Tutoring from BFIT to ...your HOME

Picture this: there is a chill factor of minus x out there and you know you need to warm up to the idea of math homework. That last quiz grade..., well...

But who is going to brave the T on a day like this, either coming back to BFIT in the afternoon, or, worse still, STAYING for evening tutoring and THEN walking the lonely South End streets to the Back Bay station, then transfer...

Forget it.

You are going home right now and not coming back into town, and if tutoring is needed those tutors can come chasing after. Well guess what: they can! and YOU CAN... cuddle up at home, pour yourself a cup or two of your favorite infusion, click on a few links, get the username and password of the day, and be present, virtually, in the same room as your tutor and fellow students.

Ah!, technology...

This is what Matt Toledo experienced today. And he was not being tutored on an easy topic either... try this one for size:

Calculate the area under  f(x) = 3x - 4, by applying a limit of a summation as n (the number of rectangles) aproaches infinity in the interval [2,5].

Sounds like fun? Sure!.. it CAN be if you get tutored through Marratech: a virtual room environment where you have video, audio, chat and whiteboard.

To see screen captures of Matt's tutoring session and previous Marratech demos, please click into this Facebook album: marratech demos. (Let me know if Facebook gives you a privacy attitude when you try to view the album). Matt's scenes are the last three in the set.

For general information about Marratech, please check out their web site: www.marratech.com

Soooo... stay home and learn! The technology era has arrived, for your greater comfort.

And to expand gratification in a mathematical context, enhance your learning experience by a "factor of pi". No, not pi squared! More like round, as in ... APPLE PI e, ( :-)), right next to your whiteboard screen, perhaps with cream and a steaming hot cup of tea.