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*It would be great if you could join us in Seoul, especially if you are planning to attend [http://www.icme12.org/ ICME 2012]. We organise a [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GGB_Korea_2012 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. | *It would be great if you could join us in Seoul, especially if you are planning to attend [http://www.icme12.org/ ICME 2012]. We organise a [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GGB_Korea_2012 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. | ||
* Ten years of GeoGebra: Registration is open for the [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl GeoGebra Conference 2012] in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23, September, 2012. Join us to share your ideas with other members of the Community! The early registration deadline is 30 June 2012! | * Ten years of GeoGebra: Registration is open for the [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl GeoGebra Conference 2012] in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23, September, 2012. Join us to share your ideas with other members of the Community! The early registration deadline is 30 June 2012! | ||
| − | *Are you ready? The [http://geogebra.acatlan.unam.mx/ 3rd Northamerica GeoGebra Conference] is coming soon, on 25-28 July 2012 in Mexico. Do not forget that the | + | *Are you ready? The [http://geogebra.acatlan.unam.mx/ 3rd Northamerica GeoGebra Conference] is coming soon, on 25-28 July 2012 in Mexico. Do not forget that the deadline for proposals is 25 May, 2012. |
| − | *We cannot miss Latin America from the list: [http://geogebra.itm.edu.co/index2.html Latin-American GeoGebra Conference Columbia 2012] which will be held on 2-4 Aug 2012 in Medellin, Columbia | + | *We cannot miss Latin America from the list: [http://geogebra.itm.edu.co/index2.html Latin-American GeoGebra Conference Columbia 2012] which will be held on 2-4 Aug 2012 in Medellin, Columbia. |
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== Development News == | == Development News == | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 3 May 2012
GeoGebra Website down 9th May
The GeoGebra website, forum and wiki will be down for scheduled maintainance on 9th May 2012 for 9 hours at these times
If you need urgent help during that time, please ask here: http://www.facebook.com/geogebra or send a tweet to @geogebra on twitter.
GeoGebra Webstart should be unaffected but as always emergency downloads are available from Google's servers: http://code.google.com/p/geogebra/downloads/list?can=3&q=4.0
GeoGebra Conferences
- It would be great if you could join us in Seoul, especially if you are planning to attend ICME 2012. We 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.
- Ten years of GeoGebra: 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! The early registration deadline is 30 June 2012!
- Are you ready? The 3rd Northamerica GeoGebra Conference is coming soon, on 25-28 July 2012 in Mexico. Do not forget that the deadline for proposals is 25 May, 2012.
- We cannot miss Latin America from the list: Latin-American GeoGebra Conference Columbia 2012 which will be held on 2-4 Aug 2012 in Medellin, Columbia.
Development News
- We have released an alpha version of GeoGebraWeb-GUI (GeoGebra for Tablets) with an Algebra View, Input Bar and Toolbar. Please give feedback in the GeoGebraWeb Forum.
- GeoGebra 4 (version 4.0.30.0) has been released with bugfixes and a new language (Armenian)
GeoGebra 4.2 News
- The Python View will soon be removed from GeoGebra 4.2 beta, so you will need to use GeoGebra 5 Beta if you wish to continue using this
- New Turtle object in Python
- Alt-drag on a parabola to rescale it leaving the vertex unchanged
- New commands: ShowGrid, ShowAxes, SetTrace
- New JavaScript commands to allow drawing to an Image
- Can now export PNG/SVG etc from the command line using --export and --dpi
- The Input Bar will ignore accents when matching command names (eg. 'De' will match the command 'Dérivée' in French)
Tutorials & Materials
Some nice resources on GeoGebra:
- Hyperbolic Geometry in the Poincaré Disk
- Fourier Series Accuracy / Précision / Precisió
- Rainbow Formation
- Fractal fern
- Myles Shrinking Circle
- Electric Field & Potential
- Two Spinning Dots With Trace of Midpoint
- Lens Simulation for iPad
- Playback menu for constructions
- Cubic Polynomial
- Unwrapping a Circle
- Geometry and Operation of a Sextant
And from other sites:
GeoGebra Community News
- It would be great if you could join us at CADGME on 22-24 June 2012 and CAME on 21 June 2012 both held in Novi Sad, Serbia.
- Follow the Mascheroni CAD Team: GeoGebra Italia Blog One of their latest project( "A lesson with GeoGebra".) has been awarded at I Giovani e le Scienze 2012!
- Sign up for the Midwest GeoGebra Journal. They are currently recruiting volunteers to review manuscripts for the journal for publication in 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 Ambassador Lakshmi
- Masters degree and Doctorate degree in Mathematic Education in Chile (Spanish)
GeoGebra in the Media
- Jeff Patmore's blog on GeoGebra: A Picture of Maths
- Innovative way to improve SA maths in The Heralds
- Why Master Solution Suite XL for the implementation of Netbookprojekts?
- World Education Games 2012 Constructivist Medal Winner.The winning entry is a video which uses GeoGebra in its construction
- The spirit of eTeaching
New GeoGebra Institutes
- GeoGebra Institute of ATEPS, Tunis, Tunesia
- GeoGebra Institute of Rome, Italy
- GeoGebra Institute of Milano, Italy
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.
May
- 4 May: Verkoston kokous Oulussa 4.5.12 at Oulu University, Finland
- 5-6 May: Introduction to GeoGebra (for School Teachers), in Kochi, India
- 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
- 23 May: GeoGebra-CCITE Talk (Cambridge-Szeged Society), in Cambridge, UK
- 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
Jun
- 7 Jun: The Eighth International Mathematics Festival at National University of Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- 11-12 Jun: Midwest Regional Conference of GeoGebra 2012 at Miami University, Oxford OH, US
- 21 Jun CAME in Novi-Sad, Serbia
- 21-23 Jun: 4th European Conference on Computer Sciences and Applications in Timisoara, Romania
- 22-24 Jun: CADGME 2012 in Novi Sad, Serbia
- 28-30 Jun: MEI 2012, at University of Keele, UK
Other Conferences and Dates
We are maintaining a list of conferences in which it would be helpful if you could represent GeoGebra.
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
