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ISIK COLLEGE MEADOW FAIR CAMPUS NEWSLETTERSeptember 2011Free Homework helpThanks to Hume City Council, local students get free, anonymous, and instant homework help.The ‘yourtutor’ service is open from 4pm – 8pm, Monday to Friday. Students can connect onlineanytime, as often as they like in order to understand their homework questions.The service lets students who are stuck with homework or assignment research connect toqualified tutors for one-to-one guidance in English, maths, science, and assignment research.Students just use their library card number to log in at yourtutor.com.au, whether from the libraryor online from a home computer. There are no appointments necessary, and no registrations.“It is easy and quick to connect, and the tutors are all specialists in their subjects areas.”“Students can submit drafts to be proofread for English and humanities, or go step-by-stepthrough a maths or science problem they don’t understand, or start researching an assignmentif they are stuck”.“For teachers, imagine a classroom where ‘I couldn’t do my homework’ is never heard again.”Parents also find the service invaluable, especially those who may not have enough time to helptheir children with homework, or who studied too long ago to remember advanced content.This parent said, “My daughter has used this service several times and she finds it excellent.As a parent I am not very competent at maths and cannot always help her with her homework.The tutors are helpful and assist her without doing it for her. ”Students connect online to a real-life person - certified teachers, professional tutors,and graduates from Australian universities. The qualified tutors review specifichomework and assignment questionswith students online, using features like controlled chat and an interactive white board.Tutors don’t tell students the answers, which makes yourtutor different to onlinelearning tools that just provide pages of information. The tutors are real people whoguide students to find the answer so thatthey understand the answer at the end of each session, and how to work it out in future.The GoldenGeneration11www.isikcollege.vic.edu.au