Difference between revisions of "Activities/GeoGebra"

Revision as of 05:43, 20 March 2012

Overview

GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that joins geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA.

Quick Facts

Graphics, algebra and tables are connected and fully dynamic.
Easy-to-use interface, yet many powerful features.
Authoring tool to create interactive learning materials as web pages.
Available in many languages for our millions of users around the world.
Free and open source software.

Tips

Try development version

Install GeoGebra by the regular way;
Download .jar files for development version, e.g., for current beta, place them to ~/Activities/GeoGebra.activity/geogebra directory and restart Sugar activity.

Re-bundle activity

Install GeoGebra by the regular way;
from ~/Activities/GeoGebra.activity directory, run ./setup dist_xo command to create new .xo bundle in dist/ directory.

Resources

Home page.
Activity Library download page.
GeoGebraTube, official repository of GeoGebra constructions and GeoGebra related resources.

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 * Free and open source software.
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 * [[#Resources|Install]] GeoGebra by the regular way;
 * Download {{Code|.jar}} files for development version, e.g., for [http://www.geogebra.org/webstart/4.2/unpacked/ current beta], place them to {{Code|~/Activities/GeoGebra.activity/geogebra}} directory and restart Sugar activity.
+=== Re-bundle activity ===
+* [[#Resources|Install]] GeoGebra by the regular way;
+* from {{Code|~/Activities/GeoGebra.activity}} directory, run {{Code|./setup dist_xo}} command to create new {{Code|.xo}} bundle in {{Code|dist/}} directory.
 == Resources ==