BEST TOOLS FOR ONLINE TUTORING
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How to teach online
Teaching is the most sacred
profession in this world and throughout the history of the mankind teachers are
respected the most.
Teaching online is not anymore
impossible or difficult.
Technology
has broken physical barriers between the student and the teacher. With the
advancement of technology people get connected across the globe. With everyday
passing many teachers learn how to do online teaching and start there online
tutoring career.
Well I will try my best here to
breakdown the topic and explain all that you need to do to become a successful
online tutor.
This article is not the end of this
topic however a good starting point for beginners. You can write me for further
comments. I feel pleasure if I can help any tutor. Also I would be more than
happy if you can add something helpful for teachers in this article.
Why online
tutoring?
Online teaching helps
both the student and the teacher to interact anytime from any part of the
world. It gives you the time and location freedom. You do not need to travel
and waste your valuable time. It gives you the chance to interact with the
people of different countries and cultures.
Essential
Tools for online tutoring
As an online tutor
you need
1. Voice
and video calling option.
2. You
need screen share option
3. You
need interactive online whiteboard
4. You
need Digital pen and pad
Here in this article
I will not be able to discuss all the available free and paid options. I am
going to write another article on the Essential Tools for online tutoring,
there I will explain you guys in detail.
How to find students to teach
online?
This is the most important question. There is not a
one method rather a bunch of options for you to try and see what works best for
you.
You can register yourself on the different online
tutoring websites or you can promote yourself on social media. You can create a
blog for online tutoring and promote it through social media and paid
advertisement.
I will be soon writing a detailed article on how to
find students to teach online.
Here is the list of the tools
required for online tutoring
As an online tutor
you need
1. Voice
and video calling option.
2. You
need screen share option
3. You
need interactive online whiteboard
4. You
need Digital pen and pad
1. Skype
Skype is one of the most
awesome tools in my opinion which you can use to talk and teach. It’s free and
has better sound quality. Most important feature is its screen share. When
sharing screen, you can only show your screen and not give control to your
student. No option for control transfer to the student is the only demerit of
the tool.
2.
Online Whiteboards
This is the
master piece of the technology and I am most fascinated with it. Online
whiteboard technology has brought a revolution in the education sector. Online
whiteboards are just like whiteboards and blackboards of our real world. You
can write or draw online and it would be visible to the students in real time.
You can write on an online whiteboard while talking on Skype with your student
and it feels as if you are actually on the two sides of the same table in the
same room.
Open sankore is what I
like the most as a whiteboard .However there are many other you can try and see
what works best for you.
The other option available are
Digital pen
Digital pen is optional.
Everybody doesn’t need a digital pen. If in lesson you don’t have to write
anything rather you explain the concept by the lecture method only, then you
don’t need it. It’s helpful only when you are teaching a subject like Maths,
Physics, and Chemistry and you may need lot of writing or drawing. Here the
digital pen is a must. The best thing about digital pen is that you can hold
them like a normal pen and when you draw something on your pad it is visible on
the screen to both the student and the teacher.
Article:
Bilal
ahmad khoja
Lecturer chemistry
Online tutor (Online tutoring experience
more than 3000 hours)