Comments on: Socrato Crowdsources Test Prep Materials

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Phat Farm Store — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:03:44 +0000

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By: James

James — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:48:25 +0000

“Spam or no”? Please learn some grammar and then comment on educational products. If Web 2.0 education companies are aiming to pick up blogtards, they won’t have much of a market.

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By: Ian Grove-Stephensen

Ian Grove-Stephensen — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:46:11 +0000

Spam or no, Grockit is a cool idea. But, Bill, the Grockit blog has been running since Sept 06 and still no sign of an actual product. What gives?

By: Spammers above me

Spammers above me — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:57:46 +0000

Please note the spam from Grockit and ProProfs. This is just hilarious. I guess you need to spam even when you are venture funded. No one who isn’t a shill says:

“Grockit’s mere hint of a multi player learning game has me far more excited than the dryness of Socrato.”

Please. Sameer at least comes out and says he’s a shill.

By: Sameer

Sameer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:42:40 +0000

socrato.com is an interesting attempt. The usability though seems poor.

Also see our online test prep and quiz engine: http://www.prop...om/quiz-school/

By: Bill Greene

Bill Greene — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:32:18 +0000

Woops – this’ll save people a copy and paste: http://www.groc...t.com/about-us/

By: Bill Greene

Bill Greene — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:30:55 +0000

I poked around a bit on Socrato and kept finding myself thinking about Grockit instead (http://www.groc...t.com/about-us/). Grockit’s mere hint of a multi player learning game has me far more excited than the dryness of Socrato. Hope we see a rebuttal to Socrato soon!

By: Senior Editor

Senior Editor — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:12:16 +0000

http://www.testonline.in/ is also pretty cool, but the front page or main site looks and feels kinda 1980s

By: your AANTY

your AANTY — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:06:20 +0000

talk about niche

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KillerStartups.com - Socrato.com - Interactive Test Prep and Assessment — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:38:31 +0000

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By: Spero Lucem

Spero Lucem — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:10:35 +0000

check out http://www.testonline.in/ – this has been done in what is arguably the most competitive educational market in the world! Very cool.
love that Socrato is doing something similar…

By: Jon Unger

Jon Unger — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:58:30 +0000

Should help the students out…

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By: Pac Krow

Pac Krow — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:47:05 +0000

Looks good should do alright….

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By: frank

frank — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:25:58 +0000

This is not a web 2.0 version of moodle (moodle.org).. wish it was..

By: Geetika Diddee

Geetika Diddee — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:13:51 +0000

I think the site is all meant to administer more than just official tests. Seems like anyone (home schooler, private tutor, tutoring firms, students themselves) can create tests and practice them. What I really like is the potential for Socrato to go after the B2C market with students as well as a B2B market with tutors. Students outside of the US would kill for a resource like this!

By: Jon Unger

Jon Unger — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:08:02 +0000

I Like the comment about the number of hack attempts the site will get once it actually administers the test. I also think that by administering the exam online it may lose some credibility with universities since it will become very difficult to determine that the person actually taking the exam is the student and not an over-zealous parent.

By: Pac Krow

Pac Krow — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:06:07 +0000

Really neat! I checked it out. You can actually practice just the questions you got incorrect again and again (sort of like a loop) till you get them all right. Good bye comparing answers to the back of that old test book! Good stuff.

By: Anthony Perez

Anthony Perez — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:01:38 +0000

That is a really awesome service actually, definitely helpful for just students and educators. I do fear abuse as Peter mentioned, but I would definitely like to see more really useful online educational services like these developed.

By: Senior Editor

Senior Editor — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:51:23 +0000

This appears to be a really super service and much needed website. Must admit I have thought of somehting like this for my home country, but I think students in my country will welcome such a site and services. I would like to say much thanks to the crew/team at Socrato. Bless Up.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:46:21 +0000

Once they move to actually administering tests they better have their security work done since it’ll get more hack attempts then a bank – thousands of script kiddies with too much time on their hands…