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Happy Holidays from Socrato!

By Socrato Admin On December 23, 2010 · Add Comment · In Tutoring
2010 was a great year for Socrato and we like to think it is because of our community of customers, partners and friends. With the holiday around the corner we want to take a moment to thank all of you and wish you all a safe and happy holiday season and a prosperous new year. [...]
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5 WebTools to Make You a More Organized Tutor

By Shannon Sweetser On December 15, 2010 · Add Comment · In Education Techology, Education: General, Education: Industry, Education: Technology, General, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
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If you feel that you’re disorganized with the way you manage your tutoring business, let technology lend a helping hand. Being a tutor means having constant interruptions, unexpected cancellations, and other road bumps that keep order at bay. These things could be a challenge for the disorganized tutor, but the organized tutor will always come [...]
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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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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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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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8 Eerily Educational Halloween Costumes

By Shannon Sweetser On October 29, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Education: General, Education: Industry, General, Teaching, Teaching & Tutoring, Tutoring
Cloroplasts,? Accelerators? and Planetary Systems, oh my! It”s that time of year again. Time to get out our camera”s and get ready to snap photos of our most favorite costumes. At Socrato, though, we do things a little differently. We”ve put together a collect of educational themed costumes that would make any science or math educator proud! [...]
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How Tutors Can Use Long Tail Keywords to Get Found by Local Searchers

By Shannon Sweetser On October 20, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Tutoring
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If you’re like most tutors, you likely receive most of your local business through word-of-mouth referrals from parents and students. And sure, word-of-mouth is a great way to expose yourself to “leads” that are already in your network, but what about those individuals who are outside your reach? They’re likely searching online for a tutor, [...]
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