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Can one teacher’s or tutor’s hardwork benefit others? Leveraging our “Follow” feature for educational content.
0 Comments Published by Raju August 10th, 2009 in Teaching, Tutoring, Education, Homepage, Socrato, Content, Announcements Email This PostOne of the interesting features of Twitter is the ability to “follow” anyone and then listen to their tweets. Effectively the person you are following becomes the “filter” for you for certain types of content and information. You receive immediate updates on what’s going on.
While working with a number of teachers and tutors, we noticed […]
According to Dept. of Edu. Study - Blended courses (online and face-to-face instruction) are the best.
0 Comments Published by Raju July 8th, 2009 in Tutoring, Teaching, Education Email This PostAccording to US Department of Education study students who took “blended” courses — those that combine elements of online learning and face-to-face instruction — appeared to do best of all.
The study finds this after detailed review of 51 high quality research reports out of over 1000 research studies. Looking at one of the reviews in […]
End of “Cut and Paste” to create custom assessments and worksheets for state standardized tests
0 Comments Published by Raju June 29th, 2009 in Teaching, Assessment, Content Email This PostA good article by Bailey on how to leverage MCAS material to supplement classroom or home instruction.
Teachers and tutors can leverage any state standardized test material, or even National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) material. After each assessment, NAEP releases dozens of sample questions to the public—more than 2,000 questions are currently available to be […]
Interesting articles on Educational data analysis, usage and access
0 Comments Published by Raju June 19th, 2009 in Teaching, Intelligence, Assessment, Education Email This PostHow Data analysis is helping raise performance – story covers both good and the bad
Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores - WSJ.com
Educational data is in abundance – but not in very useful state.
Education Week: Data, Data Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Use
Impact of providing detailed and real time access to student educational and learning data […]
Teachers earning $125,000 a year - Can every school afford to get the best?
0 Comments Published by Raju June 6th, 2009 in Teaching Email This PostNYtimes posted a story on new charter school. It’s inspiring to see that Mr. Zeke M. Vanderhoek founder of a test preparation company Manhattan GMAT is assembling a dream team of teachers to kick start a charter school.
I agree with the approach that excellent and passionate teachers / tutors are the key ingredients to […]
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