Comments on: Learning about Online Tutoring Services http://blog.teachstreet.com/homepage/learning-about-online-tutoring-services/ Find Local Teachers. Learn New Things. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:46:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://blog.teachstreet.com/homepage/learning-about-online-tutoring-services/#comment-76 Dave Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:44:25 +0000 http://blog.teachstreet.com/2007/11/19/learning-about-online-tutoring-services/#comment-76 heh -- see you in Second Life, Robert :-) heh — see you in Second Life, Robert :-)

]]> By: Robert Einspruch http://blog.teachstreet.com/homepage/learning-about-online-tutoring-services/#comment-75 Robert Einspruch Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:08:51 +0000 http://blog.teachstreet.com/2007/11/19/learning-about-online-tutoring-services/#comment-75 Dave raises some excellent points. Here at ziizoo our goal is NOT to replace face-to-face tutoring but rather to supplement it. When face-to-face tutoring is not possible (like at midnight on a Sunday night), students need a place to find help and get over the hump. ziizoo is that place. And our goal is NOT to outsource tutoring to low-cost overseas tutors but rather to create a platform that makes collaboration between student and tutor easy. We want to make it so the local high school math whiz can monetize his geekness and help others out at the same time. But I applaud teachstreet because at the end of the day life is about real-life physical connections - if it isn't I better start finding some friends in SecondLife ;-) Dave raises some excellent points. Here at ziizoo our goal is NOT to replace face-to-face tutoring but rather to supplement it. When face-to-face tutoring is not possible (like at midnight on a Sunday night), students need a place to find help and get over the hump. ziizoo is that place.

And our goal is NOT to outsource tutoring to low-cost overseas tutors but rather to create a platform that makes collaboration between student and tutor easy. We want to make it so the local high school math whiz can monetize his geekness and help others out at the same time.

But I applaud teachstreet because at the end of the day life is about real-life physical connections - if it isn’t I better start finding some friends in SecondLife ;-)

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