tutor2u News
tutor2u adds 9 million unique user visits in 2011
tutor2u has recorded a 9 million increase in unique user visits to www.tutor2u.net, rise of 64% over 2010.
In the twelve months to December 2011, unique user visits are expected to reach 22.5 million compared with 13.6 million in 2010.
The tutor2u website continues to draw visitors from a broad range of international schools, colleges and other educational institutions. Whilst the UK continues to be the leading source of visitors (38% in 2011), significant user growth was sourced from India (8.5%), Malaysia (3.3%), Singapore (1.9%), Hong Kong (1.8%) and the UAE (1.8%).
A noticeable feature of the user growth was the growing use of mobile devices to access the tutor2u teaching and revision resources. Visits using smartphones and tablets increased by 332% in 2011 and now represent over 5% of visits.
The user statistics exclude traffic for tutor2u’s other family of websites including the Moodle VLE which currently hosts over 5,000 A Level students and teachers.
The most significant growth in user visits has arisen in the current academic year (2011/12) and, as a result, it is expected that traffic in 2012 will exceed 35 million visits.
Introducing Give It A Go!
We’re thinking ahead to school year 2011/12 right now and we’ve got a new resource for you which we hope will support your teaching in the months ahead.
Give It A Go! is our new teacher resource blog - and this one is a little different. It is designed to provide support for the whole school in terms of ideas, approaches and resources which can be used across the curriculum and shared between departments. The focus of the blog is on creative teaching - ways to engage students, encourage participation and make learning memorable.
The Give It A Go Blog is now up and running with an initial selection of ideas - come over and take a look.
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/giveitago/
You can keep up-to-date with the latest Give It A Go resources by following the blog on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/t2uGiveItAGo) or by opting to receive the email digest whenever new materials are made available to download or try. To receive this digest, please follow this link:
http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=tutor2u/giveitago&loc=en_US
We hope that you find the teaching ideas on the new blog useful. Please let your colleagues know about it - particularly in other deparments who you think might like to try some new approaches to creative teaching and learning.
TBBLE on the road to Scotland and Northern Ireland!
TBBLE 2011/12 - our most popular Business Teacher CPD event - is now coming to Scotland and Northern Ireland!
In additon to the London (4 October 2011) and Manchester (13 October 2011) dates, we’re bringing the course to Belfast on 16 January 2012 and Glasgow on 23 January 2012.
(probably) The Best Business Lesson Ever (“TBBLE”) 2011 follows the same format as the sell-out course in 2010. The aim is simple - to pack as many new business teaching ideas into one day. Starters, main lesson activities, plenaries and more - all into one CPD day, with four presenters battling to win the best approval rating of the delegates! This course is suitable for every business teacher.
The London and Manchester events are now both more than 50% full, so please do get in touch with the office asap to organise some places for yourself and/or your business teaching colleagues.
To make a provisional booking, please use the form below, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)in the tutor2u office
Book places on TBBLE 2011/12: Glasgow | Belfast | Birmingham | London
Best wishes
Jim
tutor2u joins forces with Zondle
We’re excited about the news that tutor2u has agreed to take a shareholding in Zondle, a fast-growing specialist in games-based learning. The press release is provided below.
read more...»tutor2u Backs Junior Cricket in Yorkshire
tutor2u has agreed to sponsor the Wetherby Junior Cricket League (WJCL) for the 2011 season.
The WJCl is one of the most active junior cricket leagues in the UK with teams competing at all age groups from under 9s to under 17s. A total of over 1,000 junior cricketers are registered with the league in 2011, participating in over 650 league and cup fixtures.
Commenting on the league sponsorship deal, Jim Riley (Managing Director of tutor2u) said:
“We are delighted to be associated with the WJCL and to have the opportunity to support such a superb example of how to encourage youngsters to get involved in sport. The standard of cricket in the WJCL is improving and we are impressed with the dedication and enthusiasm of the junior team coaches who help young cricketers gain so much from a wonderful sport.”
Tom Kilby, Head of Junior Cricket at the WJCL commented:
“The support we receive from tutor2U is vital for the development of an improving league, not only financially in providing coaches and equipment, but also the genuine interest and enthusiasm shown by tutor2u for local sport within the area. With the improvement being seen the league are starting to provide players for county age groups, something almost unheard of a couple of years ago.”
Economics & Business Revision Workshops in 2011/12
The dates and venues for our main programme of Economics & Business Studies revision workshops in 2011/12 are now available from the links below. Details of the workshop content/programme will be added to these links once confirmed.
Economics workshops;
http://tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/economics-revision-workshops-in-2011-12/
Business - winter 2011
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/aqa-buss1-buss3-revision-workshops-winter-2011/
Business - spring 2012
http://tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/aqa-buss2-buss4-revision-workshops-summer-2012/
Extra revision support for A Level Economists in Summer 2011
The AS & A2 economics exams are approaching fast and we’re providing a new series of revision resources on the Economics blog to help students over the finishing line!
Our UK Economy at a Glance 2011 is a one-page summary of the key UK economic variables updated to April 2011 so students can refer to up-to-date information in their exam answers. Download it from here:
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/comments/uk-economy-at-a-glance/
The blog also features a new category - “Exam Advice” with a new series of posts which explain how students can improve their exam technique in economics. There are two fresh posts already, with more lined up to appear over the next week or so. Here is the link:
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/economics/C594/
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tutor2u achieves 53% user growth in 2010
tutor2u (www.tutor2u.net) has announced a 53% growth in unique user visits during 2010. In the 12 months to December 2010, the main tutor2u site had 13.8 million visits, an increase of 4.8 million on 2009. Revenues from the sale of Teacher CPD events, student workshops and digital learning resources increased by 52% over the same period.
OCR A2 Econ F585 - Toolkit Now Available
A quick note for OCR Econ centres…
Geoff’s superb revision toolkit for the OCR A2 F585 pre-released stimulus material (Feb 2011 exam) is now available for despatch. All pre-orders will be shipped/emailed in the morning.
You can still order this terrific resource here:
http://www.tutor2u.net/acatalog/OCR-A2-Economics-Unit-F585-Jan-2011.html
Some example pages are also available to view here:
http://www.tutor2u.net/assets/samples/ocr585feb2011sample.pdf
Meet Sir Terry Leahy and Kirsty Henshaw in 2011
A quick note to let you know about our speaker programme for the Business Teacher National Conference on 30 June 2011. We’re busy inviting people who we think would provide an inspiring end to a long academic year - and we’ve had two early invites accepted!
First up is Sir Terry Leahy, currently CEO of Tesco plc and perhaps Britain’s most respected business person. Sir Terry is currently working for a week at the checkouts of his local Tesco stores (something he does every Christmas) as a way of keeping in touch with customers and employees. Sir Terry will lead a conference session helping us understand the challenges of growing and managing a complex, multinational business. I can imagine there will be plenty of questions too from colleagues keen to get the inside track they can share with their students on topics such as leadership, branding, retailing and much more!
I’m also delighted that Kirsty Henshaw has agreed to join us and talk about how her appearance on Dragon’s Den has led her to become one of the most talked-about young entrepreneurs in the UK. Did you see Kirsty in the Den? It was perhaps the most emotional, inspiring pitch the Den has seen. With backing from Peter and Duncan, Kirsty has gone on to achieve enormous success during 2010 with her Worthenshaw’s Freedom range. A terrific case study for just about every business specification - and I’m hoping we can arrange a product tasting session too!
We’re hoping to have some other “big” news about speakers shortly. In the meantime, provisional bookings for the conference are now being accepted - the link is below:
http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/business-studies/comments/business-teacher-conference-2011/
