GeoGebra
Gettin' Jiggy wit' it... (Let's get acquainted with GeoGebra)
http://www.geogebra.org - Home page
Zip file of all the worksheets for the lesson.
GeoGebra Presentation - opens in MS Power Point, read the notes for each slide to learn more information about GeoGebra
GeoGebra Step-by-Step Tutorial Series - Beginner, intermediate and advanced tutorials.
There are many more YouTube videos demonstrating GeoGebra.
Your turn, try the following...
Quick Start Guide - This is your class work to help you build basic skills with Geogebra.
Introduction to GeoGebra - This book covers the basic introduction to the dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra. It can be used both for workshops and for self learning.
Help with the program
GeoGebra Help 3.2 *also can be found in the help menu of the GeoGebra program. Look here if you are having trouble.
Assignment
Create a student centered dynamic worksheet that helps you students understand a concept you are teaching
Examples - Definition of a Parabola - A parabola is the set of all points
that are the same distance from a fixed line (called the directrix) and a fixed point (focus) not on the directrix.
http://www.slu.edu/classes/maymk/GeoGebra/Parabola.html - you can double click it to open it in Geogebra and check out the Algebra window using the "View" drop down menu to see and change the values.
This examples givens are y=-1; Focus(3,2)
http://techtraining.brevard.k12.fl.us/NSC/parabolas/paraboladefinition2.html