Re: [seul-edu] wine testing efforts

[lep <prevettl@cochise.cc.az.us>]

I asked around and here's a few more math apps
the teachers are using around here.

I haven't used these programs so I don't know if there
are equivalent Linux applications.

There are still not many teachers using computers in
the classroom for math in our area. Web applications
for math are also very popular, and most I've looked
at do work with Linux web browsers.

For emulating these programs, if wine or dosemu doesn't
work, then as others have mentioned, VNC might be an
option in certain cases.

Poly
Shareware; $98 for a school-wide license.
Free Evaluation copy:
http://www.peda.com

Small Stella and Great Stella is similar
software (school license $120)
Free Evaluation copy:
http://home.connexus.net.au/~robandfi/Stella.html

Graphmatica
Shareware; $122 for 25 computers
($60 to begin with, then $2.50 per computer)
Free evaluation copy
http://www8.pair.com/ksoft/

The free Edmark software at (but can't seem to connect)
http://www.riverdeep.net/edmark/
is used, especially
The Kinetics Lab and Virtual Electricity.
(see previous posts)

SimCalc (aka Mathworlds)
Free download
http://www.simcalc.umassd.edu/

Geometer's Sketchpad
Commercial: $900 for 50 users (ouch)
but still widely used.
Free Instructors evaluation copy:
http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/


L. Prevett
Mathematics Instructor
Cochise College, Sierra Vista, AZ, US
prevettl@cochise.edu