RateMyProfessors.com Informative Speech

• 1. RateMyProfessor.com Informative Speech By: Shellyann Watson

2. Teachers Evaluation Websites Koofers.comRateMyTeachers.comProfeval.com 3. RateMyProfessors.com was first launched as TeachersRatings.comIn 2005 John Swapceinski sold the website to Patrick Nagle and William Desantis, who resold the website in 2007 to MtvU 4. 1.3 million teachers Over 4 million college students7,000 schoolsOver 14 million ratings 5. Real-Life StudentsReal-Life ClassesReal-Life Professors 6. Overall Reating Overall quality 4.8 A Overall gradeCategory Ratings43 student reviews Helpfulness 4.9 Clarity 4.8 Easiness 4.5 1 out of 43 poor rating 42 our of 43 good rating 7. Professors Strike Back 8. References (2003, June 6). Site Lets students grade professors. Free Press. p. A1. http://umwbullet.com/2011/01/19/website-lets-students-grade-professors/ Claude, S. (n.d). More students are logging on to Web sites where students grade professors. Long Island Business News (Ronkonkoma, NY), Heffernan, V. ( 2010, March 11 ). The Medium The Prof Stuff. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/magazine/14FOB-medium-t.html?_r=0 Steffes, E. M., & Burgee, L. E. (2009). Social ties and online word of mouth. Internet Research, 19(1), 42. doi:10.1108/10662240910927812