Blog Entry #8

In the reading, "Digital Images in the Math Classroom", the authors mention an activity entitled, Finding and Using Vanishing Points. This activity uses famous paintings and other digital images to explore the concept of the vanishing point. Along with the Geometer's Sketchpad, students can draw parallel lines on the digital images to find the vanishing points. I have posted three different types of pictures that a student could use. The first one (1.) is a famous painting by Vincent van Gogh called Bedroom at Arles, the second one (2.) is a picture that I found online and the last one (3.) is one of my personal photos that I took when I was in Spain this past summer. All three examples can easily be used to show vanishing points.

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