Many people ask us what to expect from online tutoring or if they
can have an example of online tutoring. A specific example of online
tutoring is hard to describe, but suffice to say, it is basically
what you would expect. During an online tutoring session, a real
educator, such as a substitute teacher looking to make some more
money or a teacher in training, will sit on his computer at home
while you are at your home. You will both have your computers on and
using a workable webspace, where you can write out examples. Some
web services provide voice over IP, which is basically a telephone
capability over your computer. In this example of online tutoring,
the student and tutor are able to communicate with speech as well as
visually. This makes it much easier for the student to understand
what is going on and for the teacher to understand the child's
problems. Of course, you don't need to pay for long distance when
talking over the internet, so that is a big advantage of this
format.

To get an idea of what happens during the session, let's say "Joe"
needs help with an essay for English class. In the example of online
tutoring, Joe would be able to show his entire essay to the tutor,
and the tutor would in turn be able to verbally tell Joe some of the
problem areas of the essay, as well, as correct the errors so that
Joe can understand what he is doing wrong. If Joe needed help with
math, he could type the math problem to his tutor or talk to the
tutor if typing doesn't make sense. Really, online tutoring is no
different than a real life tutor, except that you have access to
great tutors across the country, rather than who is available in
your area.

So, as you can probably see, it is hard to give an example of online
tutoring since so much is done verbally, even though the student and
tutor are working on their computers. However, it is a great way for
a child to get help in many, many subjects.
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