Tablet PC Math makes Math Facts Fun

Problem:

Math Facts -- Teachers and parents have so little time to make sure kids know these. Kids don't like drill.

Solution:
Tablet PC Math System -- A training system based on Tablet PC's and a web interface. The system allows students to write directly on a tablet pc to solve various types of simple mathematics problems. It also allows students to create scratch work for harder problems such as long division. The students can have exercises assigned to them by a teacher or parent, or they can practice on their own. The teachers interact with the system through a web-based interface. Through this interface, teachers can monitor student and class performance, assign exercises and manage the class.

Teachers can also view class results in real time, and view individual scratch work of students filtered by various criteria.The tablet PC math system was developed at Carnegie Mellon University to provide a pen based smart environment for doing simple mathematics problems. CMU is looking for schools to pilot test the system. Contact: guna@andrew.cmu.edu for more information.

Benefit:
Provides parents and teachers with an effective way of getting children to learn math facts without giving up valuable class time

Features:
-Write directly on Table PC, including scratch work that teachers can view in real time or later.
-Teachers or parents can create assignments
-Automatic grading
-Kids can select from a menu of problem types

-Web interface allows teachers to interact in real time to monitor student progress.
-System assigns points for problems competed correctly

-Very EASY to use

-Selections include:Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division up to 3 digits

-Timed or not timed

-Users can specify # of problems or unlimited and select fact families

Note: Screens shown are from v.1 of the program and may not represent the exact look of the current version.