in the Media

GeoGebra on Skolelinux 6.0 in digi.no
Intégration des Tice dans les pratiques pédagogiques de plusieurs disciplines on ludovia.com
Why the world loves GeoGebra? in iot.hu
Research, innovation is part of the College Cevallos: GeoGebra aplicado a la Matemática elemental del Bachillerato in El Heraldo

New GeoGebra Institutes

GeoGebra Institute of KSTM, Korea
GeoGebra Institute of Maringa Parana, Brazil
GeoGebra Institute of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia
GeoGebra Institute of Astana, Kazakhstan
Tucumán GeoGebra Institute, Argentina
Institute GeoGebra Fortaleza, Brazil

Future Events

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.

Apr

2-3 Apr: GI@nmmu Regional GeoGebra conference in Port Elisabeth and Saint George, South Africa
9 Apr: GeoGebra Workshop-Maine at University of New England, Maine, US
12 Apr: Introduction to GeoGebra, Middle and High School Teachers <Beginner/Intermediate> in Augusta, ME, US
13 Apr: Advanced GeoGebra, Middle & High School Teachers <Intermediate/Advanced> in Augusta, ME, US
14 Apr: GeoGebra in the classrom in Granada, Spain
14 Apr: Gain confidence using GeoGebra in your classroom in San Gabriel Valley, California, US
19-20 Apr: matematikundervisningen-inspirationsdagar-for-gy GeoGebra i matematikundervisningen - inspirationsdagar för gymnasielärare in Karlstad, Sweden
21 Apr: LOK 2012, with GeoGebra workshop in Budapest, Hungary

May

4 May: Verkoston kokous Oulussa 4.5.12 at Oulu University, Finland
17-20 May: Tavaszi Szél Konferencia, with GeoGebra workshop in Győr, Hungary
23 May: GeoGebra Conference and Workshop of GI Maine 2012 in Biddeford, Maine, US
26 May: GeoGebra Day of Portugal-Annual Meeting in Porto, Portugal
27 May: 7th Annual Conference in Mathematics and Statistics Service Teaching and Learning, with GeoGebra workshop in Maynooth, Ireland

Other Conferences and Dates

We are maintaining a list of conferences in which it would be helpful if you could represent GeoGebra.

Deadline for all submissions for the 7th Annual Conference in Mathematics and Statistics Service Teaching and Learning held in Maynooth, Ireland is 13 April, 2012
Deadline for Submission of Final Draft of all scientific activities for ICME 2012 is April 10

Contact

If you have news for our next newsletter, please let us know at events@geogebra.org.

GeoGebra Newsletters for previous newsletters
GeoGebra User Forum for any questions

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+== GeoGebra Conference 2012 & GeoGebra Summer of Code ==
+* Registration is open for the [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl/index.php?id=10 GeoGebra Conference 2012] in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23, September, 2012. Join us to share your ideas with other members of the Community!
+*GeoGebra Summer of Code 2012: [http://dev.geogebra.org/trac/wiki/Gsoc2012 Apply for a summer job with GeoGebra until April 6!]
 == Development News ==
 '''GeoGebra 4'''
+* GeoGebra 4.0.27.0 with bugfixes, updated translations and a new keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-B to export to GeoGebraWeb (see below) has been released<br>http://www.geogebra.org/download/
-* GeoGebra 4.0.27.0 with bugfixes, updated translations and a new keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-B to export to GeoGebraWeb (see below) has been released<br>http://www.geogebra.org/webstart/<br>http://www.geogebra.org/installers/
-'''GeoGebraWeb'''
-*GeoGebraWeb is the HTML5 version of GeoGebra for iPads / Chromebooks / Android Tablets
-We have released a new version:
-* Input Boxes now working
-* FormulaText now works for conditional functions eg FormulaText[If[x = 3, x + 1, If[x < 5, x + 2, x + 3]]]
-* Almost all commands now working
-* Lots of other small improvements
-* All relevant JavaScript methods are working: [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Reference:JavaScript Java Script]
-* Most applet parameters now supported: [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Reference:Applet_Parameters Applet Parameters]
-* New applet parameter to adjust for touch screens: data-param-capturingThreshold
-* Just one Graphics View supported at the moment (no Spreadsheet, Algebra View)
-Notes:
-*Dashed lines depend on the browser supporting that. Currently only Firefox does.
-*If you upload worksheets to [http://www.geogebra.org GeoGebra] then they will automatically use Java or HTML5 as appropriate.
-* LaTeX is not supported, use FormulaText[ ] instead.
-Please report successes and problems [http://www.geogebra.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=48 here]
 '''GeoGebra'''
+* A new version of GeoGebra has been deployed including a super-fast applet loading mechanism
-* A new version of GeoGebra has been deployed. This now uses a super-fast method of deploying Java Applets so the worksheets will load faster than if you host them on your own servers (and they will automatically work on iPads etc too, see above)
+* GeoGebra worksheets now also work on Chromebooks, iPads and Android Tablets. Please report successes and problems in our [http://www.geogebra.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=48 forum]
 '''GeoGebra 4.2'''
+* A new version of GeoGebra 4.2 Beta has been released with enhanced [http://www.geogebra.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=22 Python Scripting]
-* A new version of GeoGebra 4.2 Beta has been released with enhanced Python Scripting, and we are working hard to make that even better! [http://www.geogebra.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=22 More details]
 == Tutorials & Materials ==
+Some nice resources on GeoGebra:
 *[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/4816 Identifying Angle Relationships]
 *[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/4862 Practising multiplication]
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 *[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/6389 Derivatives of hyperbolic sine and cosine]
+== GeoGebra Community News ==
-== GeoGebra Community News ==
-* Registration is open for the [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl/index.php?id=10 GeoGebra Conference 2012] in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23, September, 2012. Join us to share your ideas with other members of the Community!
 *It would be great if you could join us in Seoul, especially if you are planning to attend ICME. We will organise a [http://www.geogebra.org/en/wiki/index.php/GGB_Korea2012GeoGebra ICME Pre-conference] in Seoul, Korea, just one day before ICME on Sunday, 8 July, 2012. If you plan to attend please register as early as possible, because we can accommodate maximum 100 people in the room.
 * Sign up for the [http://www.ggbmidwest.com/journal Midwest GeoGebra Journal]. They are currently recruiting volunteers to review manuscripts for the journal for publication in Spring 2012 and looking for [http://www.fundageek.com/project/detail/244/GeoGebra-Midwest-Conference funding] so that the [http://www.ggbmidwest.com/conference GeoGebra Midwest Conference] can be free for participants.
 * The FMSP is running an [http://www.furthermaths.org.uk/manager_area/files/FMSP_LOPD_Jun_Jul_2012_Geogebra.pdf online Geogebra for A level Maths course], [http://www.mei.org.uk/?section=resources&page=ict#geogebra More info]
-*[http://dev.geogebra.org/trac/wiki/Gsoc2012 Apply for a summer job with GeoGebra from March 26 to April 6!]
 == GeoGebra in the Media ==