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Comment on Consumer Alert: System Mechanic Professional 7 by Sid Penance

Sid Penance — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:07:14 +0000

Just to join in the fray: My 64bit Windows Vista System won’t work with SMP7 either (freezes). The website has nothing to help *even now*. At least they allow it to be installed on 3 PC’s so I did get some value by installing it on two Win XP laptops (where it works REALLY well, just do NOT install the anti-virus).

Comment on EarnMyDegree.com by Online Degrees

Online Degrees — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:09:19 +0000

Hello from Chicago! I came across your blog posting after searching for online degrees and your post on MyDegree.com –Ed Tech Review makes an interesting read. Thanks for sharing. I will research more next Monday when I have the day off.

Comment on Tutor Vista is a Powerful online tutoring tool by Ganesh

Ganesh — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:41:35 +0000

Im surprised by the strong negative views on Tutor Vista. I would like to
compare various tutoring sites, such as Vie-Nova, Tutoring School Trainer, Tutor Easy and Tutor Next. Do you have any comparative data on this?

Comment on Tutor Vista is a Powerful online tutoring tool by Peter

Peter — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:39:11 +0000

I have used TutorVista for nearly 8 months now in two stretches. Sometimes have experienced Internet connection difficulty from my end but their Customer service is very good. They have always called addressed the problem and given me a solution.My recommendation is that you call or email them and they will respond. When I went on a break , they refunded my money . So do not see an issue there.
When I tried scheduling at short notice , I always do not get the Tutor of my choice - that is the only complaint I have.
At $ 100 per month expecting two or three one-on-one sessions per day i.e. around 90 sessions for $ 100 is too much. I use three sessions a week which works out to $ 8 per hour of personalized tution which is great value for money.
Peter

Comment on Tutor Vista is a Powerful online tutoring tool by Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:39:49 +0000

I am being with TutorVista from past 6 months , initially i faced some tech problems,
problem in understanding the tutor accent.Now i am comfortable with the their service
and i improved lot because of TutorVista , i am following some steps
1)I will make a call and ask the tutors email address and send my questions 10 hour before
the session time , with this initative tutor will come to know my requirement and he will teach me better
2)I belive most of the Tutors of TutorVista are are excellent , because i had taken session
with 10 different tutors on 4 different subject .
3)i will keep in touch with customer service department every day and they all become
my friends .
TutorVista is only the tutoring company where we can get tutoring at affordable price.
Some days i too get some problems with their service but i make them to work for me by calling them and keeping friendly relationship with them

Comment on Tutor Vista is a Powerful online tutoring tool by Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:37:26 +0000

Comment on Tutor Vista is a Powerful online tutoring tool by Jae

Jae — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:56:49 +0000

I hvae cancelled the subscription, but they renewed automatically. I have called them and they said this is technical problem.
It is almost impossible to contact them and cancel it.
I strongly recommend that DO NOT DO ANY BUSINESS WITH TOTURVISTA.COM

Comment on Celtx Takes on Final Draft and Wins! by Andrew Pass

Andrew Pass — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:49:46 +0000

Thanks for the post. I’ve been thinking about how to develop a dialogue between two characters, I think this might be the way.

Comment on Consumer Alert: System Mechanic Professional 7 by Gudjon

Gudjon — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:02:34 +0000

21 On May 15th, 2007, Anonymous said:

I wish I had found this website two days ago. I upgraded from SM 5 to SM 7 for $29.95. I can’t install the product. It hangs after downloading on “Checking for updates.”

I’m having the exact same problem, running on a 64bit Home Premium edition of Vista, I contacted the tech support via the tech support site @ Iolo.com, later that day I received an email telling me to shut down the windows firewall, restart and try to install again, I did so, but nothing changed, I tried safe mode with networking but that mission was a complete failure also, I had SM 6 Pro running great on my Windows XP until the license ran out.

So I figured to download the trial of SM 7 Pro, Installed it on my Xp without any complaints, the program worked fully, and one day when I got back from work the computer had turned off, due to a bluescreen, I formatted the hard drive and installed Vista, downloaded the SM 7 Pro again, and now I sit here with a blank mind what to do, cause it simply won’t install!

Comment on GPS Technology in the Classroom and Geocaching by Chris Duke

Chris Duke — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:45:38 +0000

I first explored Geocaching because of the potential educational applications; after finding our first three using printouts from Google Maps, the entire family and I were hooked. A year of Geocaching and the educational applications got lost in the excitement. Several possible educational applications. Local history: hide, perhaps as a class, a cache near a local historical marker or location; require the cache description to include a summary of the historically significant details. Physical Education: offer course credit for learners that go geocaching with family/friends and save/upload/share their GPS tracks ported to Google Earth to show where they’ve been. Team Building: divide into teams to find multicaches on campus that require teams to interact and share knowledge to be successful.