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5 Simple WordPress Blog Tools Every Tutor Should Add Today

By Shannon Sweetser On January 13, 2011 · 4 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Resource, Teaching & Tutoring
So, you’re a tutor with a blog! Fantastic. Creating blog content is a fantastic way to get in touch with your feelings about your career, attract new traffic to your blog and also attract new followers on social media sites. A study by a marketing software company HubSpot, found that small businesses that blog get [...]
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Why Tutors Should Heed Google Expert's Social Media Advice

By Shannon Sweetser On January 6, 2011 · 3 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: Technology, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
Can a tweet or Facebook status affect a website’s overall ranking? What about the quality of your followers? According to Matt Cutts, head of Google’s WebSpam team, they sure can! In a recent Google Webmaster Help Video, Matt Cutts answers a question (derived from this Danny Sullivan post “What Social Signals Do Google & Bing [...]
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11 Must-Read Education Blogs for 2011

By Shannon Sweetser On December 29, 2010 · 9 Comments · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, Resource, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
First off, congratulations to all the nominees and winners of the 2010 Edublog awards! I think it’s truly amazing that so many educators are using blogging as a way to supplement their teaching careers. It’s a valuable form of expression and one that requires patience on behalf of the writer. I know how tough it [...]
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What the Google E-book Store Could Mean for Education

By Shannon Sweetser On December 10, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Content, Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, In The News
When it comes to making changes and adopting new technologies such as e-books, education officials are as slow-moving as a two-toed sloth. However, two announcements in the technology space this week could have a major affect on classroom life. Google E-books Launches This week Google launched their anticipated e-books store, Google e-books, thus shaking up [...]
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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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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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22 Mind-Blowing Infographics on Education

By Shannon Sweetser On November 4, 2010 · 6 Comments · In Assessments, Content, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, Exam: SAT, General, Testing, Tutoring
Data is extremely valuable for all of us in the education industry; we”ve got to consume a lot of it to make valuable decisions for our students and schools. However, when you spend too much time with your  nose in your computer, e-reader or a book, it”s easy to forget what information looks like. That”s [...]
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Can one teacher’s or tutor’s hardwork benefit others? Leveraging our “Follow” feature for educational content.

By Raju Gupta On August 10, 2009 · Add Comment · In Content, Education: General, Socrato, Socrato: Announcements, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring
One 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 [...]
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End of “Cut and Paste” to create custom assessments and worksheets for state standardized tests

By Raju Gupta On June 29, 2009 · Add Comment · In Assessments, Content, Teaching
A 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 [...]
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