Full Year of Algebra on iPad

It’s every students dream; have their entire semester’s worth of texts books on an eBook or tablet. Eliminate the bulk of textbooks, relieve stress of carry books for each class and reduce waste of resources. Simple right?


Well this isn’t going to happen until publishers start cramming entire curricula into apps. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's new Algebra 1 app, which has a full year's worth of material, is the first attempt.


HMH is launching the app in a year-long pilot program in California, allowing students to work through practice questions, take notes, watch video lessons and more on their iPads. The app is the first on HMH Fuse, a platform developed by the publisher for delivering interactive educational content to mobile and touchscreen devices.


One advantage of HMH's Algebra app, aside from drastically cutting down the heft of the learning materials, is that students can work through lessons at their own pace, spending time on concepts they're struggling with and moving past those they master. But there's still something lost in the digitization,

Let me give some insight on why a high school student would be absolutely in love with this. I have six classes which all require me to bring a textbook to class. Also, some classes require that I bring an additional textbook every now and then. This added on to the notebooks that I need to for each individual class can add up in weight: up to 30 pounds. I find that ridiculous. Now I found ways to maneuver past this obstacle like deciding which books I’ll definitely need but this is not the best way to do it.


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