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Building a web app that lets me do math and chemistry problems on an infinite canvas with a drawing tablet. After finishing the problem, I can open up an integr
by owenpalmer 2y ago
Building a web app that lets me do math and chemistry problems on an infinite canvas with a drawing tablet. After finishing the problem, I can open up an integrated text editor (with vim bindings) that lets me create Anki flashcards about the problem, letting me copy different portions of the handwritten/hand-drawn stuff onto the flashcard.
I developed a very simple compiler to specify flashcard content. Anything inside brackets is considered the "back" of the flashcard (cloze) in Anki. The @n references the nth group in the canvas, and copies those svg paths into the flashcard.
Example card:
How do you solve for x in this problem?
@0 // handwritten text of 2x = 4
[
Divide both sides by 2, them simplify
]
This project was a response to the lack of systematic review in my college's STEM classes. I would practice a lot, but forget how to approach certain problems on exams. The hope is to have a digital space where I can be reasonably productive in solving practice problems, but also lets me easily integrate with SRS tools.
I wish educators and educational institutions would make an attempt to incorporate SRS into classes. I think it would help a lot of students, especially for cumulative final exams.
Edit: Here's a screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/Yaq7vBx https://imgur.com/a/Yaq7vBx
- rablackburn 2y agoNice. SRS integration is my ultimate yak-shave when learning something new. > I wish educators and educational institutions would make an attempt to incorporate SRS into classes. I think it would help a lot of students, especially for cumulative final exams. Some of us try to. But when teaching middle-high school aged children the problem is almost always one of motivation and engagement rather than tooling and methodology. You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Worst case scenario you try to enforce SRS activities and some students develop an aversion to an incredibly powerful tool. My sweet spot was something like "here is an app called Anki, here is a deck of content we will cover in this class (tagged by week), try it out and see if its useful for you". Even then I was slightly conflicted because I've always wondered how much of the utility I've gotten from SRS came from sitting down and making the decks myself...
- tobinfekkes 2y agoCan confirm this is wicked cool! Keep up the good work :)
- owenpalmer 2y agoThanks!