| Here are those resources we promised! Go ahead! Get in there and start digging! By they way, if you come across any links in your travels on the World Wide Web that you would like to share, please email Jenny. eTutoring Overviews The British Council website includes an article about comparing online tutoring to traditional tutoring http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/ Crossroads of Learning published a list of 8 successful online tutoring models. The article includes links to each of the models: http://crossroadsoflearning.com/journal/?p=104 ERIC article discussing the challenges of online tutoring (requires adobe acrobat reader which you can get here) Replacing Face-to-Face Tutorials Creating eLearning Content NOTE: All the resources below are ABSOLUTELY FREE! Need to help an ESL student pronounce a word? This website allows you to type in a word and record an MP3 of that word to send to them! http://vozme.com eSnips allows you to create online media. They even give you 5GB of space to store it! http://www.esnips.com/ Sprout Builder makes it easy to create websites and content. http://sproutbuilder.com/ JotForm allows users to make web-based forms without having to know anything about coding. http://jotform.com/ Gab Cast allows users to record their voice using their phone! http://gabcast.com/ Gcast allows users to create podcasts. They are also nice people and give you free hosting. http://www.gcast.com/ | eTutoring Techniques and Theories City College of San Francisco published their online tutor training manual online. http://www.ccsf.edu/~lernasst/lern10/index.html Online Tutoring Skills (OTiS) Project Website published an online tutoring eBook http://otis.scotcit.ac.uk/onlinebook/ Crossroads of Learning article entitled "Connectivism - A Learning Theory for the Digital Age" http://crossroadsoflearning.com/journal/?p=26 Tips from the Online Tutoring World website to help online English tutors http://www.onlinetutoringworld.com/ Scriblink is an online whiteboard. Users can draw, chat, and send files. Did I mention it was free? http://www.scriblink.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Student Resources Have a student that can't seem to manage their time wisely ? Send them to Gradefix. This website helps them organize their time more effectively. http://www.gradefix.com/ Help your students organize their notes. This website allows them to upload their notes and access them from anywhere, even their cell phones! http://www.mynoteit.com/ NoteMesh allows students to collaborate over their class notes. It is complete with message boards, wikis, and "other cool tools." http://www.notemesh.com/ __________________________________________________________ Misc. Resources The North Carolina State University website posted tutor training videos. They were nice enough to include a user's guide as well. http://www.ncsu.edu/tutorial_center/videocontents.html Intute has a searchable database of education and research online resources http://www.intute.ac.uk/ Free Password Generator Program - You will never have to try to think of a password again! http://www.securesafepro.com/pasgen.php Free Password Organizer - Now that you have a new password, how can you remember it? Use this free program! http://keepass.info/ |