Math Education

Let's see where this goes.
The story I'm sticking to is that math can be a lot easier and a whole lot more fun to learn. We just need to take fuller advantage of available technology to teach math.
The main advantage technology provides is the individualization of learning by using computers to manage the process, a task that is simply beyond the ability of a human teacher faced with 30 or so students with differing skills and interests.

Here's my thinking. Every successful math student I've ever known agrees that the key to good math grades is keeping up with the homework. Of course, for most students that's easier said than done. But how hard would it be if the homework was tailored to the student's individual pace of learning and addressed only those topics the student was ready to undertake?
That's something that can be done with instructional computer software.

Wait! There's more. After we've used a computer to break math homework down into bite-size chunks that match the student's appetite at the time, we can season it with things like positive reinforcement, scorekeeping, immediate feedback, and other game-like ingredients and turn the whole activity into something that might even be called fun.

What would this approach mean to teachers? They would act more like coaches, mentors, and cheerleaders. No papers to grade. No tests to prepare and give. But they would need to be expert enough with concepts to help students over the occasional rough patch.

There are some other questions. Who's going to develop the software? What problems might arise from having somewhat wide variations in student math skills and ages even though we could be sure that all students would eventually achieve some minimal standards?