One of my favorite demos at Disrupt NYC was from an education startup called Desmos that is reinventing the whiteboard to make it browser-based and interactive (watch their Disrupt video below). One ...
The Smarter Balanced test group announced today that it has partnered with Desmos, a company that created a free online graphing calculator that is giving Texas Instruments a run for its money. As of ...
Sometimes you just need to make a graph. If your TI-84 isn’t handy, Desmos Graphing Calculator is a good backup to have. The app accepts both functions and tables of x and y values as inputs and ...
“It’s hard to believe, but my students were among the first in the world to do it,” gushes middle school math teacher Cathy Yenca. “And after two test runs prior to testing day, there really weren’t ...
Math students have a love-hate relationship with the funky, expensive TI-84 graphing calculators, but thanks to a new deal, they'll soon get a free option. Starting this spring, pupils in 14 US states ...
Graphing calculators are important tools for students and academics. They can solve complex equations, show you the graph for additional answers, and do stuff that normal calculators can’t do. Most of ...
Dozens of students gathered to hear Eli Luberoff ’09, the founder of Desmos, give a talk at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking on Saturday. At the event, Luberoff discussed his educational path ...
(CNNMoney) A glimmer of hope has arrived for parents tired of having to buy their high school students an overpriced calculator. Smarter Balanced, which administers school proficiency tests in 15 ...