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iHomework
Whether youre a high schooler with eight periods of classes or a college student tackling
dozens of credits, theres one thing youve got for sure: a mess of assignments.
iHomework can help you keep track of all your work, slicing and dicing it in a variety of
ways. Sorting it by due date, week, month, or by course, the app is more organized than
a Trapper Keeper. And in integrating data from Questia, you can link your reading
material to your assignments so you dont have to dig through a pile of papers to find the
right information.
A scheduling feature can help you keep track of those random bi-weekly Thursday labs,
and you can even mark the location of your courses on a map so you dont end up on the
wrong side of campus. And finally, with iCloud syncing, you can access all this
information on whatever Apple-compatible device youre using at the moment no
need to dig for your iPad.
Google Apps for Education
Taking the search giants suite of free browser-based apps and sandboxing them so they
are safe for school use, Google Apps for Education is an excellent alternative to the
mainstream installable productivity software, but this one has a perk that almost school
board will loveits free. Packaging together favorites like Gmail, Hangouts, Google
Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Drive with Classroom, a digital hub for organizing
assignments and sending feedback, the goal of this collection is to make learning a more
collaborative process.
Though Google Apps for Education is cloud-hosted, the programs can be used offline,
ideal for when your student needs to escape the internet and work distraction-free. And
since it works on any device, it also helps students avoid buying overly expensive
hardware. That means more money for extracurricular activities.
HwPic
Price: Free, but some homework services require payment
Availability: iOS and Android
HwPic is a tutoring service that allows students to take send pictures of their homework
to tutors, who will then respond within minutes to your questions with a step-by-step
solution. Theres even an option to expedite the answers if a student is in a hurry. HwPic
Co-Founder Tiklat Issa said that the app was initially rejected by Apples App Store,
which believed it would promote cheating, but he successfully argued that just because
someone uses the app in a way that its not meant to be used doesnt mean the app
should be punished.
Issa added that HwPic prohibits cheating in its terms and conditions. Tutors dont solve
homework that has words like Quiz or Exam, and they often know if a student is
sending a photo during a test if theyve paid for expedited answers, and if the photo is
dim, blurry and taken under a desk. Weve minimized cheating, said Issa. We havent
eliminated it. Thats kind of unrealistic.
Wolfram Alpha
Price: $2.99
Availability: iOS and Android
Wolfram Alpha is similar to PhotoMath, only that it targets older students studying high
levels of math and doesnt support photos. The service also outputs step-by-step
solutions to topics as advanced as vector calculus and differential equations, making it a
popular tool for college students.
Its cheating not doing computer-based math, because were cheating students out of
real conceptual understanding and an ability to drive much further forward in the math
they can do, to cover much more conceptual ground. And in turn, thats cheating our
economies, said Conrad Wolfram, Wolfram Researchs Director of Strategic
Development, in a TEDx Talk. People talk about the knowledge economy. I think were
moving forward to what were calling the computational knowledge economy.
Homework Helper
Price: Free
Availability: iOS and Android
Chinese Internet search company Baidu launched an app called Homework Helper this
year with which students can crowdsource help or answers to homework. Users post a
picture or type their homework questions onto online forums, and those who answer the
questions can win e-coins that can be used to buy electronics like iPhones and laptops.
The app has logged 5 million downloads, much to the dismay of many some parents
who argue that the students spend less time thinking about challenging problems. A
Homework Helper staffer admitted to Quartz, I think this is a kind of cheating.
Slader
Price: Free, but some homework services require payment
Availability: iOS
Slader is a crowdsourcing app for high school and college students to post and answer
questions in math and science. While students can post original homework for help,
many questions in popular textbooks have already been answered on the app, according
to Fast Company. An Illinois high school said earlier this year that it suspected students
were using the service to cheat on their math homework.
Slader argues that its challenging traditional ideas about math and education, and
said that the ideas behind its app arent a write-off to teachers, according to its blog.
Slader told San Francisco media outlet KQED that it shouldnt be dismissed as a
cheating tool, but rather considered a way for students to access real-time help.