Schools are using a new service to help students take advantage of IT

An ingenious concept that links school students with tutors online is being used by schools to address core literacy and numeracy skills. The service, Your Tutor, works in real time, addressing real student issues, using an army of PhD students as the tutors. Students simply sign in, are linked with a suitable tutor, and off they go - conversing via instant messaging. They can also share websites and files. The computer screen morphs into a whiteboard on which the student and tutor can draw, write and share information. Licences for the service were originally sold into public libraries, with...