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Surprisingly Educational Games: Boxcars
In science, you learn about some of the wonders of the universe. Plate tectonics, evolution, and relativity are all really cool, but many of them are hard to visualise. Evolution is especially fascinating. We can see the products of evolution all around us, but what does it look like? How awesome ...
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Stop the Morning Panic: 20 Tips for Getting Organised
It’s Monday morning. Your alarm goes off and for the next hour you and your household enters utter chaos. Clothes flying through the air could be...
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How Matt used Studiosity to get a 99.9 ATAR
Meet class of 2014 student Matt Bishop, who attributes much of his success in achieving his amazing ATAR to help from Studiosity. In 2014 Matt...
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Why Tutoring? And What Exactly is Online Tutoring, Anyway?
A couple of weeks ago a book entitled Why Tutoring? arrived at our offices. Written by Andrea Nelson-Royes, Why Tutoring? is a comprehensive analysis...
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To Fan The Flames Of Learning, Start With Ember.js
Today we release a new online classroom, rebuilt from the ground up, to help make these tutor and student interactions as seamless as possible.
TAFE Series: Here's what your students get 'stuck' on out of hours
Sunday night is the busiest night of the week for study. And, understandably, it's a time TAFE teachers struggle to be available for student support needs without stretching out co…
TAFE Series: 3 things we learned from TAFE teachers last week
Switching off, English writing standards, and personal learning. Here's what we heard from TAFE teachers about their students last week.
Adam Goodes: "If I'm Only Remembered For My Football, I've Failed In Life"
The escalating national argument about Adam Goodes continues to trouble me and just about everyone I speak with. The one missing voice is, of course, Goodes' own.
Adam Goodes Deserves Better
The treatment of Australian of the Year Adam Goodes by some AFL fans is something we feel compelled to address. We at YourTutor feel a particular affinity for Goodes because of his…
The End Of The Lecture Can't Come Soon Enough
Since the internet began its inevitable and relentless domination of so many aspects of our lives, dozens of industries have succumbed to its power. Now, belatedly, it appears the …
TAFE Series: Are you getting through to your students? A lesson from web design.
Are you guilty of the 20,000 word email? Here's why you're losing your audience and wasting your time. Whether it's an email to your students, a forum post, or an introduction pack…
TAFE Series: PD now, for your next TAFE job, later
We're all looking for new skills and learning that can take us into our next role and next job. But did you know, as TAFE teachers, your experience with YourTutor can help you tran…
TAFE Series: The good news - and bad - of the personalisation trend
It's not a one-size-fits all society, 2015 was the year personalisation went mainstream. In education, students can now choose when they start their course, how long they take, and…