Archive for October, 2008

Online Tutoring – A Boon for Quality Education

Online Tutoring – A Boon for Quality Education

Online tutoring is a planned teaching/learning process, live and fully interactive one-on-one methodology by which knowledge is imparted using a wide spectrum of technologies, mainly Internet to reach learners at a distance. It is a tutoring portal working for all your educational needs and where a student can learn via the Internet with the help of a professional, subject matter expert. It makes use of several web-based programs to achi Read the rest of this entry »

Become a Tutor Broker, But Do your Homework First

Become a Tutor Broker, But Do your Homework First

Tutoring and other supplemental educational services are prevalent these days, especially with the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act. Parents realize the benefits that qualified tutors can bring to their children’s education and find themselves looking for someone who can relate to their child and provide quality tutoring. Scanning bulletin boards or calling local colleges often proves to be laborious and unsuccessful. After all, wh Read the rest of this entry »

Understanding the Concept of Online Tutoring

Understanding the Concept of Online Tutoring

According to Wikipedia Online tutoring refers to the process by which knowledge is imparted from a tutor, knowledge provider or expert to a student or knowledge recipient over the Internet.

Online tutoring has gained unexpected popularity and the primary reason is the ever increasing usage of computers worldwide. Online tutoring works much the same way as the traditional one to one physical tutoring does.

With i Read the rest of this entry »

Virtual learning in K-12 Education

Virtual learning in K-12 Education

According to the Sloan Consortium, which monitors online education in K-12 schools in the United States, online learning is on the rise. According to their report, “the overall number of K-12 students engaged in online courses in 2007-2008, is estimated at 1,030,000. This represents a 47% increase since 2005-2006”.

That’s a big jump, by any standards, but hardly surprising. The internet has become a place to do m Read the rest of this entry »

Tutoring – a Great Way to Earn Extra Income

Tutoring – a Great Way to Earn Extra Income

Demand for academic tutors is growing. Not just for school students, but for college / University students too. In many places, however, there is a shortage of tutors. If you think you might enjoy helping students succeed at school, college or University, you’re in luck: tutoring can offer a rewarding lifestyle and a good rate of earning.

You don’t have to be a qualified teacher to work as a private academic tutor. In fact, there Read the rest of this entry »

Can Siblings Be Tutors?

Can Siblings Be Tutors?

What is more convenient than having an older child who has been what your younger child is going through in school? If the holder child has gotten better grades in the area that your other child is having problems in, should they be able to help? It sounds like a great idea but if you analyze the situation carefully, it actually may do more harm than good.

Your older child may have done excellent in that subject but it all boils d Read the rest of this entry »

Find Best Online Math Tutors

Find Best Online Math Tutors

Online Math tutor for kids? Certainly a great idea to consider. There are a plethora of reason why more and more parents, now a days, want online math tutor for their kids especially for Math.

Here are some reasons for why you should consider an effi Read the rest of this entry »