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“Publish or Perish” Geometer Sketchpad Applets. by Jeff Goldstein Virginia Beach City Public Schools Princess Anne Middle School. How do I …?. Introductions: Who, Where, What can I expect?. Procedures. Requirements. Interactive Software Relatively easy to program?
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“Publish or Perish” Geometer Sketchpad Applets by Jeff Goldstein Virginia Beach City Public Schools Princess Anne Middle School
How do I …? Introductions: Who, Where, What can I expect? Procedures Requirements
Interactive Software Relatively easy to program? Some Library Packages Internet applets It’s fun to “play” and learn! Reasons for Geometer’s Sketchpad:
Student Sketchpad works fine (some except.) IBM or Apple Hardware Of course … a web page Must upload the jsp folder found on the CD & place folder on the page with your applets Internet Explorer (local or web) Save your Sketchpad Applets as .html Upload these files to your directory Requirements Sketchpad Publishing:
Example1: Quadrilateral Midpoint Conjecture This should make you a little curious about Geometry. a. Run the Midpoint Conjecture. b. Follow each step c. Change the shape to try to make your conjecture false. d. Still interested?
Exercise1: Use Geometer’s Sketchpad to create Triangle ABC a. Create each point using the Segment Feature b. Label it: “Triangle Exercise” 18 point Red c. Save it as “Triangle” d. Save it as an HTML e. Test it on the Internet Explorer.
More Complex Examples • External Hex Angles • Clock • Algebra Connection to y = mx + b • Dilations • Drawing paths (loci)
These slides and the Sketchpad files are posted: http://www.jeffgold.net/ e-mail any questions to me at: jeffgold1@cox.net or ajgoldst@VBschools.com