Hi everyone,
I want you to introduce ‘Geometer’s Sketchpad’. It is a dynamic
software which increases the students’ interest of geometry and mathematics. We
can provide the students to understand and comprehend geometry and mathematics
more easily by the visual support thanks to GSP. You can do a lot of things
which helps to use in class activities with class. You can create points,
straight lines, circles, etc. on the screen. And then you can hide unnecessary
point and do animation show.
I have learnt the GSP in this semester. An instructor showed
us some basic constructions and we tried to construct on our computers
individually. If we did not find the way, we asked our friends for help and
expressed our opinions collaboratively. In this way, we discovered a lot of
properties of GSP. For example, when we tried to do equilateral triangle in
sketchpad, we showed that there is more than one way for this. So, when the
students study with this software, they can find different ways to do same
things. In this way, make an interference and understand more deeply.
You can find more information about GSP in http://www.dynamicgeometry.com/ .
If you want to introduce GSP, this website might be useful.
You will find several short tutorial videos which shows basic properties of
GSP. https://www.atomiclearning.com/geomsketch_pc
Another thing I have to mention about is a game whose name
is Euclidea. In this game, there are some tasks which you have to complete to
pass next level. Every level has average 9-10 tasks and you have to earn three
stars from them. Solving the task is enough to earn one star. The main goal is
to solve a problem with minimum number of moves. There are two moves: E is
elementary Euclidean constructions and L is straight or curved lines. Each
level has E and L goals. You have to complete these goals to earn another two
stars. Earning three stars from all tasks is not enough to pass the next level,
you have to find some hidden stars. To find them, you should indicate the all
solutions at the same drawing. In generally, hidden stars occur in the
symmetric situations.
You can play this game in website https://www.euclidea.xyz/en/game/packs
or download from App Store and Google Play.
I hope, I can arouse you interest about this game 😊
