![]() ![]() I asked her what she was doing using a math app to her history class. When I was visiting classrooms at one of my middle schools in 2016, I noticed a history teacher ( using Desmos. I general don’t focus on subject-specific apps and Desmos is no different. My friend and colleague Cathy Yenca ( has long been an advocate of their work and uses the app regularly in her middle school Algebra classroom. As a company, they have always been extremely receptive to educator input. They’ve added many educational minds to their team over the years including the amazing Dan Meyer. When you consider the cost of a traditional TI-84 calculator is just north of $80, you can see how this might benefit students from all areas. It exploded on the scene via the Tech Crunch Disrupt conference and subsequent article shouting “Math Geeks Rejoice!” as this was the first of it’s kind java-based interactive online calculator. Eli Luberoff founded the company as a former math and physics double major from Yale. The name comes from the Greek word that means “link, or connection, or bond”. Historyĭesmos is a web-based application that got it’s start as a graphing calculator back in 2011. This week, we put Desmos under the microscope and see where this company has come from and where it is heading. However, over the years, we discovered that Desmos offers so much more than just a great interactive calculator. Working with the crew at Desmos, they had created a “Test mode” version of their app for us to use. I was so excited, I even wrote a blog about it. In 2015, after years of back-and-forth with the state, we became the first district to pilot test their app during state-wide high stakes assessments. The interactive interface and built in features provided much more than a traditional graphing calculator would for our math teachers. In 2013, we began to use the Desmos app as an alternative to the expensive TI-84 graphing calculators. I searched for ideas that were both helpful for students and also saved the district financially. As Director of Innovation for a 1-to-1 iPad district, I was always looking for inventive ways to utilize the devices. ![]()
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