A brand-new tool for teaching and learning math
by admin on Nov.25, 2009, under Math
Learning mathematic, especially geometry, through visualization and animation would bring more fun and for sure more efficiency for teachers and students. Also my observation as a student and later, a teacher, is that more exactly, accurate and colored drawings and explanations, better the students’ understanding.
In the next weeks we will present you a few lessons which will show you how to accomplish these helpful techniques for your math targets using the software Blender. We will learn together a new method of teaching some of the most important math subjects.
Blender is one of the most popular Open Source 3D graphics applications in the world. It has the great advantage of being free. Everyone can download it and use it without paying anything! Also its size of only 10 MB is very comfortable. The software has been developed by the Dutch animation studio NeoGeo and the company ‘Not a Number’ (NaN), then continued as ‘Free Software’, with the source code available under the GNU GPL license. It is under continuously development by the Blender Foundation in the Netherlands.
Aimed world-wide at media professionals and artists, Blender can be used to create 3D visualizations, stills as well as broadcast and cinema quality videos, while the incorporation of a real-time 3D engine allows for the creation of 3D interactive content for stand-alone playback.
When I’ve been start reading about Blender I have been impressed, but also a little bit scared… It sounds like a wonderful tool, but also complicated, will I be able to learn how to use it? Well, we can assure that the answer is yes! The simple and explicitly lessons we will provide you will show you everything you need in order to use this software for teaching and learning math.
I am sure you are looking forward to check up our first lesson. It will be the first step in a great math adventure!
