![]() ![]() That ended up looking only moderately neat. My goal was to define a curve parametrically and then have - at a ton of points on the curve - a circle to be drawn so it would look like a tube. I was quickly able to make this in 10 minutes Today I was again inspired by my colleague and friend’s geogebra art, so I wanted to create some of my own. Even though I know it was simplistic and useless, I wanted to create a file that did X and I was able to do it! Although it felt dumb to get psyched about it, I was so excited that I could create something that would do what I wanted it to - that I couldn’t do before! But the weird thing was: I was really proud of it, and I wanted to show everyone around me what I created. By all accounts, I should not be excited by it. Okay, you and me, we both know that file is totally useless a teaching tool. Okay, okay, I wasn’t going to show you it because it’s sooooo dumb. When you drag each point close to where an altitude of the triangle would hit that side, I had something like “WOW!” or “YOU DID IT!” pop up! And if you got all three points close, something like “ALL THREE?! YOU’RE A SUPERSTAR!” show up. (The google doc they used to help people out is here.) In about 30 minutes, with the help of John Golden and some kind people near me, I was able to make a rinky-dinky geogebra file which has a triangle on it, and has three points on the three different sides. When I was there, I learned about conditional objects, and it was awesome. ![]() They are like Jedi masters of Geogebra (though I know Audrey will play coy and say she isn’t…). When I was at TMC14 this summer, there was a sesh run by John Golden, Audrey McLaren, and Jedidiah Butler. Check this recent one out - which happens to be one of my favorites! Dualities!Īlthough I know most of the basics of Geogebra, I have not yet progressed to the stage passed “novice.” However I really want to get there, because this program is so freaking awesome. He has started keeping a blog - Geogebrart - posting fairly frequently some stunning, jaw-drapping mathematical art he created using this powerful program. I have an awesome friend and colleague at my school who is a geogebra master.
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