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GeoGebra Blog & Conference

Official GeoGebra Blog started. This blog on GeoGebra is trying to provide a broad look at what’s happening in the GeoGebra community – everything from news to events to GeoGebra tips & tricks all in one place. Expect cross-postings from the great blogs out in our community and a chance to hear more from the people behind GeoGebra as well.
Ten Years of GeoGebra Contest
The registration is open for our big GeoGebra Conference 2012, 21-23 September in Warsaw, Poland. Join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of GeoGebra and share your ideas with other members of the community!

Development News

New GeoGebra Chrome App Beta version released! This GeoGebra version runs on Chromebooks and other devices without Java. We will continue to add more features over the next months.
GeoGebra 4.2 development is making good progress with lots of improvments to the CAS and many new commands.

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.

Some nice resources on GeoGebra:

GeoGebra in the Media

New GeoGebra Institutes

GeoGebra Institute of Iowa, US
GeoGebra Institute of Education, UMCE, Chile
GeoGebra Institute of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

More GeoGebra Conferences

The International GeoGebra Institute Conference 2012will be held in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23 September, 2012.
GeoGebra ICME Pre-conference 2012 in Seoul, Korea on Sunday, 8 July, 2012, just one day before ICME 2012. Please register soon as we can only accommodate 100 people.
Midwest Regional GeoGebra Conference 2012 on 11-12 Jun 2012 in Oxford OH, US
3rd North-America GeoGebra Conference 2012 in Mexico on 25-28 July 2012. Submission of proposals until 25 May.
Latin-American GeoGebra Conference 2012 in Medellin, Columbia on 2-4 Aug 2012

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.

June

Jun 7: The Eighth International Mathematics Festival at National University of Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Jun 11-12: Midwest Regional Conference of GeoGebra 2012 at Miami University, Oxford OH, US
Jun 18: GeoGebra workshop at Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Jun 20-21: GeoGebra at GVSU Gatherings) at Grand Valley State University Regional Math and Science Center, Michigan, US
Jun 21: CAME in Novi-Sad, Serbia
Jun 21-23: 4th European Conference on Computer Sciences and Applications in Timisoara, Romania
Jun 22-24: CADGME 2012 in Novi Sad, Serbia
Jun 25-27: Introductory GeoGebra workshop at Berkeley Unified Schools District, Berkeley, CA, US
Jun 28-30: MEI 2012, at University of Keele, UK

July

Jul 2-8: Milset Expo-Sciences Europe 2012 (with GeoGebra programme by Mascheroni CAD Team) in Tula, Russia
Jul 4: Introducing and using Geogebra in Manchester, UK
Jul 4-6: Developments in Computer Algebra Research 2012 in Tokyo, Japan
Jul 6-9: IGGCW-Miskolc-2012 (International GeoGebra Conference and Workshop) in Miskolc, Hungary
Jul 8: GeoGebra ICME Pre-conference 2012 in Seoul, Korea
Jul 9-12: TSM 2012 in Oundle, Peterborough UK
Jul 12: Introducing and using Geogebra in Liverpool, UK
Jul 25-28: 3rd Northamerica GeoGebra Conference in Mexico
Jul 30-Aug 3: Key Concepts, Fundamental Ideas and Core Awarenesses in Mathematics in Oxfordshire, 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

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-== GeoGebra Community News ==
+== GeoGebra Blog & Conference ==
+* [http://blog.geogebra.org/ Official GeoGebra Blog] started. This blog on GeoGebra is trying to provide a broad look at what’s happening in the GeoGebra community – everything from news to events to GeoGebra tips & tricks all in one place. Expect cross-postings from the great blogs out in our community and a chance to hear more from the people behind GeoGebra as well.
-* The registration is open for  [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl The International GeoGebra Institute Conference]. Join us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of GeoGebra  and  share your ideas with other members of the Community! Submission deadline: 15th June 2012.
+* [http://blog.geogebra.org/ten-years-of-geogebra/ Ten Years of GeoGebra Contest]
-* [http://blog.geogebra.org/ Be intuitive!] This blog on GeoGebra is trying to provide a broad look at what’s happening in the GeoGebra community – everything from news to events to GeoGebra tips & tricks all in one place. Expect cross-postings from the great blogs out in our community and a chance to hear more from the people behind GeoGebra as well.
+* The registration is open for our big [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl GeoGebra Conference 2012], 21-23 September in Warsaw, Poland. Join us to celebrate the [http://blog.geogebra.org/ten-years-of-geogebra/ 10th anniversary of GeoGebra] and share your ideas with other members of the community!
-* [http://blog.geogebra.org/ten-years-of-geogebra/ Ten years of GeoGebra Contest]
-* [http://www.ggbmidwest.com/ojs-2.3.4/index.php/ggbj/issue/view/1 New articles, activities, sketches on GeoGebra!] 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 2012.
-* It would be great if you could join us at [http://sites.dmi.rs/events/2012/CADGME2012/came.html CAME] on 21 June 2012  and [http://sites.dmi.rs/events/2012/CADGME2012/ CADGME] on 22-24 June 2012 both held in Novi Sad, Serbia.
-*Follow the Mascheroni CAD Team: [http://www.geogebraitalia.org/blog/category/news/ GeoGebra Italia Blog]
-*[http://www.dremat.ulagos.cl Masters degree and Doctorate degree in Mathematic Education in Chile (Spanish)]
 == Development News ==
-GeoGebra on the Web
+* New [http://goo.gl/qyDIK GeoGebra Chrome App] Beta version released! This GeoGebra  version runs on Chromebooks and other devices without Java. We will continue to add more features over the next months.
+* [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/Release_Notes_GeoGebra_4.2 GeoGebra 4.2] development is making good progress with lots of improvments to the CAS and many new commands.
-Really exciting news! [http://goo.gl/qyDIK 1st beta version of our Chrome App] have been released!
-GeoGebra 4.2 News
-CAS:
-* Some commands work in CAS now: Length[point], Join, Append, Line (not appearing in autocomplete yet)
-* eg SolveODE[y''=-y]
-New commands:
+== Articles & Materials ==
-* AttachCopyToView[Object,<View 0|1|2>]
+* [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.
-* ContinuedFraction[ <Number>, <Level - optional>, <Shorthand true|false> ]
-* Invert[Function] -- works for functions with one occurence of x.
-* InverseLogNormal[ ]
-* InverseLogistic[ ]
-* SolveODE[f'(x,y)] -- result controlable by sliders (open auxiliary objects and make them visible first)
-* SolveODE[f'(x,y),Point] -- draws integral line through point
-* ScientificText[ ]
-* SlopeField[ ] eg SlopeField[-x/(y+0.1x)]
-* Integral[-x/(y+0.1x), A]
-* Numerator[ ] / Denominator[ ] now work for functions of more than one variable
-* AreConcyclic[ ]
-* AreColinear[ ]
-Other improvements:
-* lists can be drawn as drop down lists
-* Set defaults for Inequalities
-* Better axes numbering when grid is on
-* Possibility to lock axes ratio
-* Zip[ ] supports nested commands
-== Tutorials & Materials ==
 Some nice resources on GeoGebra:
 *[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/372 Sześcio-ośmiościan rombowy mały-wersja kolorowa]
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 *[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/85 Logistical Chaos]
 *[http://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/4963 Psychédélisme]
 == GeoGebra in the Media ==
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 *[http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GeoGebra_Institute_of_Abu_Dhabi GeoGebra Institute of Abu Dhabi], United Arab Emirates
-== GeoGebra Conferences ==
+== More GeoGebra Conferences ==
 * [http://www.geogebraigi2012.pl The International GeoGebra Institute Conference 2012]will be held in Warsaw, Poland on 21-23 September, 2012.
 * [http://wiki.geogebra.org/en/GGB_Korea_2012 GeoGebra ICME Pre-conference 2012] in Seoul, Korea on Sunday, 8 July, 2012, just one day before  [http://www.icme12.org/ ICME 2012]. Please register soon as we can only accommodate 100 people.