1. Tutoring Online: Closer to the Real Thing
Lucy MacDonald, M.A., M.A.
April 2018
SECRLA
For help or just to chat, hover over the video and then you will see the chat button below.
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2. What if tutors could See and talk to their tutees online
Tutor may invite student or student may invite tutor. Camera and mike icons are to turn the camera off/of and the mike off/on. At the click of the icon.
Tutees like to see their Tutor. If you turn your camera off, but kee on talking it’s as if you left the room and are walking down the hall.

3. Reasons to have the tutees video camera on
Did you read your textbook?
Observe and monitor anxiety, especially in Math.
Check student ID.
Notice if student leaves the room.
Tutor may invite student or student may invite tutor. Camera and mike icons are to turn the camera off/of and the mike off/on. At the click of the icon.
Tutees like to see their Tutor. If you turn your camera off, but kee on talking it’s as if you left the room and are walking down the hall.

4. Added benefits of audio
Students can not only show their work, they can talk
about how they did it.
Students having difficulty in math anxiety,
may just need to have the major concept
explained in their own language.
ESL students get more practice.
Foreign language students may practice with
students from other countries.
Tutor may invite student or student may invite tutor. Camera and mike icons are to turn the camera off/of and the mike off/on. At the click of the icon.
Tutees like to see their Tutor. If you turn your camera off, but kee on talking it’s as if you left the room and are walking down the hall.

5. What if students Didn’t have to type everything
Had handy tools nearby to use
Could point to what they wanted or circle it
Could choose their own color

6. Two video 2 way audio – What is missing?
Skype also has 2 way video and audio. And is free.
But no whiteboard.
Students try to hold up their work to the camera for the tutor to see!

7. Two video 2 way audio + Whiteboard

8. How long does it take a tutoring session to get started?
The 20 minute way
The 4 minute way

9. The 20 minute way

10. How long does it take a tutoring session to get started?
The 4 minute way

11. What will happen next?
The 4 minute way Your photo that you texted will show up on the Whiteboard in your tutoring session. Then a miracle happens. You can draw and write on the image itself!

12. Two video 2 way audio + Whiteboard

13. What if tutors could
Write or circle concepts on students writing papers
Where is your topic sentence?
Where is your thesis statement ...

14. What if tutors could
Have students show their work with math problems using easy tools like a graphing calculator.
Tools and symbols

15. Customized tutoring tools for multiple subjects.

16. What if tutors and students had ready access to
Math number line
Other handy math symbols

17. What if both tutors and students
Could have different color pens, so they would know which was the tutor’s example and which was the student question
Could use a laser pointer just to point to the comma splice without marking over it

18. Now back to the beginning : What if to start
All you had to do was to get on the web
No need to worry Mac or PC
No need to download any program or shell
Both tutor and tutee could hop on the Web and go!

19. What if tutors or students could
Just hop on the web and invite their tutor or tutee to video chat.
Tutor may invite student or student may invite tutor. Camera and mike icons are to turn the camera off/of and the mike off/on. At the click of the icon.
Tutees like to see their Tutor. If you turn your camera off, but kee on talking it’s as if you left the room and are walking down the hall.

20. What if It were this easy to use And Free ...
How would you use these concepts in your tutoring online?
These concepts are currently available in GoBoard

21. What if This were just the beginning.
For those looking for data collection, then you might want to investigate GoBoard Pro: access to an adminstrative panel, recording of tutoring sessions for future use, group tutoring and more.
Please Stacey Sirois at to inquire about an online tutoring platform that tracks the hours of your students and tutors.

22. Tutoring Online is Alive and Well!

23. What if I have more questions
20 minute open mic Q and A with Lucy MacDonald
Follow up on this Webinar
Dr. Ethel Berksteiner
LEC & TSC
Savannah Technical College
(912)
GoBoard Pro contact:
Stacey E.F. Sirois
Director of Campus Relations
Tutor Matching Service
(352)

24. Open Mic Q and A