Hanson Memorial Tutoring Information
* National Honor Society Tutoring Mon-Thu 7:20 - 7:50 am Room 16
 presents LA on-line tutoring, go to www.homeworkla.org
The State Library of Louisiana is pleased to announce an exciting after-school program that will be available to all Louisiana students after June 1, 2010, Homework Louisiana powered by Tutor.com, the leading online tutoring and homework help service. This program connects Louisiana K through 12 students to a live tutor, online, for one to one help with homework, studying, and test preparation in all core academic subjects including mathematics, sciences, social studies, and English.
The State Library of Louisiana is thrilled to offer this new after school program to our students as part of the Louisiana Libraries Connecting People to Their Potential project which is funded through a recently awarded BroadbandUSA grant. The service is free to students and can be accessed from a Louisiana public library or from a student’s home computer.
Homework Louisiana Access and Details:
Available Sunday through Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Access at local Parish libraries or from home by visiting the Library’s website.
Live help by a student connecting to an on-line professional tutor.
Grade levels K through 12 in mathematics, science, social studies, and English
Professional Tutors Online
Whenever a student is stuck on a homework problem, struggling with a concept she/he didn’t understand in class or is studying for an exam, the professional tutors from Tutor.com can help. Every tutor is a highly qualified expert who has completed a thorough background check. Tutors are certified teachers, graduate school students, university students, and professionals in their field.
A student goes to the local Parish library’s website and clicks on Homework Louisiana. The student chooses the subject they need help in and types in her/his question. Within a few minutes, the student is connected to a tutor anonymously in a secure online classroom where they use text chat, an interactive whiteboard and secure web sharing to communicate with the tutor. Once the session is completed, the student may print or email her/his session for later review.
Skills Center Online Resources
The service also includes access to online tutorials to build mathematics, science, English, and social studies skills. These Skills Center resources are available 24 hour a day, 7 days a week from a student’s home computer by accessing www.homeworkla.org. Both the online tutoring service and Skills Center are available from home and inside libraries. The State Library offers the public library version of the Tutor.com service, which does not include features such as in school access or individual reporting.
Gladly shared with parents, teachers, and guardians with hope that this additional option is actively sought and used by students during the 2010-11 school year, aided by parental monitoring and, let's call it motivational encouragement, to avoid the messy triage otherwise known as summer school. |
