25 Tools That Take Tutoring To a New Level

Like other areas of education, tutoring has seen some radical changes in the past decade courtesy of new and increasingly innovative technologies. Students and their tutors can now interact at any time and from anywhere in the world, and tutors can create and share educational resources with their students in minutes using high-quality and often low-cost online tools. Learn more about some of the websites and resources that are helping to define the new face of tutoring by reading about a few of the best of these new tools that we've collected here.

1. Skype:

   
   Through Skype, tutors and students don't even have to be in the same country to interact with one another. In addition to high-quality video chat, the site also makes it easy to share files and even conference in other students or tutors. While it's great for global communications, it's just as useful for helping local learners with simple questions as they go through their homework.

2. Google+ Hangouts:

   Google+ Hangouts is another excellent tool for remote tutoring. Not only can tutors talk with students over video on laptops and other handheld devices, they can also use just about every other feature Google has to offer at the same time. Screen sharing, connectivity with Google Docs, and the ability to archive discussions have made it an excellent choice for a number of educational applications.

3. IDroo:

   While Skype alone can be a great way to meet and talk with students, some subjects require a little more interaction and instruction. That's where IDroo comes in. IDroo works with Skype, adding whiteboard features that make it simple for tutors to show students how to solve math problems, construct sentences, or even build circuits. It's flexible, useful, and allows tutors and their students to work well at a distance.

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