LIBRARY PROMOTES USE OF ONLINE TUTORING PROGRAM.Byline: Daily News The county library is targeting kids in grades 6-12 in a campaign to issue library cards and promote its online tutoring Online tutoring refers to the process by which knowledge is imparted from a tutor, knowledge provider or expert to a student or knowledge recipient over the Internet. Online tutoring has been around almost as long as the Internet and takes the following form: program called Live Homework Help. Teen Read Week, which actually runs more than two weeks, started Sunday and runs through Oct. 31 at all Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County libraries including the three Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, branches in Canyon Country, Newhall and Valencia. Teens who register for library cards or use Live Homework Help during that time will be entered into a prize drawing sponsored by Azusa Pacific University External links
To participate, teens can visit any county library and register for library cards, or they can go online from any library location for Live Homework Help tutoring sessions at www.librarytutor.org and print out each session before logging off. When the teens get their cards or show a Live Homework Help session printout (PRINTer OUTput) Same as hard copy. , they will receive an entry form for the drawing. Prizes include specialty coffee and smoothie smooth·ie also smooth·y n. pl. smooth·ies Slang 1. A person regarded as being assured and artfully ingratiating in manner. 2. A smooth-tongued person. gift certificates and iPods, the grand prize. Teens can enter as often as they want, but only one entry per day. Live Homework Help provides online tutors in real time to help with sciences, social studies, English and math assignments. The free service is available in English from 1 to 10 p.m. daily and in Spanish from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. In the last year, more than 20,000 students have used the service. For information, call the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library at (661) 251-2720; the Newhall Library at (661) 259-0750; or the Valencia Library at (661) 259-8942. |
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