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Project Description The name AWStruck is a clever pun, equals Active Worlds (AW) + Struck, where Struck is a freeware tool for making geometric structures come alive. And yes, Struck is awesome. With simple mouse clicks and button presses, students have the power to explore dynamic spatial geometries in real time and in stereo -- no knowledge of XYZ coordinates required. Struck is the brainchild of Gerald de Jong. Inspired in part by the floating compression sculptures of artist Ken Snelson, Gerald defined a new area of exploration: elastic interval geometry (EIG). He was quickly joined by a community of "power users" ready to provide valuable feedback and show off their creative powers. Check out Karl Erickson's Struck Community website for a showcase of the many exciting results already achieved -- with a promise of much more to come. AWStruck opens the field even further. Struck users have populated this world with conversation pieces designed to inspire and instruct. Students with no previous training will have an easy on-ramp into the world of spatial geometry. In AWStruck they'll find knowledgeable citizens mingling with tourists, willing to share insights and ideas. They'll discover a rich assortment of links to other worlds and websites (including to the Java source code of Struck itself), all designed to expand their horizons and entertain at the same time. AWStruck takes geometry students to a new frontier of exploration in a hurry, and thereby motivates them to reconnect to material they may have given up on earlier in their careers. | ||
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