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5 Free Local Tools to Kick Start Your Tutoring Presence Online

By Shannon Sweetser On December 2, 2010 · 8 Comments · In Education Techology, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
Whether you’re the proprietor of a 10-man tutoring company or a one-man tutoring shop, it’s important to build local SEO juice for your business. For tutors, building a local online presence means instant relevancy. It means that members of your community can find your business more easily online. It means that you’re marketing yourself to [...]
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Education Heartbreaker: It’s Not You, It’s Poverty

By Shannon Sweetser On December 1, 2010 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Education: General, Education: Industry, In The News, Socrato: System, Teaching, Test Preparation, Testing, Tutoring
It sounds like something from a bad breakup. “It’s not you, its poverty.” Or, at least, that’s what some education reform advocates, including Stephen Krashen, are saying about student performance. A contributor for the Schools Matter blog, Krashen believes that our country performs poorly on international test results such as the PIRLS because, compared with [...]
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How to Solve Tough EdTech Problems: 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week

By Shannon Sweetser On November 29, 2010 · Add Comment · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Challenges are life’s little lesson plans, and teachers, tutors and education consultants get their fair share of them in the workplace. Their problems range from communicating properly with IT personnel, working with tighter and tighter budgets, and continuing to promote edtech in the classroom when even though many are constantly seeking to protect children from [...]
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How to Build Your Local Tutoring Presence Using FourSquare

By Shannon Sweetser On November 24, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Teaching & Tutoring
Working remotely has its perks; you can set your own schedule, work from home, and perhaps even grab an extra hour of sleep in the morning in lieu of a morning commute. However, if your business doesn’t have a physical address (aka you’re working from home or your local Starbucks), you may be wondering how [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: Beyond Superman in Schools

By Shannon Sweetser On November 22, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Teaching, Tutoring
Even a month after its release date and Waiting for Superman, a heralded documentary about the pitfalls of the American public education system, is still inspiring heated debates among education’s top minds. Teachers can’t afford to “wait for Superman” as that education of our students never stops or hesitates. So, many have turned to technology [...]
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5 Free WebTools Every Tutor Ought to Try

By Shannon Sweetser On November 19, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
Technology has breathed new life into education and as a saavy tutor, you surely want to start taking advantage of some of the Web 2.0 tools out there. However, many of you might not know how to begin engaging your students with technology or even what tools are available to you for free. That”s why [...]
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Why Tutors Should Fight Student Idleness with Technology

By Shannon Sweetser On November 17, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
Imagine that you’re tutoring one of your students. As you’re working with them on a problem, you start to notice that they’re not quite…there. You try to bring their concentration back to the work at hand, but despite your best efforts the student just will not focus. He/she just keeps looking out the window and [...]
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5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: The Rise of Online Education

By Shannon Sweetser On November 15, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Our universities were once the safe houses of the most progressive teachers and minds in the world. As we covered a couple of weeks ago in our top 5 education articles of the week, private educational resources in universities are simply dwarfed by Internet resources which are free or affordable for students. In an article [...]
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Why Every Tutor is Ready to Start Publishing Video Tonight

By Shannon Sweetser On November 12, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Technology, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
If you’re a tutor, then you’re ready to make your first online video, tonight. Any tutor will tell you that tutoring requires people skills, unending patience, and an assertive, friendly nature. Tutors must be well-spoken and able to capture a student’s attention for long periods of time. They must explain a single subject matter multiple [...]
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Top 5 Education Articles to Start Your Week: Tweeting Increases Student Engagement

By Shannon Sweetser On November 8, 2010 · 3 Comments · In Education: General, Education: Technology
For years every educator has struggled with finding new and modern ways to connect with students and engage them in the learning process. The problem is students are often ahead of the curve, adopting new technology and communication tools while our educators are woefully behind. It”s not that everyone should believe that learning should be [...]
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