Huffington Post just released an article about a new app that has come out for Apple and Windows products, though an android version will be released soon. It is called PhotoMath and is a free app that solves math equations for you. All you need is to take a picture of the problem and it solves it and gives step by step instructions on how it got to the answer.
This sounds awesome, right? I bet you're thinking, "Why didn't they have this when I was in school?" But here lies the problem. With media changing and making these new apps the education process is changing as well. We are becoming fully relient on our computers to do our school work. When we were in elementary and middle school, we were taking basic typing lessons and majority of us did not have cell phones, let alone smart phones. Now kids that age already know how to type, can use a smartphone or tablet better than some adults, and even have one of their own. Though this app is meant to help kids who are stuck with a problem, kids are just going to use it to get the answer and move to the next question to get their homework done faster.
Eventually kids might not even be able to do basic math problems anymore. Though it is neat to see how much software has changed and everything it can do, we need to be able to do this ourselves as well.
Hope you enjoy the article and my thoughts!
Emily Moedl
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