 FFH5
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2006-Sep-29 6:38 pm
Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwideA good example of using broadband to enhance learning through the use of VOIP, IM, & shared whiteboard software. Now this is an excellent use of the worldwide internet. » news.yahoo.com/s/nm/2006 ··· dia_dc_1Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford, costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California mother Denise Robison found one online for $2.50 an hour -- in India.
Her 13-year-old daughter, Taylor, is one of 1,100 Americans enrolled in Bangalore-based TutorVista, which launched U.S. services last November with a staff of 150 "e-tutors" mostly in India with a fee of $100 a month for unlimited hours.
Many of the tutors have masters degrees in their subjects, said Ganesh. On average, they have taught for 10 years. Each undergoes 60 hours of training, including lessons on how to speak in a U.S. accent and how to decipher American slang.
As with other Indian e-tutoring firms such as Growing Stars Inc., students log on to TutorVista's Web site and are assigned lessons by tutors who communicate using voice-over-Internet technology and an instant messaging window. They share a simulated whiteboard on their computers. |
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Sony battery recalls wont endyesterday IBM now Toshiba and Fujitsu my thing is will the battery in the PSP explode |
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 Matt3All noise, no signal.
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2006-Sep-29 6:46 pm
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwideApplications like this are the exact reason we need higher speed broadband services.
Image what could be done if each person just had a 10Mbit/10Mbit connection to the internet. |
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Re: Sony battery recalls wont endnext we are gonna see terrorist threatening ppl with batteries |
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 ChiyoSave Me Konata-Chan
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MSN Messenger down for anyone aswell? |
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 MysticGogetaThe Robot Devil
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwidePorn, Porn and Porn thenn Pirated movies faster and music  |
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FFH5
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2006-Sep-29 6:53 pm
PC World's 100 Fearless ForecastsMany of these forecasts are broadband related. And the forecasts are for things in the relatively near term, not decades away. 
Fearless Forecast
» news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld ··· d/127152The categories: Desktops and Laptops Storage Chips and Components Audio and Video The Net Cameras and Cell Phones Fun Stuff |
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 dv41What was that?
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2006-Sep-29 7:10 pm
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwideThis is similar to » www.tutor.com, they recently changed from the unlimited time model to an hourly time setup, however, tutor.com offers voice chat. after looking at their new rates: 60 bucks a month for 3 hours = 20 a session, about what you would pay for a normal scheduled session..only plus i can see with this is convenience and the fact that it records everything. |
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 hayabusa3303Over 200 mph
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Re: Sony battery recalls wont endsaid by Chiyo:MSN Messenger down for anyone aswell? mine is running fine |
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 hopeflickerCapitalism breeds greed
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Re: PC World's 100 Fearless ForecastsMy pancreas hurts  |
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dv41What was that?
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2006-Sep-29 7:24 pm
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guess the troll in me is coming out:
typo under:
Audio and Video
An Entire MP3 Collection on a Flash Player The capacity of MP3 players that use flash memory keeps on growing: Apple and Sandisk now have 8MB models. We're looking forward to a small flash MP3 player with enough capacity to hold an entire music collection. About 30MB, say, would do nicely.
note the MB instead of GB... |
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2006-Sep-29 7:26 pm
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwidei like toast |
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91439306 (banned)15,000 Watts of Bass Power
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2006-Sep-29 7:31 pm
Since It's Open Friday......I would just like to say that I am pleased to announce that I passed my life insurance pre-licensing state exam today. I'm on my way to start a lucrative new business in financial and life insurance.. next month, my mortgage license comes in and soonafter, I work on my securities licenses.
Yeah, baby!! |
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ASIA Internet speeds! WOW!100 Mbps for $39.
We are so far behind....So Far....So Far.... |
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwideSymmetrical will never happen. The best we can hope for is 100mbit/10mbit. Most people will love it, and the ISPs retain upload speed that they can sell off for hosting. |
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Re: Sony battery recalls wont endWouldn't doubt it. Clearly the attachment to digital devices is the clear way to breach security. People want to use laptops and things on airplanes, terrorists can therefore hide whatever they want inside an electronic device like the ipod or a laptop and blow up a plane.(or at least a small piece of it) If a bomb can be hidden in a shoe, it can easily be hidden in a laptop battery. |
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Hey you darn kidsGet off my thread.  |
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Dvorak? |
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fcisler
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2006-Sep-29 9:02 pm
Damn NY homesWHY OH WHY are any houses on sale in NY, specifically, Suffolk County, NY so d*mn rediculiously priced? seriously...you can't get a s*it shack anywhere for sub $200k. A Cottage is $65k. THIS is worth $175k? it's uninhabiatable! » www.mlslirealtor.com/uni ··· 1&rpp=20$210k. 3 bedroom. » www.mlslirealtor.com/uni ··· 1&rpp=20$4k in taxes...wow How am I supposed to buy a house?? Get a loan for a 50x50 lot in mastic? I can't wait for real estate to calm down around here...it's just insane! |
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2006-Sep-29 9:17 pm
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwideVery interesting. I might check that out for some Calculus I lessons. Competition is good. |
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Re: Damn NY homes175k is a bargain. All you have to do is talk them down in the price. You spend $50,000 to fix it up, and you're set. |
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175k for that piece of shyt hells no |
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 Michieru2zzz zzz zzz
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Here in Miami there asking 250K for just 1 bed + bathroom apartment. Not including taxes and among other things of course. |
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hayabusa3303Over 200 mph
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how much are taxes down there on that? |
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 DrexBeer...The other white meat.
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Drex
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2006-Sep-29 10:11 pm
LotteryI wish I would win the lottery. |
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hayabusa3303Over 200 mph
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$208 million someone has the powerball ticket in iowa. edit i need to move out west. Someone in kansas hit it wednesday night too  |
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Re: Damn NY homesabout 5k or 2%, on the ocean its more, but you get "free" wi-fi so its worth it...i guess /sarc |
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 dadkinsCan you do Blu?
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Re: Cheap tutoring goes high tech and worldwidesaid by insomniac84:Symmetrical will never happen. The best we can hope for is 100mbit/10mbit. Most people will love it, and the ISPs retain upload speed that they can sell off for hosting. It's already happening! Ever hear of Utopia? SureWest? You and I may never see it where we live, but it is happening... |
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Re: Damn NY homesLOL!
Come to Cali my friend! This 3 bed 2 bath I'm in right now... $535k. |
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