Goal of Tech Tutoring

Goal of Tech Tutoring is to make sure that tech tutoring will not be needed for tutees by visiting you.

• Practice constant active listening
• Demonstrate how to act and how to critically react

Introduction

Pay attention to their stress level.

• Check in with tutees how they are doing
• Which course/assignment this meeting is for
• Who their instructor is

Let Tutee Share and Describe issues

Did they do their "homework" or did they give up? - Reading materials, following instructions, etc.?

• Ask tutee questions about their difficulties
• Ask more questions with follow-up questions
• Observe tutee's level of digital literacy based on their use of terminology

Empathize and Summarize

You are here to help, but not to do their assignment for them.

• Paraphrase and repeat what the tutee tell you as a summary
• Reassure that you understand tutee's problem without saying you understand (e.g. share an example of a similar experience)

Identify the Core Issues

• Ask tutees to demonstrate what they did
• Identify exact issues they are facing
• Once issues are identified, do best to come up with a way that tutees will