Getting Started with GeoGebra: Intro Workshop for Teachers

Tim Brzezinski, Jun 26, 2023

[b][color=#1551b5]Getting Started with GeoGebra:[/color][/b] Introductory Workshop for Teachers

Table of Contents

  1. Discovery Learning Samples
    1. Vertical Angles Exploration (1)
    2. Vertical Angles: Quick Exploration
    3. Vertical Angles Exploration (2)
    4. Vertical Angles: Quick Discovery
    5. Exploring Isosceles Triangles (Version A)
  2. Higher Level Thinking
    1. Building Number Sentences: Open Middle Theme (1)
    2. Open Middle Percent Modeling Problem
    3. Writing Equivalent Expressions: Open Middle Theme
    4. Creating 3 Lines to Form a Right Triangle
    5. Open Middle: Systems of Linear Equations (1)
    6. Warm Up: Creating Surfaces of Revolution (1)
    7. Building Similar Triangles
  3. Copy & Edit Activities
    1. How to Copy & Edit a Public GeoGebra Activity You Find: MAKE IT YOUR OWN
  4. Create Your Own Activities
    1. How to Easily Create Your Own Custom GeoGebra Activity from Scratch
  5. Create a Live GGB Lesson
    1. GeoGebra Classroom: Crash Course
  6. GGB to Google Classroom
    1. GeoGebra to Google Classroom: Quick Tips

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Discovery Learning Samples

Here, 4 ready-to-use activities that teachers can use to have students conceptually discover the [b]Vertical Angles Theorem[/b].

  • 1. Vertical Angles Exploration (1)
  • 2. Vertical Angles: Quick Exploration
  • 3. Vertical Angles Exploration (2)
  • 4. Vertical Angles: Quick Discovery
  • 5. Exploring Isosceles Triangles (Version A)

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Vertical Angles Exploration (1)

Interact with this app for a few minutes. Be sure to drag the LARGE POINT around and be sure to move the 2 sliders you see.
Notice anything interesting? Describe as best as you can.
What happens if you make the size of the [b][color=#ff00ff]angle[/color][/b] BIGGER or smaller? [br][br][b][color=#ff00ff](You can change the size of the manila angle by using the manila-colored slider). [/color][/b]Does your response to the question above change? Why? Why not? Describe.
– Tim Brzezinski

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Higher Level Thinking

GeoGebra activities can be used to [b]actively engage students in higher level thinking! [/b]Many times, I'll have these activities serve as quiz grades for students! [color=#1551b5][/color]

  • 1. Building Number Sentences: Open Middle Theme (1)
  • 2. Open Middle Percent Modeling Problem
  • 3. Writing Equivalent Expressions: Open Middle Theme
  • 4. Creating 3 Lines to Form a Right Triangle
  • 5. Open Middle: Systems of Linear Equations (1)
  • 6. Warm Up: Creating Surfaces of Revolution (1)
  • 7. Building Similar Triangles

2.1.

Building Number Sentences: Open Middle Theme (1)

Drag number tiles in the boxes below to make a true number sentence (equation). Once you do, use the PEN or TEXT tools to clearly illustrate, step by step, how your sentence is correct.
Create another true number sentence (equation) different from the one you made above. Once you do, use the PEN or TEXT tools to clearly illustrate, step by step, how your sentence is correct.
Create another true number sentence (equation) different from the two you made above. Once you do, use the PEN or TEXT tools to clearly illustrate, step by step, how your sentence is correct.
Create another true number sentence (equation) different from the three you made above. Once you do, use the PEN or TEXT tools to clearly illustrate, step by step, how your sentence is correct.
For a true number sentence, what is the HIGHEST POSSIBLE VALUE you can get either side to equal? What is the LOWEST POSSIBLE VALUE you can get either side to equal?
– Tim Brzezinski, Steve Phelps

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Copy & Edit Activities

  • 1. How to Copy & Edit a Public GeoGebra Activity You Find: MAKE IT YOUR OWN

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How to Copy & Edit a Public GeoGebra Activity You Find: MAKE IT YOUR OWN

If interested, [b][url=https://www.geogebra.org/m/bcnfutj8]here is the link[/url][/b] to the activity copied and edited in the quick video below.
– Tim Brzezinski

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Create Your Own Activities

  • 1. How to Easily Create Your Own Custom GeoGebra Activity from Scratch

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How to Easily Create Your Own Custom GeoGebra Activity from Scratch

Here, a quick demo that shows how teachers can take GeoGebra apps (from multiple activity pages) and custom-make a single GeoGebra activity that combines all these elements!
– Tim Brzezinski

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Create a Live GGB Lesson

  • 1. GeoGebra Classroom: Crash Course

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GeoGebra Classroom: Crash Course

If you want your students' work to save for future access, they will need to create GeoGebra accounts prior to this. Otherwise, they will be considered as "guests" in your GeoGebra live lesson and won't be able to access their work once they close thei
If you use GOOGLE CLASSROOM as your LMS, your students DO NOT need to create GeoGebra accounts. If you use any other LMS (Canvas, Schoology, etc), you will need to do what's shown in the video above.
How to assign AN ENTIRE GEOGEBRA BOOK and A SINGLE ACTIVITY FOUND IN A GEOGEBRA BOOK to Google Classroom. This is a MUST WATCH for teachers who plan to do this.
– Tim Brzezinski

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GGB to Google Classroom

  • 1. GeoGebra to Google Classroom: Quick Tips

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GeoGebra to Google Classroom: Quick Tips

Here's how to assign A SINGLE GEOGEBRA ACTIVITY to Google Classroom:
Here's how to assign AN ENTIRE GEOGEBRA BOOK and A SINGLE ACTIVITY FOUND IN A GEOGEBRA BOOK to Google Classroom. A quick MUST WATCH for teachers who plan to do this.
– Tim Brzezinski

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