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At FHS computers assist the classroom teacher by making monitored practice more meaningful. The teacher can be present "electronically" with all students providing them with instant feedback and encouragement and still be free to work individually with those students who need the personal touch.

Computer Activities make it possible for the teacher to see if students have really understood a concept that is foundational to new work. This can be done quickly and efficiently, without the discouragement that often sets in when students are evaluated with graded quizzes.

Computer Activities involve the students with mathematical concepts engaging them with the sense of touch, sight and sound. Students can interact in real time with consequences of changes in equations. They can "see" dynamic relationships that are difficult to understand.

Students at Farragut High School who have a background in mathematics and an interest in learning computer programming work in a class called Software Design to make software that is used to teach mathematics to other students. These students are called upon to use higher order thinking skills in the preparation of their projects.