HeyMath!

HeyMath! is a for-profit company based in India which offers products and services for the K-12 Mathematics e-learning. The company was founded in 2000 and has a formal collaboration with the University of Cambridge. Its products are used in over 50 countries and extensively by schools in India, Singapore and the United States.

HeyMath! has been named as "one of the most innovative Indian software companies" by Microsoft, in a nationwide survey in 2007, and was also recognized by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) as "amongst the Top-100 IT Innovators in India in 2006."

The collaborative approach followed by HeyMath! helped leading school district Westport Public Schools, Connecticut to do away with their textbooks and implement digital learning effectively.

Description

HeyMath! uses a collaborative approach that actively seeks and integrates inputs from great teachers around the world to provides technology-based solutions that help schools address system problems in curriculum instruction and assessment. E-lessons, developed in Adobe’s Flash software allow teachers to annotate, add their own voices as well as aggregate links from other websites.

'Accredited by SMART Technologies for use on SMART Boards', HeyMath! E-lessons serve as supplementary materials for teachers to introduce, clarify and de-mystify abstract concepts by using interactive and animated explanations that meets curriculum criteria set by several bodies, including:

• Massachusetts Department of Education for Javtis Gifted and Talented Education Grants
• California Learning Resources Network (CLRN)
• British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta), UK for Curriculum Online
• Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE-O)
• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
• Matriculation & State Boards in India
• Indian School Certificate Examinations (ICSE)
• International General Certificate of Secondary Education(IGCSE)

The HeyMath! Assessments suite includes an online repository of questions, indexed by concept and grade, so that teachers can save time in setting differentiated homework and tests. Teachers can also use assessments set by other teachers around the world (particularly from Singapore and India) for their own students.

HeyMath! is also actively involved in professional development of teachers across geographies and equips teachers with the necessary tools, content knowledge and expertise to make the classroom experience interactive and engaging, using technology.

External links

• Official website
• Official blog
• Still Eating Our Lunch - The New York Times
• How maths can be great fun - BBC News
• Maths is a worldwide business - The Economist
• A fun filled Mathematical trail - The Hindu
• Connecticut District Tosses Algebra Textbooks and Goes Online - The New York Times