Archive for March, 2011

Webspiration Online Paper Planning

Hey Hey Hey–

It’s that time of year when you’ll have lots of tests to take and papers to write.  The website “Webspiration” (http://www.mywebspiration.com/) is a great resource for brainstorming, outlining, and researching papers.  You can upload or insert citations from programs like EndNote and transform a full color web into an orderly outline with just the click of a button.  It’s great for visual learners and anyone working on a long-term project.

Happy writing!

On-Line Flashcards

Hello, tutors–

As I am sure many of you already know, there are countless study tools available for you on the internet.  For yourself, or for the students with whom you work, I suggest you take a look at Quizlet (http://quizlet.com/).  You are able to create your own online flashcards, then play games using the terms and definitions you have provided and practice with short answer, multiple choice, and true/false exams it generates from the material you type in.  It will even read your flash cards to you!  If you have the time, check it out!

Faculty Recommendation Form

To obtain the necessary faculty recommendation to work as a Subject-Area Tutor in the Learning Co-op, or to add a new class to the list of courses you can tutor, send the following link to your Professor for the course.  A survey will appear when it is opened and, upon completion, the finished recommendation will be automatically sent to the Learning Co-op. http://www.uvm.edu/learnco/?Page=sat/faculty.html&SM=satmenu.html

If you or your professor have any difficulty with completing the recommendation, please contact Rachel Conrad, Tutor Program Coordinator (656-7841/rconrad@uvm.edu).

SI Observation Template

Hello, All–

Newly hired SI Leaders will be completing observations of sessions with current leaders as part of their training.  Please completed the following Observation Record to log your training.  SI Leader Observation Record 030911

Welcome Back, Winter =/

Hello, Tutors and SI Leaders–

I hope you are all well this chilly March day.  To brighten your
cold-dampened spirits, I thought today was as good a day as ever to let you
know how amazing you are.  At this point in the semester last year, you
folks had had 403 tutoring visits with 186 students for a total of 300
hours.  This year, you have managed an OUTSTANDING 824 visits with 310
students for 729 hours of subject-area tutoring to date this spring
semester.  That’s twice as much tutoring, and doesn’t even include all the
work you have done with drop-in gorup sessions or Supplemental Instruction.
Thank you for a wonderful semester thus far, and keep up the good work!

In other news, we have received a few requests for courses in which we do
not yet have a tutor on staff.  If you have taken the following courses and
would like to help a student this semester, please let me know as soon as
possible.

PSS 124
PHYS 211
PHYS 265

Thanks,
Rachel

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