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Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools for 2012 Topics: education, free tools, guest, technology, technology for tutoring, tutoring resources, tutoring tools inShare Share 462 The Internet provides a wealth of resources for teachers, tutors, and students to go well beyond classroom learning. Whether you're a teacher preparing for tomorrow's lecture, a professional tutor working with one or two students, or you just want to help your cousin in Alabama with some trig homework, these free tools will help you interact with your student(s) sans the confines of the classroom. Skype with Idroo Idroo is an online educational whiteboard used in combination with Skype. Use it with as many students or fellow teachers as you want for tutoring sessions or meetings, as the whiteboard's "only limitations" are Internet connection speed and how fast everyone involved absorbs the material. All writing and drawing done on the whiteboard is visible to participants in real time, making it a true virtual classroom. It also allows for remote math tutoring with its professional math typing tool. Gchat Anyone with a gmail account can access Gchat. Teachers, tutors, and students can talk to one another in real time, as well as send and receive files instantly. Save chats for referral purposes in your gmail account, or download the Google Talk application for voice conferencing with multiple parties. WizIQ Teachers, students and organizations can create free accounts on WizIQ, another online education portal. Students have the option to attend online classes, download free tutorials, use free practice tests, or find teachers with certain expertise. Online classes are not free, however. Teachers and organizations can offer recorded classes through WizIQ or those in real time, create online tests, use live audio and video chat, and distribute course work in any standard format. Teachers must pay per month for this service, though WizIQ offers easy teacher payment collection from stu

A vast, unmissable science resource site with something for anyone. Find worksheets, flash resources, lesson plans and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

Design and plan your classroom layout without lifting a thing with this easy to use, drag and drop classroom designer. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

This is a social networking site where educators and students can upload and use complete lesson plans and resources arranged on one page. It's a superb way to organise yourself and share the wonderful things you do in your class. Registration not require to access materials. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

February is Black History Month. Here's a word list to add to your lesson plans! This list can be used to play all of the games and activities on our site. http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=2851114

Student Tracking using Biometric & RFID Integration - Fedena Plugin Fedena provides a powerful API to configure the attendance with external devices. If you are planning to integrate a biometric attendance system or RFID student tracking system with Fedena, good news, the Biometric/RFID integration plugin of Fedena is now ready for use. Read this blog post to understand how the integration works. http://elearningindustry.com/student-tracking-using-biometric-rfid-integration-fedena-plugin

Pearson has created an 'Efficacy Framework', which is a set of tools for assessing if the conditions are in place for an education program to deliver its promised learning outcomes, which it plans to share publicly.

An Apple app which lets you quickly scan and mark paper-based quizzes using the special mark sheet and your mobile device. The children simply make a mark on their answer sheet to show their answer. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Planning+%26+Assessment

Faculty remain suspicious of MOOCs and other online technologies but must recognize online education is a crucial component in any college setting. Students no longer have to be physically on campus they can learn anytime anywhere online learning is a work in progress.

Faculty remain suspicious of MOOCs and other online technologies but must recognize online education is a crucial component in any college setting. Students no longer have to be physically on campus they can learn anytime anywhere online learning is a work in progress.

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"duComics is an European Union Comenius education project under the Life Long Learning Programme (ref num 142424-2008-GR-COMENIUS-CMP). It will show educators how online comics can be used in the classroom to enhance learning, engage and motivate students, and use technology in a practical and effective way. The project will create training material for teachers and organise seminars for teachers in Greece, Cyprus, UK, Italy and Spain. These attending teachers will be able to apply strategies and lesson plans in their schools."

Enrolling in a distance education course can raise many concerns, with how to do well in an online class being a leading cause of for this anxiety. Avoiding this apprehension requires a good understanding of the process of using the computers during online classes. This also leads to the need for preparation, planning, and developing an understanding one's ability to learn and study.

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This fall TSTC will be offering a Digital Media certificate which focuses on virtual world technology and they will be using Second Life as the primary way to deliver the course content. They plan for this certificate program to lead into an associate degree (AAS) in Digital Media starting in spring 2009.

We are pleased to announce a workshop on 'Finding and Re-using Public Information', co-organised with the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), the Power of Information (POI) Taskforce and mySociety. Details are as follows: * When: Saturday 1st November 2008, 1030-1600 * Where: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS. (See map.) * Wiki: http://okfn.org/wiki/PublicInformation * Participation: Attendance is free. If you are planning to come along please add your name to the participants list, or email us (info at the okfn domain).

recognised online publication series ISSN 1613-0073 of more than 300 IT related workshop proceedings.\nSpecial issue for the iCamp organised Workshop on Mash-up personal learning environments within EC-TEL conference is planned for Fall 2008.