ShmoopTube

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The funny-looking people from the land of Shmoop are proud to introduce our new online

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courses.

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We welcome you to Shmoopkinland. These courses cover nearly every subject under

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the sun…

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…and do so with pizzazz…

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…and a strict adherence to the Common Core. We are launching with a dozen courses…

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These guys here:

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…and we will be producing a half dozen or so more per month.

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Forever… ish.

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We've got year-long core courses… like junior-year English, a.k.a. American Lit…

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…semester-long elective courses, like Introduction to Shakespeare…

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…and adorable little three-week nano courses. Dr. Seuss, anyone?

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Each course is chock full of all the goodies any teacher dreams of:

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We're talking entertaining and informative videos,

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flashcards,

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study questions,

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quizzes,

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glossaries,

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in-depth activities,

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and even the dreaded rubrics.

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So what sets us apart?

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Let's see…

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Our punchlines…

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Our 100% original content…

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Our interactive nature…

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The list goes on.

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But above all, it's our love of teachers.

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Want proof?

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Here you go: Our online courses give teachers the opportunity

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to form their own classrooms and deal only with their itty-bitty group of students.

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And since that O stands for Original, they’re not really… open.

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In other words, you're not going to get some random from across the globe sneaking in through

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the back door of cyberspace hoping to… uh… “audit”.

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Doesn’t matter who or where you are, Shmoop will cater to you and your needs.

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Private school in the middle of Nebraska? No problem.

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Public school in upstate New York? We gotcha covered.

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Performing Arts Academy on the frozen tundra of Alaska? We’ll work with you. And we’ll

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send you a scarf. Yep, there are real people behind Shmoop's firewall.

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Our aim is to aid educators—not to replace them. Information is global, yes. But teaching?

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That's local. Shmoop recognizes that the world is changing

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and the classroom is evolving quickly.

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Electronic blackboards, iPads… even pencils are getting high-tech.

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Yeah, electronic courses make some people nervous, but we’ll bet dollars to donuts

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that, decades from now….

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…none of these products will exist in their current form… but teachers will still be

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around.

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So… back off, robots. Any questions? Shoot us an email at

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support@shmoop.com. Yours in Shmoopiness – out.

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