# DrawPaw | Math Presentation Toolkit for Teachers > DrawPaw is an online slide-deck teaching platform for creating and sharing interactive math concepts with understandable visuals. ## Home FAQ ### What is DrawPaw? DrawPaw builds math lessons as slide decks. Tell it the topic and grade, and it drafts the slides: worked examples, practice problems, and a quick check for understanding at the end. You start from a finished draft instead of a blank deck, so planning a lesson takes minutes, not an evening. ### How does DrawPaw work? When you ask for a lesson or a slide, that prompt is sent to an AI model. We use OpenAI and Anthropic. The model drafts equations, tables, and slides from what you specified. Read the draft and edit it before you teach from it. ### How is DrawPaw different from other AI lesson tools? General lesson tools describe math in paragraphs of text. DrawPaw puts the math itself on the slide. Fractions, exponents and roots are typeset the way you'd write them on the board, and interactive widgets let you show an idea instead of explaining it. ### What math widgets can I add to a slide? Number lines with jumps and intervals, linear and quadratic graphs, coordinate planes for transformations, polygons with their angles, circles, and fraction models. For number work there are factor trees, primes, GCF and LCM, divisibility rules, and number bases. Change a value during the lesson and the widget redraws while your class watches. ### Which grades does DrawPaw cover? Kindergarten through 12th grade. You choose the grade when you create a lesson, and DrawPaw sets the vocabulary, numbers and examples to that level. A 2nd grade lesson on adding within 100 looks nothing like a 10th grade lesson on quadratics. ### Can I trust the math the AI writes? Check it before you teach, the way you'd check an answer key. The AI can make mistakes. Every equation, number and widget stays editable, so you can fix a step right on the slide. ### How do I teach the lesson in class? Open presentation mode and teach from your browser, one slide at a time. Students don't need an account. If your school runs on PowerPoint, export the deck as a .pptx file. ### Is DrawPaw free? Yes. The free plan includes 250 AI credits a month, unlimited lessons, and every math widget, and you don't need a credit card. See pricing for what Pro adds. ## Pricing FAQ ### Which plan should I pick? Start on Free to try DrawPaw. Its 250 credits a month cover a few AI-drafted slides and let you test every widget. Move to Pro when you're planning lessons with DrawPaw every week. ### What's included in the free plan? The free plan includes 250 AI credits a month, unlimited lessons and presentations, the drag-and-drop editor, and every math widget. You can sign up without a credit card. ### What does Pro add? Pro includes 2,500 AI credits a month (ten times the free plan), early access to new features, and priority support. It costs $9.95 a month, or $95.50 a year, which is about 20% less than paying monthly. ### What are AI credits? Credits pay for the AI's work: drafting slides, rewriting them in chat, generating images, and reading text aloud. Longer lessons and stronger AI models use more credits. Editing slides by hand and presenting use none. ### What happens if I run out of credits? Your allowance renews every month. If you need more before then, buy a one-time pack: 500 credits for $1.99, 1,000 credits for $3.99, 2,000 credits for $7.99. You can keep editing and presenting while you wait. ### Can I cancel anytime? Yes. Cancel from your account settings, and Pro stays active until the end of the period you paid for. There's no cancellation fee. ### Can I get a refund? Yes. You can get a full refund within 14 days of your first payment on a monthly or yearly plan. Credit packs are refundable within 14 days if you haven't used any credits from that pack. Read the refund policy. # Blog posts ## Built for the Math Lesson: DrawPaw vs ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot URL: https://www.drawpaw.io/blog/drawpaw-vs-generic-ai-chatbots Published: 2026-10-27T13:00:00.000Z Updated: 2026-10-27T13:00:00.000Z Author: Oleksandr Kulikov Math teaching tools including a chalkboard, calculator, ruler, and geometric shapes You ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot for a 7th-grade slope lesson. The answer looks solid: objectives, a worked example, practice problems. Then the real work starts. Fractions land as `1/2`. Equations lose their formatting. The graph is a description, so you redraw it on the board or open another tool. DrawPaw uses OpenAI and Anthropic models too. What lands after the draft is a math slide deck you can edit, present, and export. ## What chatbots do well Generic AI chatbots are fast idea machines. Ask for an explanation of slope, a parent email, or a list of warm-up questions, and you get text in seconds. They cover any subject. They reword dense language for a specific grade when you ask clearly. Plenty of teachers keep one open during planning for that reason. ## Where the work starts after the chat A chat reply is a document you still have to turn into slides. You copy paragraphs into a deck, rebuild equations by hand, and draw graphs that stay fixed once you screenshot them. Grade level lives in the prompt, so every follow-up needs the same setup again. When a student asks what happens if the slope goes negative, the chatbot answer from last night does not redraw itself on the projector. That leftover work is the gap DrawPaw is built to close for math. ## What DrawPaw does with the same models DrawPaw builds math lessons as slide decks. You pick the topic and grade from kindergarten through 12th, and it drafts a lesson spine: hook, objectives, teach, practice, a check for understanding, and wrap. Worked examples and practice problems land on slides, then you edit before you teach. General chatbots often dump math into paragraphs of text, or into LaTeX that does not render in your slides. DrawPaw puts the math on the slide. Fractions, exponents, and roots are typeset the way you'd write them on the board. Equations stay editable, so a wrong step gets fixed in place. Interactive widgets sit on the same deck: number lines with jumps and intervals, linear and quadratic graphs, coordinate planes for transformations, polygons with their angles, circles, and fraction models. For number work there are factor trees, primes, GCF and LCM, divisibility rules, and number bases. Change a value during class and the widget redraws while students watch. In class you open presentation mode in the browser and move one slide at a time. Students don't need accounts. Schools that run on PowerPoint can export the deck as a `.pptx` file. On AI accuracy: check the draft before you teach, the way you'd check an answer key. The model can make mistakes. Every equation, number, and widget stays editable so you can fix a step on the slide. Keep student details out of prompts. You choose what gets taught. Credits pay for drafting slides, chat rewrites, image generation, and reading text aloud. Editing and presenting use no credits. The free plan includes 250 AI credits a month, unlimited lessons and presentations, the drag-and-drop editor, and every math widget, with no credit card required. Pro is $9.95 a month (or $95.50 a year) and includes 2,500 credits a month. ## Side by side Chatbots win when you need a quick answer in any subject. DrawPaw wins when the job is the math deck you stand in front of the room with. ## When a chatbot is the better tool Keep the chatbot open for: - Brainstorming warm-ups or exit tickets before you build slides - Drafting parent emails, newsletters, or non-math materials - Subjects outside math, where DrawPaw is the wrong product Use DrawPaw when you need typeset equations, live graphs, presentation mode, or a PowerPoint export from the same deck. ## Try DrawPaw on the next lesson you present Start on the free plan: 250 AI credits a month, every math widget, no credit card. Draft tomorrow's topic, read the math like an answer key, and teach from presentation mode. Keep the chatbot for the emails and brainstorms that still belong in a chat window. --- ## DrawPaw vs Teachers Pay Teachers for Math Lessons URL: https://www.drawpaw.io/blog/drawpaw-vs-teachers-pay-teachers Published: 2026-10-27T12:00:00.000Z Updated: 2026-10-27T12:00:00.000Z Author: Oleksandr Kulikov Math teaching tools including a chalkboard, calculator, ruler, and geometric shapes Sunday night, you open Teachers Pay Teachers, type "math," and start scrolling. Half the listings are seasonal packets. A few look close to tomorrow's lesson. You buy one for a few dollars, print the pages that fit, and still build the slides yourself. TPT and DrawPaw solve different halves of that week. TPT is a marketplace of resources other teachers already made. DrawPaw is where you create the math slide deck you stand in front of the room with. ## What Teachers Pay Teachers does well TPT is a store. Sellers are working teachers who upload worksheets, packets, centers, and project kits. Buyers filter by grade, subject, and standard, read star ratings and review counts, then download a PDF or Google file. On the math browse page in October 2026, most individual resources sat between about $2 and $9. Year-long spiral reviews and large bundles often landed in the $20 to $40 range, with some higher. Listings call out "NO PREP," cut-and-paste practice, color-by-number pages, morning work, and early finishers. Many tag Common Core standards. A portion includes a Google Slides or Google Forms version alongside the printable. If you need printable practice that a class can finish in fifteen minutes, TPT is hard to beat. The reviews tell you which packets survive a real classroom. Seasonal packs fill the days when the schedule is weird and you need something ready by morning. ## Where a bought resource stops fitting A PDF is finished work from someone else's classroom. The examples use their numbers. The pacing matches their unit. The grade band may be "3rd–5th" when you teach a specific 4th-grade group that already knows half the packet. Editing usually means skipping pages, or rewriting problems by hand. Static graphs stay fixed. When a student asks what happens if the slope goes negative, you redraw it on the board or open a separate tool. Across a year, a few dollars per resource stacks up if you buy by the unit. None of that makes TPT a bad buy. It makes it a practice library, which is a different job from building the lesson you present. ## What DrawPaw does for the slides you teach from DrawPaw builds math lessons as slide decks. You pick the topic and grade from kindergarten through 12th, and it drafts a lesson spine: hook, objectives, teach, practice, a check for understanding, and wrap. You get worked examples and practice problems already on slides, then you edit before you teach. General AI lesson tools often dump math into paragraphs of text. DrawPaw puts the math on the slide. Fractions, exponents, and roots are typeset the way you'd write them on the board. Equations stay editable, so a wrong step gets fixed in place. Interactive widgets sit on the same deck: number lines with jumps and intervals, linear and quadratic graphs, coordinate planes for transformations, polygons with their angles, circles, and fraction models. For number work there are factor trees, primes, GCF and LCM, divisibility rules, and number bases. Change a value during class and the widget redraws while students watch. In class you open presentation mode in the browser and move one slide at a time. Students don't need accounts. Schools that run on PowerPoint can export the deck as a `.pptx` file. On AI accuracy: check the draft before you teach, the way you'd check an answer key. The model can make mistakes. Every equation, number, and widget stays editable so you can fix a step on the slide. Credits pay for drafting slides, chat rewrites, image generation, and reading text aloud. Editing and presenting use no credits. The free plan includes 250 AI credits a month, unlimited lessons and presentations, the drag-and-drop editor, and every math widget, with no credit card required. Pro is $9.95 a month (or $95.50 a year) and includes 2,500 credits a month, early access, and priority support. First monthly or yearly payments have a 14-day full refund. ## Side by side | | Teachers Pay Teachers | DrawPaw | | --- | --- | --- | | What you get | Downloadable resources (mostly printables; some digital) | Editable math slide decks with live widgets | | Who makes it | Seller teachers on a marketplace | You, starting from an AI draft you edit | | Editing | Limited to what the file and license allow | Full edit of slides, equations, tables, and widgets | | Interactive math | Rare; most listings are static PDFs | Built in (graphs, number lines, fraction models, and more) | | Cost model | Pay per resource or bundle | Free tier with monthly AI credits; Pro at $9.95/mo | | Presenting | Separate from the download (your own slides or the seller's file) | Browser presentation mode, or export to `.pptx` | | Printing | Core strength | Not the product; export slides or use a TPT packet for paper | | Subjects | Wide (math, ELA, science, seasonal themes, and more) | Math-focused (K–12) | TPT wins on printables, non-math subjects, and buying a finished packet tonight. DrawPaw wins when the job is the deck you teach from and the graph that has to move mid-lesson. ## Using both in one unit Say you're teaching slope in 7th grade. Build the lesson in DrawPaw: a worked example on slides, a live function graph you can tilt during discussion, and a short check at the end. For independent practice, buy a TPT color-by-number or brochure pack on fact fluency or linear relationships and print those pages. The deck carries the teaching. The packet carries the quiet practice. Same pattern works for fractions, coordinate planes, or early number sense. DrawPaw for the board. TPT for the paper. ## Who should pick what **Lean on TPT when you need:** - Print-and-go worksheets, centers, or seasonal packets - Resources for subjects outside math - A one-off activity with strong reviews and a known price **Lean on DrawPaw when you need:** - A full math lesson as slides you can edit - Typeset equations and live graphs during class - Presentation mode or a PowerPoint export, so the deck stays in one place **DrawPaw is the wrong tool if** you only want printable worksheets or seasonal color-by-number packets. Buy those on TPT. ## Try DrawPaw on the next lesson you present Start on the free plan: 250 AI credits a month, every math widget, no credit card. Draft tomorrow's topic, read the math like an answer key, and teach from presentation mode. Keep TPT for the practice pages that still belong on paper.