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I have been in meetings where those in charge or enforcing policy said things like…",{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"15683561","For better or for worse, tech is being forced into classrooms by textbook companies. At least this project emphasizes students working on good old complete assignments, rather…",{"value":57,"source":48,"evidence":58},"Students and teachers doing math homework",[59,60],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"15682117","Thanks! Definitely one of the hardest things to do getting products into a school is having them approved for support by IT. This doesn't apply to websites, unless they need to…",{"value":64,"source":48,"evidence":65},"Free",[66],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},{"value":68,"source":48,"evidence":69},"Digitize symbolic math work so it can be managed, undone and graded like prose",[70,73],{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"15683598","I completely agree with this problem. While I haven't solved the full problem you are describing, including graphs and diagrams, I think they will all fit nicely into this…",{"id":51,"by":11,"text":52},[75],{"value":76,"source":48,"evidence":77},"React",[78],{"id":79},"post","open_source","prototype","unknown",{"praise":84,"objections":104,"requests":130,"questions":144,"alternatives":156},[85,93,100],{"value":86,"source":87,"evidence":88},"Offline-first approach suits schools without central class management","commenter",[89],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"15682048","vittore","I think this is great! The offline first approach will clearly help to adopt this in a case when there is not central class management system in school.",{"value":94,"source":87,"evidence":95},"Showing steps is better than only asking for final answers",[96],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"15682368","ivan_ah","Very cool idea. It's so much better to see the steps of the solution rather than just ask for the final answer. 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And any concerns about whether the effectiveness of student learning might be affected by using an electronic tool…",{"value":117,"source":87,"evidence":118},"Similarity metric for cheating detection may be untrustworthy",[119],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"value":121,"source":87,"evidence":122},"Pen and tablets still feel better than current digital math input",[123,127],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"15683437","nv-vn","(Slightly off-topic) It's really sad to me that as of yet there is nothing to compete with paper and a pencil for math. I've used probably 10 different programs\u002Fwebsites, lots of…",{"id":128,"by":125,"text":129},"15683573","Interesting. Admittedly, I haven't ever used the iPad Pro\u002FApple Pencil. In my personal experience, it just never felt great using most touch screens. 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