New Insight and their Implications

Working with geometry sketchpad, our group found that it is a little hard to work with. We wanted to do certain things and found out that we were unable to do them the way we wanted to. So we needed to find new ways to get the same result. It made us think about how we should teach using geometry sketchpad. We had to cut different material out of our lesson to make our lesson more understandable and workable. Some of the aspects of geometry sketchpad is really very beneficial but other aspects are flawed. Like many programs with computers their are many other ways to get the result you want out of it. Which sometimes makes it a little more difficult to work with. When you come upon difficulties with the program you are working with you need to try to simplify your strategy with that program. So one of the easiest methods is to cut your loses, meaning cut steps out. Geometry sketchpad, as a group, is a great program to use but it could be more user friendly. Many tools could be added in sketchpad that could make the program a lot more workable/usable.