Session Prep

Setting up your workspace:

• A calm and comfortable workspace
• Device with webcam directed at student’s face
• Second device with camera and method of directing camera at workspace
• Pencil and paper

Desktop Computer

• With a External or Built-In Webcam

Laptop Computer

• Height Considerations
• External Keyboard

Tablet

• Should have stand/angle control
• External Keyboard or Built-Into Case

Cell Phone

• Consider Height and Viewing Angle

Tablet

• Should have stand/angle control

Cell Phone

• Using a Stand to point camera at Student’s Work

Desktop

• With or Without Extra Lighting

Clamp Stand

• With or Without Extra Lighting
• Consider Depth Restrictions

Height

• Be sure stand is tall enough for a good viewing angle of Student’s Work

Bump Resistant

• Consider how sturdy the stand is to prevent interruptions during Tutoring Session

Prepping for tutoring sessions:

• What to read or review
  • Times tables
  • Class notes
  • Previous tests and quizzes
  • Book section/chapter
  • Key terms
  • Relevant formulas
  • Example problems from the textbook
  • Watch a video explaining key terms (link to internal video list?)
• Verbal practice
  • For problems you got correct, tell/teach someone how you did the problem
  • Explain your thought process out loud to yourself or someone else
• Written practice
  • Complete at least a few practice problems (including homework, worksheet, or book problems)
• What to bring to session
  • Written list of 2-5 problems that you tried and got wrong or could not figure out how to start or finish
  • Written list of specific areas that are confusing (be specific)
  • Written list of questions you would like to ask (be specific)

• After sessions:
  • Review what was covered during the tutoring session
  • Try to solve a problem completed during the session again, then try another unfamiliar problem of the same type.
  • Tell someone how you do a problem, walk them through a problem