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2007-01-26T02:20:00.000-08:00

The Choice of the Intelligent Alternative

In life there are choices that people have to make. They make the selection for the choice they want due to many reasons. One of the reason is the knowledge and experiences that they have gained throughout their entire life to make their life better no matter how rich or poor. However, the knowledge they use whether simple or sophisticated are just simply the tools of their own but not the proof or verification that they have made the right choice or used the right one.

History and rationale together with the wisdom and duly developed intuition will tell which choice is right based upon past experiences from success or failure whether or not they are from right or wrong but it has to be the ones chosen from the past outcome that fit in with the person’s character, capability and suitability in a given trait that coincide with the given opportunity of time, space and position.

Once that part of knowledge is known and used in the making of choice and selection, then it can be said that the person has made a choice of an intelligent alternative which is needed in the modern world that are overwhelmed with massive information on choices in the midst of racing time and space that are precious as no one can bring back lost time. Tick-tock Tick-tock, the train is leaving on schedule…What will it be ?

So what is your choice of the so called “Intelligent Alternative”
Think about it and kindly let me know. May be it is time that we can talk, after all these years.

Happy New Year 2007

Email : pongnarin19@yahoo.com

Why Indian Tutors for online tutoring

2007-01-24T07:04:00.000-08:00

First of all, they offer their service at a very cheap price. Many of us think that America is a very rich country but it is not entirely true. Education is very expensive in USA. Before the birth of a child, his or her parents start saving money for their kid's education. At present, parents have to pay $40 to $100 per hour to the American tutoring companies. On the other hand, Indian tutoring organizations charge less money. For example, Growing star charges $21 to $25 per hour. Tutorvista charges $20 for forty five minutes and unlimited hours for $100.
Companies like Tutorvista and Growing stars hire teachers specialized in their fields and well experienced. The companies even train the teachers to understand American accents and student jargons. So language is not a big problem.
Compared to other South Asian countries, India's education system gives more emphasis on English. English is India's second language as well. Among all the South Asian countries, Indian writers have achieved a very good position in the field of English literature.
Online tutoring for American teachers may not be a very attractive job but it is a full time job for many Indians. Hence, they give more effort.
Internet is the most important factor in online teaching. Outsourcing is one of major businesses in India; hence, the country already has a very good internet infrastructure. So, the student and teacher can communicate with each other very well.

Google Analytics can help online tutorial sites

2007-01-23T22:35:00.000-08:00

One good way to know if your site is generating enough trafic is to hook up with Google Analytics Account.
It is a good way to find out which areas you need to focus your marketing efforts for online education.
Example if your analysis shows that the hits are coming more from US than UK you know that the customer base is possibly good in US.
It however depends on a lot of factors which can determine the reason for any kind of internet trafic.
In terms of finding teachers to conduct classes as well, one can use analytics account. Chaos-Laboratory has several articles on how you can draw more trafic to your site.

SOPCast the Esssential for online tutoring

2007-01-23T20:47:00.000-08:00

What is SOP and What is DBS – Essential for online Tutoring
Alongside Google Video, Youtube and several other video-streaming services Sopcast has come up as one of the most user-friendly service. Sop is an abbreviated form of Streaming over P2P. Sopcast itself is a Streaming Direct Broadcast System based on P2P. The core is the communication protocol produced by Sopcast Team, which is named Sop://, or sop technology.
With an aim of making the world to build up personal video and let this media broadcast through a channel very easily. Registered users can not only make a channel very easily, but also can make a channel groups with the fans who have the same interesting using the Sopcast system. This is almost equivalent to create a “favorite” group or collection. They will share their content with Net friends all over the world. A terminology has been derived for such enthusiasts which is called podcaster.
Sopcast Features:
A very simple exclusively your media platform, real-time audio and video publishing your own programs
Setup your own channel group and limit the viewers
Build a group based on interest and easy to share
Subscribe your favorite broadcasting group
Get stream data from many nodes on the SOP network at the same time, make the channel more available and stable.
Support many stream types, like asf, wmv, rm, rmvb. etc.
Support multiple files play loopy.
Support broadcast source quality and channel quality monitor to help to select a perfect channel
Total memory cache, no harm to the harddisk.
Support authentication on both the source and the clients depend on the uses choices.
Support logging and analyst all the channels visit.
In near future classroom lessons can actually be transmitted real-time to hundreds of students in different locations world-wide. This will take online tutoring to new heights. Attaining this landmark in e tutoring and online classrooms is possible only through the usage of this kind of software.
About DBS
The first commercial DBS service, Sky Television plc (now BSkyB), was launched in 1989. Sky TV started as a four-channel free-to-air analogue service on the Astra 1A satellite, serving the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. By 1991, Sky had changed to a conditional access pay model, and launched a digital service, Sky Digital, in 1998, with analogue transmission ceasing in 2001. Since the DBS nomenclature is rarely used in the UK or Ireland, the popularity of Sky's service has caused the terms "minidish" and "digibox" to be applied to products other than Sky's hardware. BSkyB is controlled by News Corporation.
PrimeStar began transmitting an analog service to North America in 1991, and was joined by DirecTV Group's DirecTV (then owned by GM Hughes Electronics, in 1994. At the time, DirecTV's introduction was the most successful consumer electronics debut in American history. Although PrimeStar transitioned to a digital system in 1994, it was ultimately unable to compete with DirecTV, which required a smaller satellite dish and could deliver more programming. DirecTV eventually purchased PrimeStar in 1999 and migrated all PrimeStar subscribers to DirecTV equipment. In 2003, News Corporation purchased a controlling interest in DirecTV's parent company, Hughes Electronics, and renamed the company DirecTV Group.
(Source: Wikipedia)

e-tutor-online.blogspot.com Offer for Maths Tutions

2007-01-23T00:22:00.000-08:00

e-tutor-online is now offering a free service for online tutoring. For one week we will provide Maths lessons to any interested student free of charge with no registration or verification. This is a limited offer and is subject to availibility of lecturers.
join e-tutor-online.blogspot.com today by adding your email address here.

Maths Tutor during Holiday - Nice Pay

2007-01-22T18:38:00.000-08:00

Maths tuition required for a student studying at grade 8 in an international school in Bangkok.
The student will be on a holiday during April and May, when a 20 hour per week Maths instruction is desired.
Teaching preferred online at a rate of 6 USD per hour.
Payment will be made through Paypal or send via money order.
Qualifications: H.S./BSc with Maths as a subject.
Non-native teachers are welcomed to apply.

Please post your interest via the comments form leaving your email address.
Short-listed candidates will be notified via email for a voice-based interview.

Jayram Pradhan

Frustrations of Teaching Foreign Languages

2007-01-22T05:05:00.001-08:00

As quoted in the blog of letutor learning a foreign language can be intimidating, frustrating, and you may become discouraged.
As we move towards online tutoring not only in private tutions but also in institutionalised tutoring services the teachers need to remain focussed on their goals.
In order to keep things fresh try new techniques regularly in order to keep up your spirits and to keep things interesting. You may even try more passive learning methods that allow you to learn without feeling like you’re learning. For example instead of trying to memorize vocabulary from a list watch a movie with the subtitles on and learn vocabulary by what the actors do and say on screen. You will need to look things up from time to time to make sure you are observing accurately but with practice you will become very efficient.

Essential Homework Help Site

2007-01-22T00:57:00.000-08:00

Tutor.com is another good place to look for online tutoring assignments.

It is one of the leading e-based tutoring sites which offers attractive incentives to qualified tutors.

Tutor for Maths and Science - URGENT REQUIREMENT

2007-01-22T00:27:00.000-08:00

Anyone interested in teaching maths and science online may post comments in the following format:

1. Name:
2. Location: (Needed to assert time-zone)
3. Email Address:
4. Education:
5. Intersted in Teaching: (List Subjects)
6. Hours: (Please specify how many hours a week you are available)

Kindly wait for email from us. You will be notified as soon as we get a prospective student matching your profile. You do not pay us any service charge for this. It is absolutely free.

English First offers tutoring opportunities for all nationalities.

2007-01-22T00:09:00.000-08:00

Education is emerging as one of the world's largest growth industries and EF is at the forefront. Throughout all our English language teaching programmes - whether we are taking children abroad for the first time, teaching business English around the corner from an office block, or sharing the world with students online
The global network of EF English First schools allows students of all ages to learn English without leaving their own countries. EF English First schools cater to students of all ages and occupations, and offer general English language instruction, as well as specialised classes for student groups, businesses, and professionals. All EF English First schools are operationally synchronized and employ highly qualified English language teachers, a fact upon which we have built our reputation, and has led to EF English First becoming one of the leading English language teaching institutes worldwide with the following notable achievements:
Ranked the top foreign training brand in China by SSIC (Social Survey Institute of China)
The first foreign company to earn a license to operate an English School in Shanghai 1994
Selected by Sina.com (the no. 1 portal in China ) as the Most Trusted English Training Institute in China
EF is by far the largest employer of native English Speakers in Indonesia, with over 400 teachers.

Learn English in Thailand

2007-01-21T22:41:00.000-08:00

Do you know anyone who would like to improve their English skills? They can, and at a fully accredited international university here in Hua Hin.
Stamford International University offers a three month intensive English language program open to anyone over the age of 16. We are now accepting new students for the term beginning June 19. Although the majority of those who enroll in the program intend to continue at Stamford as university students, our classes are open to anyone who would like to improve their English. Our former and current students include housewives, employees of local resorts and hotels, a PhD candidate at Chulalongkorn University, business owners, and even a nun and a monk.
Come and meet and study with students from over twenty countries including Thailand, England, Bhutan, Taiwan, India, the USA, Vietnam, Germany, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Nepal, Korea, Philippines, Iran, Lebanon, Myanmar, Japan, and Russia.
Our English program teachers are all native speakers with years of experience teaching all over the world. We know learning a second (or third) language is not easy, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun and rewarding. That’s why at Stamford we include in-class and outside activities. Field trips are organized for local sites, high schools and universities. In class our teachers prepare much of their own material to use in combination with textbooks. Class instruction is highly interactive, with work in small groups. Students are encouraged to watch and discuss English language movies and videos (Stamford has its own cinema).
Because of Stamford’s international student population our students gain a greater understanding of international culture and the practical use of English. Our English program students are welcome to become involved in international student life. They have access to all facilities that full-time university students do, including activities like parties, bus service to and from Hua Hin, use of the Palm Hills Sports Club and university library and internet facilities. Students may also take one Physical Education course (at an additional cost).
At the end of the program, students leave with improved English language skills, an appreciation of different cultures and new friends from around the world.
Classes are held Monday through Thursday, with six hours of instruction per day. Classes are focused on particular skills including reading, vocabulary and listening / conversation. Upon finishing the program students receive a certificate of completion from Stamford.
Stamford is located on the grounds of the beautiful Palm Hills Country Club, just north of the airport. Stamford’s own bus runs several round trips a day between Hua Hin (starting at the Market Village Mall) and Stamford.
Remember the new term begins June 19. Anyone who is interested may call Benjamas or Nisha Monday through Friday at 032-520-789.

Does your Thai Wife Need to Learn English?

2007-01-21T22:39:00.000-08:00

If your answer is yes, consider that Stamford International University offers an Intensive English Language Program which we guarantee will improve your wife’s English!

We offer 24 hours a week of instruction from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Monday to Thursday. Our program runs the length of Stamford’s fourteen week trimester. This Intensive English Language course was previously designed to help prospective university students gain the language skills necessary for university work. Lately, however, more and more people have been coming to us just to improve their English skills.

We have had Buddhist monks and Japanese nuns as students and we have attracted several businessmen and businesswomen from Thailand (and from other countries) who needed better English skills for their work. This term we have half a dozen “non-traditional” students in our program. These include several people from Huahin who just wanted to speak, read and write better English.

Our IELP classes are taught by four fully qualified native speakers of English. Our teachers are not “back-packers!” They all have two or more university degrees and/or TESOL certificates. All are professional teachers with years of experience teaching English here in Thailand and in other Asian countries. Our program offers classes in listening & conversation, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar and academic preparation.

At the end of the term, successful students receive a certificate of completion. We also send out a written report on student progress at mid-term and a final report at the end of the term. Our next term begins in mid-October so there is plenty of time to register.

For further information, please email me: vtcje@sover.net. I am happy to chat with prospective students (or their husbands) anytime!

Charles Emond, BA, MA, MAT
Head of Department,
Stamford Intensive English Language Program

2007-01-21T22:34:00.000-08:00

E-totring requires a lot of tools. While searching the internet I came across a website which gives some free softwares for the e tutoring and other forms of educational support. This site is dedicated to listings, descriptions and reviews of the best free educational software for kids and adults. Below I have given a link for everyone to quickly jump to this site and explore.
http://www.educational-freeware.com/

Please let me know how things went.

Native Speakers as Tutors

2007-01-21T21:56:00.000-08:00

Native Speakers are preferred in many Asian countries to be tutors specially for English language. However, this definition of native speakers remain quite murky in teh context of this subject.
Some experience from Thailand suggest that the Native-Speaker block includes quite a few "non-native" nationalities. You will not be surprised to see a Russian, Sweedish or Finnish national with little or no command over the English language, comfortably getting a placement in a language institution which advertises to hire only "Native-Speakers".
Whereas other nationalities like Indians or Phillipinos are not that much in demand despite having higher qualification or command over the language.
The difference is perhaps because of the "foreigner appearence" or "look farang" wgich becomes teh decisive factor in this case.
But it is not correct to blame the institutions for this strange discrementaion. It might be in the perception of the clients who come to them for the tutoring lessons.
It will be interesting to observe a change in this particular area in near future for teh growth and dominnace of Asia in the global economy.

Tutor.com

2007-01-21T21:52:00.000-08:00

Tutor.com is the pioneer in providing one-to-one learning and information solutions. Founded in 1998, Tutor.com has come to leverage the power of the Internet to connect people for personal instruction in any subject, anytime, anywhere. Understanding and improving the one-to-one online experience remains their total focus.
The clients of tutor.com ranges from several parts of United States.
One major factopr for totor.com's success is its well structured website. This, in addition to a good management structure and a galaxy of qualified instructors trained for providing online assistance makes things better for all.

SMARTTHINKING The online tutoring service with quality focus

2007-01-21T21:48:00.000-08:00

One Good place to learn more about onlien tutoring is at Smartthinking. Their services are unique and they provide more than most other similar online tutorial services.
Here are some examples which might be of assistance.
SMARTHINKING provides online tutoring in Mathematics (Basic Skills - Calculus II), Writing, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology, Accounting, Economics, Introductory Finance, Spanish and Statistics (schedule). Online Math tutors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the school year. Over 80% of SMARTHINKING online tutors have a Masters or PhD in their respective discipline, and they average eight years of teaching experience. Students can:
"Drop-in" for live tutoring; (sample 1, 2, 3, 4)
Submit questions for a response within 24 hours; (sample)
Pre-schedule sessions; and
View archives of past sessions.

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2007-01-21T21:36:00.000-08:00

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Communicating in Electronic Environment

2007-01-21T21:30:00.000-08:00

Following these simple tips can help you make your at-a-distance message just as (if not more) effective and interactive as a face-to-face presentation.
In the current economy, companies are trying to save money by reducing travel and per diem costs for training and business meetings. Synchronous e-learning and virtual meetings can help companies economize while retaining a personal touch, but it's crucial that people know how to communicate in the new environments.
The lack of some visual and aural cues requires that trainers and presenters revise their communication strategy. By following these simple tips, you can make your at-a-distance message just as (if not more) effective and interactive as a face-to-face presentation.
Preparation
1. Understand the various types of electronic communication tools, the features of specific products, and how to use the one you select. E-communication tools generally fall into one of four categories:
Conferencing with audio (teleconference)
Conferencing with audio and video (videoconference)
Collaboration with audio (interactive online environment with voice transmitted over the telephone or via voice over IP
Collaboration with audio and video (interactive online environment with audio and live video).
The best way to learn how to use an electronic communication tool is to attend a seminar by the company that makes it. Written guides are also usually available for download from the provider's Website or via snail mail. Once you understand the basics of how the tool works, play with it on your own. The more you know about a tool's features and functionality, the easier it will be for you to guide your audience.
2. As you're preparing your training or presentation materials, keep your audience in mind and know what information is crucial for them. Your presentation should last no more than one hour, including time for questions and answers. (Your audience's attention will stray after that time and they won't retain as much information.) If you have additional details to present, save them for another online session, distribute them via email or snail mail, or discuss them one-on-one.
3. Run through your presentation using the communication tool so that you're comfortable with it. Then, invite a few other people who won't be part of your audience to one or two test runs, and ask them to give you constructive criticism. Go through the entire program as a dress rehearsal.
4. As you invite audience members to the final event, include detailed instructions on how to register and join in and how to contact you. (Some collaboration tools will automatically send out instructions on how to join the meeting or training once audience members have registered.) Send out a reminder 24 hours prior to the event. (Again, some tools have an automatic reminder feature that you can turn on.)
5. If possible and necessary, ensure that audience members know what plug-ins they need and how to download them. You may also want to arrange a systems test before the meeting or training. (Some collaboration tools conduct these tests at the time of audience registration).
6. Ask your audience to join or log in approximately 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the event. That will allow you or your assistants to resolve any last minute technical problems. Also make sure that your materials are prepared and easily accessible. If you're sharing online applications, know where your files are and how they're labeled.
Presentation
1. Start on time.
2. Ensure that everyone can hear you and/or see you and vice versa. The best way to do that is to ask at the beginning of your presentation how everyone is doing. Remind audience members to speak up and send individual messages to them if you don't get a response. Most online collaboration tools have an instant messenger function that you can use. (For help in juggling presenting and checking in with your audience, see "Synchronous Team Teaching.")
3. Be clear. Review the meeting purpose and agenda at the beginning of the presentation. That will curtail audience members who might be tempted to go off on tangents. If you're using slides, be sure to include the purpose and agenda on the first slides of the presentation.
4. Include time for introductions, if appropriate. If your presentation is to coworkers who all know each other, introductions are not necessary. If your presentation is to an audience of 20+ people, and they will not be interacting, introductions are probably not necessary. But if you're conducting an online meeting or training with people who don't know each other but who will be collaborating, then introductions are definitely necessary. Remember to include the time needed for introductions on your agenda.
5. If you're using telephone conferencing, encourage audience members to refrain from making noise (for example, by typing) or to use the mute button. If an audience member must type or has a noisy office, he or she can put the telephone on mute and still hear you. Teleconferencing companies sometimes offer another option: You as the presenter can mute audience members who have called in until you want their participation. Ask your provider about this feature.
6. If you're using a collaboration tool with slides, make them the main focus and use handouts as backup and support. You can email the handouts to the audience after the event. If audience members want a copy of the presentation, they may be able to download it from the online collaboration tool's site. Of course, if you're conducting a video- or teleconference without a collaboration tool, an agenda and handouts for the presentation should be distributed beforehand.
7. If you're using application sharing programs, slides, or only audio, remember that your motions and expressions will not be seen. Use specific references, like "in the lower left corner. " If you're presenting using a whiteboard, highlight key points with an arrow or a box as you speak about them.
8. If you're using slides or sharing applications, keep in mind that all participants will receive screen updates at different speeds. Check once or twice during the presentation, but don't keep asking if people can see the new slide. Again, ask audience members to let you know if they're having problems.
9. Don't allow long moments of silence. Pregnant pauses might be dramatic in person, but they can be show stoppers online. If you're using slides, make sure they tell a story so you can talk through changing from one slide to another without any visible pause. In person, it would be apparent that you had finished all of the points on one slide and were moving to the next, but that might not be clear online.
10. Practice virtual hand-holding. Explain what you will be doing during the presentation. Especially for interactive activities like chat or polling questions, tell the audience what is going to happen before it happens and then again while it is occurring. For example, if you're conducting an interactive poll, explain to audience members at the start of the presentation that there will be interactive polling questions. Then, before each polling question, tell them it is coming up. When it appears, read the question and the possible answers and tell people how to record their responses. Then tell them how much time they have until you close the poll. This repetition might sound excessive, but it's reassuring for your audience members and increases their participation.
11. Engage your audience by directing specific questions to specific people if possible. Most collaboration tools provide a participant list in which the moderator can see the names of all the people online. This, along with polling questions, can help keep your audience interested and alert.
12. Be careful with intonations of sarcasm and humor. If audience members can't see you, they might misinterpret your meaning. That doesn't mean you have to eliminate humor altogether, but make sure it's clear that you're joking. Electronic communication enables wide diversity among audience members, but it also makes it more likely that someone won't get your sense of humor or even be offended by it. If possible, ask your test-run audience for their opinion of your humor elements.
Wrapping up
1. Keep an eye on the time. Stick to your agenda.
2. End the presentation promptly by starting to sum up 5 minutes before you end.
3. Allow time for questions and answers. Generally 10-15 minutes is enough. Don't allow one audience member to take control and ask questions related only to him or her. The best way to avoid this is to validate that person's question or comment and then add something like "but I believe this is something you and I should take offline. Please call or email me after the presentation, and I can give you my undivided attention. Does anyone else have any other questions or comments?"
4. Conduct an evaluation poll. (If your electronic communication tool offers this feature, learning how to set it up should be part of your training.) If the poll is done immediately following the presentation, your return on answers should be close to 100 percent. The results can help you fine-tune future presentations. To conduct an evaluation poll effectively, run it as you would interactive polling questions. (See #10 above.)
And finally, enjoy! If you're excited about the potential of electronic communication, your audience members will be as well.