Felipe, I do not want to dispute your ideas and conclusions about the Java applet I linked to, since this was not the main point of my question. It is just an example of what could be done with that kind of technology, if it is allowed to be used/hosted by the wikimedia servers, which AFAIK is not approved at the moment.
So, I'd like to know if that is so, if it can be changed (if yes), or if there are other technologies out there that would be/are hosted and I should look at.
Any takers? Andreas =:-)
Felipe Sanches wrote:
the above example is too simple, although, we can imagine a more complex one such as as geometry applet extension wich allows you to define the carachteristics of a given geometrical construction and then the user can interact with it.
Imagine a geom. construction with some of the lengths and angles undetermined (so, denoted by literals). The user (maybe a student at wikiversity) could then click and drag vertices in order to see how the whole construction conforms to the lenght and angle variations. This would provide greater flexibility and understanding than what we can get today from geometry books and blackboards (with their static images of these geom. constructions).
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