FREE ONLINE HOMEWORK HELP
Website: www.yourtutor.com.au
Queensland classrooms are moving online and it couldn’t be better news for families. The State Library of Queensland has introduced free, safe, online, state-wide education help for students.
The service is called yourtutor and it connects students in years 4 through 12 via the Internet with expert, background-checked Australian tutors for live, one-to-one tutoring in all core school subjects.
Shelley Webb, Executive Manager Public Library Services at the State Library of Queensland says, ‘We are providing the yourtutor service to help solve the age-old challenge of getting students to complete homework and take charge of their own independent study, and this can only be good news for their overall school results. The State Library is grateful to the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and Central Queensland University (CQUni) for their support and sponsorship which has enabled us to take this service state-wide’.
Students are already connecting online for an instant discussion with qualified tutors, and finding help with:
- English – (including, spelling, grammar, punctuation, essay writing and literature)
- Mathematics – (including advanced, Year 12 extension topics)
- Science – including general science, biology, chemistry and physics
- Assignment research – including humanities and social sciences
- Study skills – including time management, note-taking and revision techniques
Although parents want to be able to help their kids with homework; some do not feel confident helping their children with particular subjects or advanced material. The service is also ideal for busy parents who are unable to assist their children with homework each night.
As well as taking pressure off parents, yourtutor and supports teachers’ classroom curriculum. Students come to class with their homework done and feeling more confident.
It is safe, reliable, immediate, anonymous. Thousands of students have already used yourtutor and feedback has been very positive
The service is also very easy to access. To get help from a tutor students have two options:
- Visit their local public library any weekday after school and use a public Internet computer
- Log on from home with their public library card barcode (the number on the back of the card). To do so, they can either visit their library’s web site or go to www.yourtutor.com.au and follow the links to find their local library’s login page.
The tutors are Australian educated and are certified teachers, professional tutors, post graduates and advanced undergraduates at Australian universities.
The tutors and the students communicate by typing, drawing diagrams, uploading essay files for review, or sharing web pages until the question and process has been explained and the student comes up with the answer.
Parents also face economic pressures – how to support your child’s education in addition to school fees and expenses? Shelley says ‘The best part is that all Queensland students have access, regardless of their location or socio-economic circumstances, all they need is their public library card and access to the internet’.
Even though more than one million Australian school students use education support services each year, the cost is too high for many parents.
Shelley said ‘We want to see every family in Queensland get the help they need to encourage children to succeed at school’.
It’s just about knowing where to go for free, qualified help when students need it and for Queensland families that is now only as far as the nearest internet connection.
Yourtutor is provided by Tutoring Australasia an Australian-owned company that is the leading national provider of online tutoring services. To-date the company has served more than 150,000 students in libraries and schools across the country. This service is the result of a partnership led by the State Library of Queensland, all public libraries across QLD as well as the Queensland University of Technology and Central Queensland University . Some larger councils across the stat are also supporting the project, including Brisbane, Cairns, Logan, and Townsville.
- The white board feature on yourtutor encourages students to work out answers with the help of qualified, background-checked tutors.
- All Queensland students with a library card can go to yourtutor.com.au and click on the green button on the right for free online homework, study skills, and assignment research help.
The Principal and Staff of Ayr State High School together with the P&C Association encourage all students to use this online learning assistance Website.
ON LINE HOMEWORK HELP
FREE
FOR ALL QUEENSLAND STUDENTS
www.yourtutor.com.au
