College technician presents Keota teachers' workshop
(Press Release 02-24-10)
Hank Mooney, Office of Public Information

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Eastern Oklahoma State College GEAR UP Web/Computer Tech Specialist George Larson presented a SkillsTutor workshop for Keota teachers on February 23, 2010. SkillsTutor is a leader in K–Adult learning solutions. It provides scientifically–based content that is easily integrated into your curriculum to help learners master essential skills. SkillsTutor Plus connects formative assessment and data–driven instruction for improved results. Teachers may select assessment items from a bank of more than 12,000 math, reading, and language arts items aligned to Oklahoma's standards.

SkillsTutor can be used as the basis for tutoring, to supplement daily lessons, a benchmark to track student progress, and an introductory tool for students who were not present during the initial presentation of a lesson.

Eastern's GEAR UP is excited to provide this important tool to GEAR UP students for instruction, intervention and remediation. Eastern’s GEAR UP is a federal grant and is in its fourth year of implementation. The grant provides services to 23 partner schools.

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Eastern’s GEAR UP Web/Computer Tech Specialist George Larson demonstrates how to use SkillsTutor, a K–Adult learning tutoring program, to Keota workshop participants.