education related entries http://www.nimisis.com/tags/education copyright 2007 anti-plagiarism software. It compares all the documents in a folder against each other for evidence of copying. The feedback is that it needs to be able to accept more file formats, in addition to plain text (.txt) format, in particular Microsoft Word documents. So I've made a free utility that can batch convert files from doc to txt format. Popular software source files such as .cpp, .java (and many more) can now also be checked.

Download and try it out here.

Tags: Collusion, plagiarism, software, education]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/ms_word_doc_to_text_converter Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:00:31 GMT plagiarism among students and so I've written a little piece of software as a tool to aid teachers in the fight against it. The application is called Collusion and allows users to select a folder on their hard drive that contains the students' essays. These are then checked against each other for evidence of "copy-and-paste".

This is version 1.0. All feedback, via the contact form or the Nimisis software Google group, would be greatly appreciated!

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So I've had a quick look into this and found out that an accredited course is not that expensive, even for a gap year student. Course organisers like www.onlinetefl.com can provide an online course and also set you up with a job abroad. You can even get them to call you first (whichever country you're in) to discuss what qualification you're interested in attaining.

Tags: TEFL, education]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/teaching_english_as_a_foreign_language_tefl Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:47:56 GMT ConquerMaths is a virtual tutor that helps you get better at maths. Covering subjects ranging from algebra to trigonometry, the lessons are mainly geared towards pupils aged 11-16 (i.e. up to GCSE exams) though really they're open to anyone who wants to become more numerate.

BBC online did a feature on Conquer Maths saying that a Teeside school doubled its GCSE pass rate because of it and pupils even logged in on Christmas Day! Sounds like a solution for parents who think their child needs to be getting better grades in maths.

Tags: maths, education, GCSE]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/free_maths_lessons_to_improve_maths_skills Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:17:43 GMT Here's a page with a useful list of language learning podcasts. Best of all they're free!

Tags: language, education, podcast]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/learn_a_foreign_language Fri, 25 May 2007 09:23:04 GMT This site is packed with links to video lectures and podcasts on all sorts of subjects and is well worth checking out!

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