The document discusses microtutoring, which involves short tutorial sessions on various subjects from classroom topics to skills like music or exercise. It provides tips for microtutors to prepare, including understanding the student's needs, having the necessary materials and equipment, and maintaining a positive learning environment. Microtutors are also given suggestions for tools to use and ways to promote their services to potential students.

1. MICROTUTORING
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Why NOW is the BEST time

2. Contents
Prepare Yourself
Tips for a Successful Tutor
Tools for a Productive Tutor
Promote Yourself as a Tutor

3. What is Microtutoring?
 Microtutoring involves short tutorial sessions
which might be just one class or a few classes
with many students
 Microtutoring is not limited to just classroom
subjects and can include:
- exercise training
- teaching interview skills
- teaching musical instruments

4. Circular Diagram
Credibility
Creativity
Microtutoring
Skills
Knowledge

5. Preparing Yourself
 Learn why your student is looking
for a tutor. What do they feel they
are lacking? What are they looking
to get out of the tutorial?
 Ask your student for any resource
material to aid you in conducting
the microtutorial.
 Lay out the objectives of the
microtutorial.
 Test out your equipment before the
class. Make sure you are in a quiet
environment.

6. Tips for a Successful Tutor
 1. Be patient.
 2. Be prompt. Be there on time.
 3. Be prepared. Make sure your equipment
works.
 4. Make sure you are comfortable with the
material you will be teaching.
 5. Ask lots of questions. Engage your student.
 6. Maintain a positive environment.
 7. Provide lots of positive reinforcement. 8.
Pick a quiet environment for the tutoring
session.
 9. Encourage note taking.
 10. Speak slowly and clearly.

7. Tools for a Productive Tutor
 1. Skype: Skype Mobile will allow you to microtutor from anywhere without the
need for a webcam or headset.
 2. Dropbox: Perfect for exchanging notes, materials and resources with students
before and after class.
 3. TutorPanel: Allows you to store information about your students and effectively
schedule tutoring sessions.
 4. Whatsapp Messenger: A cross-platform mobile messaging app for
iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Nokia that lets you send text messages, images
and audio for FREE!
 5. SimpleNote: Allows you to take notes and coordinate with your desktop as well
as incorporate email, phone and weblinks.

8. Promote Yourself
 1. Promote yourself on your
social networks such as
Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
 2. Talk to friends and family.
 3. Ask your students for
referrals.
 4. Advertise offline. Post flyers,
give out business cards or get creative and make
stickers, banners etc. Put them up in your
school, community, local coffee shops etc.
 5. Make YouTube video tutorials and then link your viewers
to your online jobs.

9. Microtutoring
Promote
Post Promote yourself to
Idea friends, family and
Post it to microjob, your social networks.
Think of some tutoring and
knowledge or skills freelance sites.
you can teach.

10. Visiting www.osmoser.org for MORE
information and jobs on Microtutoring
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