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Interactive Geometry Tool

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The Live Geometry project is “A computer model of plane geometry that allows you to create interactive ruler and compass constructions and experiment with them.” Looks very cool to me. I can imagine lots of ways for teachers and students of geography to use this in constructive ways. This is the kind of tool that I think we need more people developing. Everyone learns more by doing and if we can make “doing” easier and more fun and keep it real and educational everyone benefits.

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You can see an online preview at https://geometry.osenkov.com The author’s blog is at https://blogs.msdn.com/kirillosenkov and you can read his announcement here. Kirill’s pages have much better screenshots because he actually knows what he’s doing in geometry.

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  • Anonymous
    October 30, 2008
    Reminds me of the Geometer's Sketchpad.

  • Anonymous
    October 30, 2008
    Compare and contrast with Geogebra, which is free and open source: http://www.geogebra.org/cms/

  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2008
    This project is free and is released under the Microsoft Reciprocal License which is an approved licence by the Open Source Inititive http://opensource.org/licenses/ms-rl.html.

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2008
    The advantage (other than free) of this over Geometers Sketchpad is...?

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2008
    I don't know as much about Geometers Sketchpad as I'd like but can it be used via the web from anywhere? Being able to use something without having to install software is sometimes a big advantage where IT doesn't allow teacher and students to install things

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    November 03, 2008
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    November 04, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2008
    Thanks for this post Alfred! Of course, it's too early to compare my project with Geometer's Sketchpad, Cabri, Geogebra, Cinderella, etc. It's mainly a Saturday-Evening-Hobby project which I spend about an hour a week on in my free time. It's great for learning Silverlight. If it can help someone else as a side-effect, I'd be happy. One (future) advantage of my project is powerful programmability and extensibility model. I try to keep the source code clean and well-factored. The idea is to use scripting and DLR to provide users with a possibility to easily define new figures themselves and completely customize the application for their needs. But this needs time, because, as I've mentioned this project is not funded by any means. Thanks! Kirill