Technology in Developmental Education

Sample websites demonstrating

Tutor, Tool, and Tutee

Tutor

Success Maker	Tips for Improving Vocabulary
CUE Practice with the 1000 most common words	Virtual Learning Center - Cloze test exercises
TASP Review	Vocabulary: An on going process
Learning Plus	Vocabulary Enhancement Strategies
PLATO Learning Systems	Who and What: New York Times (click on Daily News)
Synonym Tests: VLC Vocabulary Practice Tests	Vocabulary Improvement Through Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
SWT''s Reading Online	Vocabulary Lessons
"The 14 Words that Make All the Difference"	blank

 

Tool

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century	New York Times Learning Network
CNN - News and World View (click on Grammar Exercises or Vocabulary Exercises)	Okanagan University College English Pronunciation
Gap Fills: VLC Vocabulary Practice Tests	Propaganda
253 - Hypermedia novel	Online Speed Reading Test

 

Tutee

 

Academic and Theme Crossword Creator	Inspiration
Book Chat	P.L.A.N. - A Study Reading Strategy
Booktalking	Web Page Creation
ClozeMaker - JavaScript Wizard	SWT's Booktalking Project
SWT's E-mail Study Groups	blank

Tutor

A Guide to Writing Research Papers	Purdue OWL's Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
Tools for College Writers	Grammar Slammer
HyperGrammar	Leo - St. Cloud State University
Tidewater Community College Writing Center	Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style
Grammar Gorillas	HyperGrammar
Interactive Grammar Rules and Quizzes - Cape Fear Community College	Guide to Grammar and Writing - Capital Community College
Grammar Bytes

Tool

Way to Write: An Interactive Tutorial- University of Calgary	Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Daydreaming	Simple Plot and a Random Story Generator
Speech Generator	Apology Note Generator
Grammar Safari	Random Sentence Generator

 

Tutee

EndNote	Inspiration
Prompt Engine	Poetry Generator
Prompt Generator	e-rater online essay scorer

 

 

Tutor

Kim Peppard's TASP Study Session for Math	HMC Mathematics Online Tutorial
Ask Dr. Math	Notes for College Algebra and Geometry
Exercises for Math Readiness	SOS Math
Math 125 Videos

 

Tool

Cereal Box Problem	MSTE at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Estimation of Pi	Flash Card Applet
Algebra Lesson Resources	Geometry Lesson Resources

Tutee

Linear Algebra Toolkit - Old Dominion University	Web Math - Discovery Channel
QuickMath	this

Tutor

Study Tips- University of Texas	Study Guides and Strategies - University of St. Thomas
Technology Skills Orientation - Florida Gulf Coast University	Study Skills Library - California Polytechnic State University
Technology Tutoials - Southwest Texas State University	An intro to college culture
Online Study Skills Workshops - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Making the Grade101 - University of Texas Learning Center
Study Skills Home - Chemeketa Community College	blank

Tool

Academic Stress Videos - Darmouth University	Study Skills Checklist - Virginia Tech University
College Prep - 101 - Oklahoma State University	Study Strategies Homepage - Univ. of Minnesota - Duluth
Academic Success Skills - Purdue University	Academic Success Programs - Fort Hays State University

 

Tutee

Dave's ESL Cafe	Study Skills Profile - Univ. of Minnesota - Duluth
this	this