tutor2u News
Some ways of encouraging students to collaborate and share their learning
How to encourage students to collaborate and share their learning - that has been the underlying theme of several popular new resources on tutor2u this week. These approaches work across all subjects, though the examples give below are for Economics & Business Studies.
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tutor2u grows by 77% in September 2010
tutor2u, a leading provider of e-learning resources and training events for secondary education, has recorded further growth in its online services. During September 2010, the number of unique visitor sessions to tutor2u’s main website (www.tutor2u.net) rose to 1.28 million, up 76.7% on September 2009.
Social media sources were a key part of the increased website traffic. Visitors from Facebook.com increased by 397.9% as a result of the launch of tutor2u’s new Facebook fan page (www.facebook.com/tutor2u). By the end of September 2010, over 1,500 users had joined the Facebook page which was launched in late August. Traffic sourced from Twitter increased by 167.1%
tutor2u grows 68% in August 2010
The main tutor2u website (www.tutor2u.net) recorded a 68.5% increase in user traffic during August 2010. Traditionally the quietest period of the academic year, unique user visits to tutor2u increased to 707,680 in August 2010 compared with 420,020 in August 2009. Direct traffic increased from 9.2% to 10.0% and traffic from referring sites rose from 8.1% in August 2009 to 11.0%.
The UK continued to be the top country source for site visitors, followed by the USA, India, Australia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore.
Tutor2u on Facebook
We have a new Facebook page and it will be full of news, links to resources and other goodies as the year develops. Have a look here! And perhaps sign up as a facebook fan!
RES Essay Competition
The RES has just announced the result of the Young Economist 2010. Details from here
Many congratulations to the three winners and to all the shortlisted entrants and their teachers.
Creative uses of the open web in teaching and learning
I have developed a short presentation on aspects of the open web of learning and the opportunities it creates for teachers in the UK and beyond to fully embrace the web as a platform for collaborative teaching and learning. Many of the examples and ideas were generated by discussions with and presentations given by fellow delegates at the recent Australian MoodleMoot.
Streamed: Presentation available here
Handout: Presentation available here in pdf format
Welcome to a new school year!
Welcome back from the summer break (what summer?). The economic clouds might still be a little dark and threatening, but there has never been a better time to teach Economics with the subject booming and student numbers firmly on the rise! Our aim this year is simply to provide even more resources and support for you, your colleagues and students. So here is a new selection to get you started:
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Blogs reach a new milestone!
The tutor2u subject blogs have just passed another key milestone. We’ve chalked up 2 million page impressions since the new blogs were introduced back in the spring of 2008.
Many thanks to all of you who read and contribute to the blogs.
Jim
tutor2u is Changing!
A warm welcome to tutor2u. Regular users of the website will notice some changes in the coming weeks and months. We’re moving to a new content platform that enables us to make even more free study and teacher resources available. We’re adding new blogs, discussion boards, podcasts, videos, interactive tutorials and much more. With over 1 million website users every month, we thought it was time to raise our game and focus on our strengths - helping teachers and students achieve the best possible grades in our featured subjects. Keep visiting the site!
