Dynamic Geometry software [was: Re: Suggestions for Edubuntu Syllabus?]

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On February 28, jgotangco at ubuntu.com said:

 > On 2/28/06, Susan Addington <saddingt at csusb.edu> wrote:
 > 
 > > I also use dynamic geometry software (Geometer's Sketchpad,
 > > Cabri). I also recently discovered GeoGebra; I assume it will run
 > > under ubuntu.
 > 
 > GeoGebra will work in Ubuntu but you will have to install it manually.
 > Luckily, they provide an all-in-one script that provides the Java
 > Runtime Environment required. I can confirm that it works in Edubuntu
 > 6.04 development version, although it complains that it doesn't like
 > clearlooks.
 > 
 > Bundling Geogebra in Edubuntu can be considered but it won't work out
 > of the box because we cannot redistribute Java.

You may also be interested in kig, which is already in ubuntu, and is
freely redistributable (no java dependencies):

[admin at hollywood ~]$ apt-cache show kig | grep ^\ 
 Kig is an application for interactive geometry.  It is intended to serve
 two purposes:
 .
  - to allow students to interactively explore mathematical figures and
    concepts using the computer;
  - to serve as a WYSIWYG tool for drawing mathematical figures and
    including them in other documents.
 .
 With this program you can do geometry on a computer just like you would
 on a blackboard in a classroom.  However, the program allows you to move
 and change parts of a geometrical drawing so that you can see how the other
 parts change as a result.
 .
 Kig supports loci and user-defined macros.  It also supports imports
 and exports to/from foreign file formats including Cabri, Dr. Geo, KGeo,
 KSeg and XFig.
 .
 This package is part of the official KDE edutainment module.
[admin at hollywood ~]$ 

	--dkg