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In this episode of the TeacherCast Podcast, we ask the question “Can You Take Your Math Class Paperless?” Learn how you can take advantage of the FREE teacher version of Equatio. (https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/company/education-blog/november-2017/equatio-is-now-free-for-teachers/) In this episode, you will learn: How to create both simple and complex equations through voice, ink, and thought. How to create detailed lessons in EquatIO that can be copied into Docs, Slides, Sites, and Office applications How to engage your students by having your students create drawings and animations using Desmos’s powerful graphic engine. Why is this news Awesome? Texthelp has integrated Desmos’s graphing calculator into EquatIO Desmos’s best-in-class HTML5 graphing calculator is used by millions of students around the world to help them experience all the curiosity, beauty, and sense that math has to offer Desmos imagines a world of universal math literacy where math is accessible and enjoyable for all students EquatIO, Texthelp’s award-winning STEM tool, makes it easy for students and teachers to create equations, formulas and other mathematical expressions digitally Much more than a replacement for pen and paper, EquatIO makes math and STEM subjects more accessible in today’s classrooms, meeting the unique needs of all learners With the addition of Desmos’s API, EquatIO users can now add graphing to its growing list of capabilities The integration with Desmos enables EquatIO to become a one-stop-shop for making math and other STEM subjects digital 3 Ways to Use: From a Teacher standpoint (i.e. building a graph with a corresponding question to be shared through EquatIO mathspace) From a Student standpoint (i.e. using prediction to build out graphs based on a teacher question received through EquatIO mathspace) Using desmos graphs to visualize a concept that then students can explore on their own in their EquatIO mathspace Follow our PodcastThe TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network | @TeacherCast (http://www.twitter.com/teachercast) Follow our HostJeff Bradbury | @JeffBradbury (http://www.twitter.com/jeffbradbury) About DesmosBeautiful, powerful, math! Desmos (https://www.desmos.com/) imagines a world of universal math literacy where math is accessible and enjoyable for all students. The Desmos Graphing Calculator instantly plots any equation – from lines and parabolas through regressions and derivatives. This is the next generation of interactive math. We built our partnerships (https://www.desmos.com/partners/) with publishers and assessment companies. Desmos believes the best days of math education and the best days of Desmos are ahead of us. About TexthelpTexthelpⓇ believes that everyone shares a fundamental need to be understood by others, and language is our passport to academic, social and professional success. This is what drives Texthelp to create smart, easy-to-use support technologies that enable young people and adults to read, write and communicate with confidence and independence. Texthelp works with leading technology companies including Google and Microsoft, and works closely together with many of the world’s major educational publishers to provide literacy and STEM support solutions to classrooms worldwide. Texthelp’s world leading learning software is used daily by students and educators in schools, colleges and universities worldwide. Our corporate software tools continue to be used by blue-chip companies, as well as large and small scale public departments and government organizations globally. Texthelp has been recognized in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for 14 consecutive years, and has recently been awarded both the global Google Partner of the Year (devices), and the Digital Agenda awards for Impact within Education. About our GuestsEli Luberoff Eli began his programming life on his TI-83 graphing calculator in elementary school,...