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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Educator.com Review and Giveaway!


Do you or your children need help with schoolwork? Or maybe your children need help with schoolwork, but you don't quite understand it completely either? Would you like to have a tutor that works on your schedule? Or maybe you just like to learn things. If you answer yes to any of these questions Educator.com might be just what you are looking for!

Educator.com provides lessons for the following subjects Math, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, and a special section named Math Magic!

Learn Math -Has 34 different lessons. Including lectures on Algebra 1, Algebra 2 , Calculus BC, Calculus AB, and Statistics. Each Section is taught from beginning to end. Educator.com not only uses lectures to teach math, but each Professor walks you through many examples to get their point across! When I say walks you through I mean that you can see the equation the professor is working on and while they explain verbally they also write each step out as they complete it! These sections are great for auditory, visual, and tactile (hands on) learners.

Learn Chemistry - Has 22 Courses available. Professor Goldwhite does an excellent job explaining Chemistry. This is one subject I had a lot of difficulty with in Nursing school. Mainly because I had a poor professor. I think that if these lectures had been available at Educator.com then I would have done a lot better! These lessons would be especially beneficial for auditory and visual learners.

Learn Biology - Has 12 Courses Available. These lectures are provided by the California Regents, Professors from the University of California. These courses are quite different from the Math and Chemistry Section. The biology section is a video with the professor speaking in the background. I personally like the first two sections more because it feels like the professor is actually trying to communicate with you. I still believe that this could be beneficial to Biology Students. You just have to get past the computer like voice.

Learn Computer Science - Has 11 Courses available. Professor Gyham provides lectures for this section. Professor Gyham does appear excited about Computer Science and uses an outline during his lecture to help teach. The only issue I had was that Professor Gyham spoke really fast in some of his lessons. This may not be an issue for students who are taking his class and please keep in mind that I do not know anything about Computer Science. With that said, I have to admit I could not really keep up.

The Math Magic Section- Math Magic offers videos explaining fractions, divisibility rules, coin probability, and more. This section could even be helpful to parents who need a refresher course to help their children with schoolwork. I hope Educator.com is still around in a few years because I can already tell you I will probably need a refresher course when Brea starts bringing math home!

I think I would have to say that the best feature of Educator.com is the Outline setup. This makes it easy for students to find exactly what they need help with. I am sure that we all agree that being able to find information quickly when studying for a test is essential. Educator.com has set up their programs with this in mind!

Another thing to keep in mind is that Educator.com would be beneficial to high school students as well as college students. If you are taking a class in one of the subjects available then I would definitely encourage you to give Educator.com a try. If you want to check it out for yourself head on over to Educator.com now. They have free movies to get you started and from there you can decide if Educator.com will benefit you!

Giveaway Opportunity!

Five lucky readers will receive a 3 month subscription to Educator.com just in time to help you or your child with school work!

Mandatory Entry must be completed for any entries to count. Pick me, I want to win, etc will NOT be published or eligible for the giveaway!

Mandatory Entry - Visit Educator.com and tell me something you would like to learn. Please pick something from the course outlines and not just the course itself! Thanks.

Extra Entries. . .
1. Follow me on blogger
2. Follow me on twitter and tweet the giveaway. Please leave link. (2 entries)
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3. Grab my main button and put it on your sidebar (2 entries)
4. Subscribe to my blog.
5. Leave a comment on any non-giveaway post and leave a comment with the post name!
6. Fave my blog on technorati and leave your user name in the comment!
7. Blog about this giveaway linking back to this post and Isabelt then leave a comment with link to post! (4 entries)



Rules-
Giveaway will end August 12, 2009 at 11:59pm EST
Winner will be chosen via random org
Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to contact me.
Please leave a valid email address if not accessible through your profile.
Please notify me if you do not receive giveaway item within 30 days. While I am not responsible for any giveaway items provided by the sponsor I will contact the sponsor to see what has happened.




(I did review lectures on Educator.com for review purposes. No other compensation received. This review is based on my opinion of the product reviewed and was in no way influenced by the said company )




24 comments:

Reno Midwifery said...

I a am homeschooling mother and educator.com looks to be a wealth of information for me and my brood. I am a math and science junkie so I can't say exactly which I would use most, or would be the most helpful since I love it all. However, I think the mathmagic would be wonderful for my son right now.

Reno Midwifery said...

I just subscribed to your blog

jennzip said...

This would be great as I have two in HS and they are chasing AP courses and may need the help!

jenn11390@comcast.net

intensev5 said...

I would love to learn about Linear Functions and their Graphs --- thanks for the great giveaway:)

The Bluths said...

I would like to learn Applications of Percents in the Mathematics section, but I'm sure my friend would like this even more than me!

The Bluths said...

You are already faved on my technorati.

The Bluths said...

Oh I forgot to mention my user name in technorati: budicheeks

Julie said...

Wow, this would be a fantastic prize to win. I am not really computer saavy so I would start right off with the intro to computer/computer system. Work my way up :)
I also have a daughter going into 10th grade . I think she would find other available courses useful.

aunteegem@yahoo.com

Julie said...

I follow your blog
aunteegem@yahoo.com

Julie said...

I am a email subsrbier

aunteegem@yahoo.com

Reno Midwifery said...

I just tweeted http://twitter.com/midwifenv/status/3251213107

Candie L said...

From the Introduction to Chemistry, I would like to learn the most important physical changes; contrast them with chemical changes (I never took Chemisty in high school).

Thank you

candieluster(at)gmail(dot)com

Candie L said...

I am a follower. Thanks

candieluster(at)gmail(dot)com

Candie L said...

I am a subscriber. Thanks

candieluster(at)gmail(dot)com

Unknown said...

I'd like to learn Defining and Running Java Programs!

Unknown said...

Follow on blogger

Unknown said...

I subscribe.

Unknown said...

Faved in Technorati (aitmama).

Reno Midwifery said...

I follow you on twitter (midwifenv)

Heather said...

I'm a homeschool Mom too but my kids are still elementary and younger. What a great resource for upper education! I would love to take the AP Biology class!

Reno Midwifery said...

I follow you on twitter (midwifenv)

Unknown said...

I would like to learn Introduction to Java. garrettsambo@aol.com

Reno Midwifery said...

I left a comment on your review of Momspit. Also, sorry about the double post on following you on twitter

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