Photomath
Camera based math solver that scans problems and shows step by step explanations with multiple methods and visual hints for faster learning.
SchoolAI
SchoolAI is a K to 12 classroom AI platform where teachers use Spaces and PowerUps to run guided student activities, with Mission Control dashboards for visibility and safety, offering a free teacher plan plus school and district plans that require contacting SchoolAI.
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Key Features
Photomath
- • Camera scan: Recognize handwritten and printed math with fast OCR and layout parsing
- • Step by step paths: Follow numbered steps with reasons to build understanding
- • Alternate methods: Compare different solution approaches when available
- • Visual aids: See graphs number lines and color cues for key transitions
- • Practice packs: Explore textbook style problems aligned to common curricula
- • History and bookmarks: Revisit previous scans to reinforce similar patterns
SchoolAI
- • Spaces library access: Pricing page lists access to more than 200000 premade Spaces and resources for teachers and students
- • PowerUps toolkit: Free plan includes 1 PowerUp per Space and higher tiers add unlimited PowerUps per Space
- • Teacher insight dashboard: Includes dashboards for usage and insight so teachers can monitor activity and outcomes
- • Chrome Extension: Pricing page lists a Chrome Extension that brings SchoolAI into everyday Chrome workflows
- • RAG support: Pricing page lists Retrieval Augmented Generation to ground activities in teacher provided materials
- • Compliance claims: Pricing page states FERPA and COPPA compliance and SOC2 and 1EdTech certification
Use Cases
Photomath
- → Check homework procedures before submitting
- → Study alternate methods to deepen conceptual understanding
- → Graph functions to visualize roots and intersections
- → Practice textbook style sets for upcoming quizzes
- → Review past mistakes by scanning similar problems again
- → Use hints to identify the next step not just the answer
SchoolAI
- → Guided practice: Run a Space for step by step practice in math writing or reading aligned to your lesson goals
- → Writing support: Use a PowerUp to provide structured feedback prompts that encourage revision not answer giving
- → Formative checks: Use in session insights to see who is stuck and adjust instruction during class time
- → Small group support: Create differentiated Spaces for groups with different readiness levels and monitor progress
- → Language access: Use translation oriented tools to support multilingual learners where permitted by policy
- → Teacher planning: Remix premade Spaces to build lesson activities faster and reuse them across units
Perfect For
Photomath
middle and high school students, college freshmen in remedial math, parents and tutors, adult learners returning to math who need clear guided explanations
SchoolAI
teachers, instructional coaches, school leaders, district administrators, curriculum teams, edtech coordinators, and district IT teams that need structured student AI activities with monitoring and compliance controls
Capabilities
Photomath
SchoolAI
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