Featured: 6-25-2013 Voxy

Voxy is an English language learning system based on research in second language acquisition, mobile technology, and cognitive science.

Voxy delivers authentic content that actual native English speakers use in real-life activities, providing opportunity to practice reading, writing, speaking, and listening, with feedback from English-speaking tutors.

Technology-mediated learning offers personalized and individualized instruction to give learners access to content, just-in-time feedback, and progress updates to enhance the learning process.

Adult learners have opportunities to engage with genuine language content, practice using the target language to accomplish real-world tasks, and receive feedback on errors.

Distributed regular practice will help to sharpen the learner's skills and provide frequent opportunities to improve. Whether using a computer, tablet, or smartphone, learning and practice is always accessible.

 Watch a video overview of Voxy

Voxy guides learners through a sequence of lessons, tracking performance and adapting lessons accordingly. Voxy works for beginners to advanced learners.

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Featured: 4-25-2013 KnowRe [Math]

KnowRe is an online adaptive math learning program with the goal of helping students succeed in math.

KnowRe hopes to achieve this by:

• Assessing individual strengths and weaknesses.

• Personalizing a curriculum for each student.

• Engaging students with game-like features, attractive graphics, and social learning.

KnowRe develops a customized curriculum that focuses on helping each user better learn the topics that cause him/her problems. To accomplish this, the student is given review questions, access to concept videos, and much more, all of which adapt as the learner progresses.

KnowRe’s curriculum is aligned to the Common Core State Standards, and is designed to provide the focus, coherence, and rigor required by the standards.

Watch a video introduction to KnowRe

KnowRe’s focus is to provide an engaging educational experience. Through the use of incentives like badges, points, and the ability to expand their math domain, all with stunning graphics, students engage with KnowRe and learning.

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Featured: 2/4/2013 Homework Help [Math]

Homework Help provides after school math support to students in grades 7-10 (aged 12-15) when teachers or parents are unavailable to help.



Homework Help focuses on math help for students in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10. Students have access to both guided and independent learning in a unique environment that combines technology and personal interaction.

Features of the site include:

• Ask A Tutor Chat Rooms
• Listen & Learn presentations with certified teachers
• Interactive Tutorials
• Best Sessions

Homework Help tutors are Ontario (Canada) Certified Teachers. Each interaction centers around understanding and comprehension. Students engage in the process and use their individual skills. Students learn how to find answers. Check out Best Sessions to see how tutors address student questions.



Homework Help provides assistance with understanding math homework when students are outside of the school setting. The Ask A Tutor Chat room enables students to get individualized help in an environment that is safe and anonymous. The chat queue allows students to see the questions posed by their peers, providing them with another opportunity for learning and emphasizing that everyone has questions.

Watch a video introduction to Homework Help

Homework Help is available 24/7, and the tutors are available during the school year, Sunday through Thursday, 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm ET. Full access to Homework Help requires registration, which is easy and free of charge. Online tutoring services are offered free of charge to Ontario students in grades 7 to 10 attending a public school.

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Featured: 1/30/2013 PracTutor [Tutoring]

PracTutor is an adaptive learning platform to help students aged 6-14 master math and English.



PracTutor is  based on Common Core standards allowing students to learn and practice all the core concepts of math and English. Adaptive technology personalizes learning content to each student based on the student's individual skill level.

PracTutor implements a game-based environment to make it fun and exciting. The tools can encourage students to learn in small portions,  thus enhancing their power to grasp ideas and to understand and master each topic.



Not only is the PracTutor curriculum in sync with the Common Core standards, but they have tried to cover each and every standard specified for individual states, adding those that have not been covered in the Common Core. You will find all these state standards specifically shown with a separate code in PracTutor.

Most of the features on PracTutor are free to use.

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COD - 7/18/2012 - Neeyaa [Tutoring]

Neeyaa is an educational platform offering two complementary core products, Neeyaa Classes and Neeyaa Tutoring. These beta products allow tutors and students to connect either on a one-time basis or for a more extensive tutoring program. Neeyaa provides the tools to help students reach their academic goals.

Neeyaa Classes

Experienced professional tutors teach small, interactive one-hour classes where students are able to get the information they need, anywhere, at any time. The classes utilize a feature-rich two-way whiteboard with desktop sharing capabilities, chat functionality, and video.

Neeyaa Tutoring

In this one-on-one tutoring platform, tutors, students, and parents can find one another, work online, track their progress, and accomplish their learning objectives. Tutors have live online sessions with their students, create, store, and assign documents, set and track goals, and create full profiles which students and parents can view.

Students can find a tutor who best meets their needs, keep up-to-date with their assignments, and set goals for themselves. Students can rate their tutors and comment on the experience.

Explore Neeyaa in this video

Getting started with Neeyaa is free and easy. Register with an email address or Facebook login.

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COD - 6/11/2012 - IdeaLabs [Science, Social Studies]

IdeaLabs are online dynamic, interactive student tutorials that bring the Smithsonian to life. Based on Smithsonian collections and research, IdeaLabs give your students an online opportunity to explore American history, science, and culture.

There are nine IdeaLabs for students:

Scientists @ The Smithsonian. Watch videos of scientists at work in jobs ranging from tracking killer bees to measuring the moon.

Sizing Up the Universe. Students choose ordinary objects, like a basketball, to represent objects in the universe and use these to explore relative sizes in outer space. 

Prehistoric Climate Change. Use fossils as a thermometer to read temperatures 55 million years ago. 

U.S. Rationing during World War II. An introduction to primary sources as well as to life on the home front. Students examine a ration book, morale posters, and an Office of War Information film to learn how Americans lived in a time of sacrifice.

Digging for Answers.  A question-and-answer game on subjects ranging from Mickey Mouse to the moon landings. With every question, students have the option of racing against the clock to find the answer on a web search.

Smithsonian Kids. From among the 142 million objects in the Smithsonian, students can find something fast, fun, cool, scary, patriotic, and beautiful, zoom in on the objects, learn facts, and send e-cards to their friends.

Walking on the Moon. Students take a  journey back in time to experience the Apollo 11 mission. Interviews with the astronauts, life inside the command module, and more.

Kids Collecting. Explore the riches of the Smithsonian’s collections. Students learn how to start their own collections, and young collectors are showcased.

Mr. President. Facts, portraits, and quotes from each of our nation’s presidents. It’s a great place for browsing, research, or homework help.

The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies has a mission increase the Smithsonian Institution’s influence as a national educational organization. 

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Sophia Offers Flipped Classroom Certificate, More Tutorials [Update]

Sophia is an academic community where everyone has access to learning that encompasses and supports the traditional classroom in an ad-free environment. Sophia was first mentioned on EDge21 in February of this year.

Sophia has recently augmented its social teaching and learning platform to include more than 25,000 absolutely free tutorials on math, science, English, and more.

Sophia also now offers a free professional development certificate for teachers who are interested in learning how to flip their classroom. You'll get a Flipped Class Certificate and a Sophia t-shirt. The Flipped Class Certificate is endorsed by Capella University and was developed in collaboration with School of Education faculty.

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COD - 2/2/2012 - Mugeda [Tools]

Mugeda is an  animation platform that can be used to create, share, and publish animated content.

Mugeda is a cloud-based, HTML5 web application that works completely within your browser without any software to download or install.

The animation content created with Mugeda can be used in a wide variety of applications such as games, tutorials, models, and simulations. Because they are built using HTML5, they can be viewed on nearly any device including computers, smartphones, and tablets (including iOS devices).

Mugeda offers several video tutorials to help you get started. Watch the video: Mugeda: Getting Started

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COD - 12/7/2011 - Seemath.com [Math]

 

SeeMath.com is a website offering free animations that provide short, sharp, visual explanations of mathematical concepts.

SeeMath.com is intended mainly for teachers of students ages 11-14 to use in the classroom. The math animations are ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard or projector. You can use the animations to help illustrate a concept or process for your class. Some of the animations even have optional step-by-step explanations. The option to view animations in full screen has just been added.

Students interested in strengthening or reviewing their understanding of math concepts can also find SeeMath.com useful. The site is totally free for everyone to use.

Seemath.com is the idea of Tal Greengard, an experienced mathematics teacher at one of Sydney’s top selective schools, who has an ongoing interest in animation and software development.

Note: Seemath.com is a Flash-based site.

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COD - 12/6/2011 - Think Tutorial [Learning]

Think Tutorial is a library of simple, easy to follow tutorials covering many common computing skills.

An intuitive approach and design that keeps things simple and well organized is Think Tutorial's standout feature.

Think Tutorial currently includes nearly 1500 tutorials totaling over 60 hours of instruction on MS Office, Adobe applications, iWork, social media, browsers, and much more.

Think Tutorial is completely free to use.

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Catch of The Day - Calcblog - 11/10/2011

 

Learn to use graphing, scientific, and financial calculators more effectively with useful tips and tutorials from Calcblog.

Calcblog covers many calculator topics for students, educators, and working professionals, including basic math, calculus, finance, statistics, and data analysis. Students can also prep for such standardized tests as the SAT, GRE, and GMAT.

There are tutorials and tips in the following categories:

• TI-83 Plus
• TI-84 Plus
• TI-89
• TI-92 Plus
• Algebra
• Calculus
• Statistics

One of Calcblog’s primary goals is to be a resource for educators. There are many tips and suggestions for teachers on how to use the Calcblog website as a teaching tool.

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MyTownTutors Adds "Tutor Location" Feature

 

MyTownTutors connects parents and students with qualified nearby teachers. It was featured in a post here last winter.

During the past few months, My Town Tutors has been working to add a “tutor location” feature to provide more flexibility in selecting an additional tutor location.

Originally, when a teacher registered, the only option was to select their “teaching school” as the tutoring location. Now, after selecting the “teaching school”, the teacher has the option of selecting a “tutoring location”.  The “tutor location” choice allows the teacher to select an additional location other than the work school.

Go to the earlier post about MyTownTutors

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Catch of the Day - The Tutors' Association - 6/29/2011

The Tutors' Association is a UK site offering a tutor-student connection service, links to free resources, and charity fund raising.

As a tutoring service, The Tutors' Association system is simple. Tutors register and provide appropriate evidence of their suitability to teach. Students contact the The Tutors' Association with their needs and are then contacted directly by tutors.

Prospective tutors purchase The Tutors' Association registration form for £4.99(UK) via eBay. They then complete, print, and submit the registration form with photocopies of teaching qualifications, CRB check, and photo ID.

The categories of The Tutors' Association links to third-party resources include literacy, numeracy, science, art, languages, and many more.

Ten percent of the registration fee is donated to charity.The Tutors' Association links to the following charities: Jeans for Genes, Oxfam, and Save the Children.

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Catch of the Day - Chalkboard Learning - 6/28/2011

The goal of Chalkboard Learning is "to ensure that the foundations are built in the most effective and practical way possible."

Chalkboard Learning was set up by a pair of graduates of Oxford University who see two broad concerns for education: to inspire a desire for learning in the young and to ensure that basic competencies have a firm foundation.

The focus of Chalkboard Learning is to solve two perceived problems:

• time wasted on unsuitable questions that are either too easy or too hard
• losing track of how a child is performing, what things are going well and which need more work

Chalkboard Learning is designed to adapt to the learners who use it ensuring that they are always being challenged. They are able to progress at an appropriate pace using their time effectively. The Chalkboard Learning platform has the added benefit of centrally tracking and analyzing all of a student's learning.

Chalkboard Learning is free to use for math. For verbal and non-verbal reasoning, you will get access to a selection of questions in the different subjects. To get full access to all reasoning questions, exams, and detailed reports, you need a full account (£29.99(UK) / year).

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Catch of the Day - Acadam.com - 6/22/2011

Acadam.com is a website designed to put students and tutors in contact with each another. Their mission is "to be a preferred meeting place for students and tutors, thus allowing for the creation of an academic support network that addresses the needs and passions of all of its users."

Students can receive help that meets their needs and tutors provide instruction that draws on their strengths. Acadam.com offers a series of products to its tutors in order to enable them to provide a complete, positive service to their students.

Students who are interested in your tutoring services will contact you by email (or by phone if you have a PRO account). Using the online payment system on Acadam.com, you can create and manage invoices for your students. Your students will have access to the invoices through their student accounts. The payments themselves are made through PayPal.

Students are able to post comments and evaluate your services on your profile. These comments will be visible to other students.

With a free Acadam.com account, all of your information, except for your contact info is available to visitors. With a PRO account, all of your information, except for your address and last name, is available to visitors.

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Catch of the Day - Tutorhub - 5/16/2011

Tutorhub is a UK-based website intended to help school age kids with their homework.

Tutorhub offers private one-to-one tutoring using instant messaging. Kids can get help when they need it. Questions can be posted for free and answered by other students.

Enter a question into the Ask A Question bar at the top of each question list. Tutors will see the question and may offer to help. It’s up to each student to decide which tutors to accept. Browse tutor profiles to learn a bit more about them and check out their rates.

Tutorhub users may also accept the offer of private one-to-one tutoring sessions from the many professional Tutorhub tutors. Criminal Records Bureau-checked tutors set their own rates so that students are billed only for the time spent with a tutor. Top-up your pre-paid Tutorhub account and use it as much or as little as you like.

If they wish, parents can take control of the entire account and view completed tutoring sessions.

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