A few days ago, Mashable published 35 online tools for teachers, tutors and students. After going through the list, for obvious reasons, I got so interested in online teaching and tutoring jobs. I have been tutoring high school as well University students on private basis for sometime now. Sometime next year, after I make tangible progress in my research, I would like to start tutoring some students here in Tokyo. A friend of mine is already tutoring in Maths and Science.In this kind of tutorship, one has to travel to a particular home and meet the student(s) physically. One has to spend a lot of time traveling and, of course, incur travel costs.
Therefore, online tutoring would be such a great joy for most of us! In some cases, in order for one to deliver an online course, he or she must have access to the following:
- A personal computer with a broad band Internet access
- Computer speakers and a microphone
- Internet telephone software Skype
It is that simple. No need of paying for taxi or train tickets and yes no need of wasting time in the trains and the subway. I hope to pursue these online opportunities along with the offline ones sometime next year. But for those of you who are fired up and ready to go, allow me to share with you the list of these online tutoring opportunities:
- Aim4a.com – A company that provides online tutoring opportunities. It uses services such as Skype to allow you to tutor anyone, anywhere from the comfort of your home.
- BuddySchool.com – Set your own payment level, methods of payment, form of teaching and more with this online tutoring platform.
- Educate-Online.com – The popular service has gone online with tutoring options at their Educate-Online site.
- GlobalScholar.com – Students can ask questions or take full classes. Tutors’ level of involvement is flexible as well.
- OnlineLearning.net – Allows you to teach full online courses in a variety of subjects.
- Tutor.com – Provides 24/7 online tutoring that even records the session so you can review what you went over with the tutor while engaged with them. Offers things such as proof reading of papers, help with math and more at all hours of the day or night.
- TutorVista.com – Allows you to work four hours a day. Students can request sessions with you as they build a relationship with you.
My only concern is that the folks in Africa, who are paid peanuts and need these opportunities the most, will not be able to benefit from these opportunities due to low Internet bandwidth. For instance, in Malawi, it is extremely difficult to use skype in most places. A friend of mine who works in the Systems Administration team of a big organization, which has a higher Internet bandwidth than most local institutions, speaks with me on skype only on weekends when all the other employees are at home.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbacknice post. very informative
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This is good information.I will just star this item in my reader for future use.Thanks for this info, this is another money making opportunity.
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Your right, these websites could be a very big opportunity in Africa. Too bad people who know English instead run scams online like most of them are from Nigeria instead of finding opportunities online like this!
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Africa has nothing on the Russians…the problem is far worse there
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Those are great news! Hope some people can get involved and do some good.
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Online has been a great tool in this age. People around the world can join the program it it is possible. great post
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As a teacher, I want to thank you for the tips! Very helpful. I guess online tutoring is the future…
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Thanks for the share. Their are some great tools and websites. Some are already bookmarked as they have very valuable information!
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Thanks for sharing. I have always thought about getting involved in something like this.
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Online tutoring may not be one of those positions that promise a six figure income, it is possible to make a comfortable living with the job.:) It’s best practice to work for a few to several online tutoring companies at one time. This strategy allows tutors the flexibility of setting their own hours and gives a much better income potential.
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This is an informative article irrespective of nationality this can be very useful globally. If the trend continues then tutoring online is the next awaiting step. thx for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing this informative article. Just like telecommuting, online tutoring is a real boon.
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really nice post i’ve looking for these cool links for a long time i am good at languages so i was in search of good sites but never found any reliable since it is in your post so i can rely on it……. thx for the post buddy
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Yes online tutorial is very popular nowadays. Aside from being inexpensive, we are right in front of a very good resource, the internet. I would recommend online tutorial.
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The list of Online Toturing opportunities that you have shared is really helpful. Online toturing is a great idea, instead to travel and meet your students, all you need to do is to open your personal computer with internet. And if there is a furnished office space for rent in ortigas, it really helps a lot because it gives more relaxing environment!
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I’m also an online tutor teaching young kids from Japan to learn the English language. It’s a bit hard from the start but just like other things it takes only time before they get used to talking the language.
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I think, that online tutoring is rather popupar nowadays, but nothing can replace real communication!
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