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Why ‘ziizoo’ seems like “Google” for Online Tutoring !
Ok,let’s get it clarified first of all…
The title of this post is not at all an over-exaggeration or a biased opinion towards ziizoo(An online tutoring portal).It also does not symbolize ziizoo’s current status(ex. market share) in its native sector(online tutoring industry).
What we mean by comparing ziizoo with Google is the ‘Awkwardness’ that Google debued with(in 1998) in Search industry and the same sort of behaviour by ziizoo in Online tutoring industry(debued in 2007).
If we talk about the internet age when websites such as Yahoo!,Excite and AltaVista were fighting for the top spot in Search Industry,the focus actually shifted from solving a core issue(which was effective and relevant search results) to glossy looks,bulk of (irrelevant) services and packaging the websites like a Glossy Casino with everything at one place(sort of horizontal portal).
That time,Google debued with an “Awkward”(Yeah!,that time it was called awkward by many) looking search engine serving just one single purpose…”Relevant Search Results“.
Rest is all history folks !
ziizoo is an online tutoring marketplace that acts(and looks) like a search engine More »
Experience seamless ‘Foreign language learning’ with “Myngle”
It’s good to see that e-learning sector is emerging really fast and every facet of learning is getting technology support so that a global approach can be followed in education sector as well.
An area which has been typecasted as an “offline only” facet in educatio
n sector is “Foreign language learning”.There have been very limited attempts to create a intelligent online marketplace for foreign language learning till date.One of such attempts is Myngle(another is edufire,which we covered recently).
Myngle,an Amsterdam based startup,which is led by Marina Tognetti started its operations in december 2007 with an angel funding of $1.1 Mn.So far,it appears that they have made a smart utilization of the money they fed into the system.The website is easy to use and the tools provided for language learning look intelligent enough.
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A “Must Watch” video for an educator to gear up for the “Unsocial Web” !
As Teacher’s day has just passed by,we dugg out a video on Teachers.tv which,according to us is a “Must Watch“ video for any educator in this generatio
n of “Unsocial Web“.
This video outlines simple classroom activities to help educators take practical steps to keep pupils safe online.
It also suggests various methods to increase awareness of the potential dangers of internet usage.
The practices suggested in this video are very simple and effective.
You can watch the video here
