9. THE SOFTWARE
• 5,930,008 Downloads in 2011 only from geogebra.org
• Windows, Macintosh, Linux versions
• Webstart, Installer, Portable
• Mobile version (GeoGebraTube)
• 3.2, 4.0, 4.2beta, 5.0beta
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10. If you want to go
fast, go alone.
If you want to go far,
go together.
Warren Buffett
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11. SMALL COMMUNITIES
• Institutes
• Partner school network
• Local GeoGebra Events (Meetups)
• Researches
• Sharing ideas online/offline
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12. INSTITUTES
• 85+ institutes
• 6+ in Spain
• Local support
• Collaboration
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13. EVENTS, CONFERENCES
Events
•1 in 2009 30.0
22.5
• 12 in 2010
15.0
• 25 in 2011
7.5
• 30+ in 2012 0
2009 2010 2011 2012
Number of events
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14. EVENTS
• events@geogebra.org
• report before the event
• on the event (twitter hashtag, foursquare venue, etc.)
• after the event (photos, materials)
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15. CONFERENCES
• GeoGebra Conference 2011 - Aug 2011, Linz Austria
• GeoGebra Conference 2012 - 31 Aug 2012 to Sun 2 Sep 2012 , Warsaw Poland
• Korea, Montevideo, etc.
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16. FORUM
• “Closed” community
• People willing to help
• Localized forums in every language (even Catalan)
• Beta and support threads
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17. GEOGEBRATUBE
• Introduced with version 4
•1 click upload
• “Only” 3000 materials
uploaded
• Number increasing :)
• Tag/categorize your content
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18. PROBLEMS
• Language
• Distance
• Time difference
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19. LANGUAGES
• Videos, screencasts (tomorrow Linda, video)
• GeoGebra is translated into 50+ languages
• Spanish, Catalan, Baque, Gallician, South American
Spanish...
• Mathematics is the common language
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20. DISTANCE & TIME DIFFERENCE
• Internet
• Sharing (GeoGebraTube, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, ...)
• E-mail / Skype / Webinars
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21. PLANS, DIRECTIONS
• Support
• Community
• Software development
• Engage and encourage the community
• Fundraising
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22. INSTITUTE CENTRES
• Linz, Austria – Software development
• Budapest, Hungary – Community support
• Cambridge, UK – STEM and Research
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23. WE COULD DO BETTER :)
• Facebook page (more likes)
• Twitter (more followers)
• Institutes (Spain vs. France :) )
• Sharing (let more people know)
• Outside the maths community
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24. ENCOURAGE OTHERS
• Take a paper and write down the 5 best reasons for being
part of the GeoGebra Community.
• We use, love GeoGebra, how can we reach others?
• Is this for ordinary people or only for maths geeks? ;)
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25. THANK YOU
• Use the twitter hashtag: #ggbconf
• Send your photos to events@geogebra.org
• follow @geogebra, like http://facebook.com/geogebra
• Upload to http://GeoGebraTube.org
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