NEW STUDENTS ONLY: Click here to register for online tutoring
Online Tutoring
First, the student needs to download the free video-conferencing app called Zoom. (Instructions below). Let's say the student and I need to discuss a practice test. On my computer I’ll open up a copy of the practice test. Then I'll share my screen” with the student so that he/she can view the same file. As I explain a problem, I'll use a digital pen to write directly onto the screen. For example, I'll mark up the diagram of a geometry problem. Or, next to an algebra problem, I'll write out, step-by-step, how to solve the equation. I can also annotate—underline key words—for a reading passage or a grammar question. Through “ screen sharing,” the student will be able to see everything that I mark up. Students can even record the lesson to watch later.
Internet tutoring has
many important benefits.
1) Whenever there’s inclement weather, if the student is a bit
sick, or if the student simply wants to save transportation time—internet
tutoring is a convenient alternative to face-to-face tutoring. (Students might
be able to save up to 1 hour of commuting time!)
2) Also, during the holidays, whenever students go out of town for
college visits, during snow days, during senior year, when students will have
even less time to do SAT/ACT homework, internet tutoring is a life-saver.
Thank you for listening.
Khoi Luu
Students: To Set Up Online Tutoring
1) Download the
free Zoom app for your computer clicking on the following link. Once on the
webpage, download the version at the very top of the page, called “Zoom
Client for Meetings”: https://zoom.us/download
Don't download the
mobile version: the screen on your phone is too small. (Students, in the
previous sentence, note the use of the "here's proof" colon!)
2) At our scheduled meeting time, I will email you a link to our meeting
room. Just click on this link.
3) Before every internet session, take pictures of all
the math questions that you want me to discuss—questions from a practice
test or from a math packet—and then email me these pictures.
This way, I can see your work and analyze what you did wrong. Do
all of this BEFORE the session, so that we don't have to take time away from
the actual session.
4) During the
lesson, if you want to take a screenshot:
On a Mac, press these
3 buttons simultaneously, command, shift, 3
On a PC, press the
button that says Print Screen (PrtScn)
Parents: To Set Up Online
Tutoring
Please download and fill out this credit card authorization form—and email it to KhoiLuuTutoring@gmail.com
After every session, I will charge your card
and email you a receipt.