COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A REAL TIME SHARED WORK SPACE FOR SOLVING, RECORDING, PLAYING BACK, AND ASSESSING A STUDENT'S STEM PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS

A computerized system enables teachers and students to collaborate in the solutions of STEM problems. The system includes a communications network linking a teacher computer, one or more student computers, and at least one computer-readable storage medium. Each of the computers includes an input device for receiving input via the input device and a screen for displaying the input. The computers are operatively linked and each of their screens forms a virtual shared whiteboard defining a common work page upon which input from each computer is received and displayed. Input received from each computer interacts mathematically with input received from each other computer in the network and the interactions are displayed on each screen. The input and interactions form a collaborative solution to STEM problems. When prompted, the storage medium records and plays back the solutions to the STEM problems on each screen for subsequent assessment of student performance.