Where is the administrator Rudnik Daria, she gave us detailed instructions for beginner online teachers.
Step 1. Make a detailed summary of each video lesson
Skype lessons should not differ in structure from regular lessons at school or college. Before each video meeting, a tutor, especially a beginner, must write down:
Lesson objectives;
List of tasks with a detailed, extended plan;
Homework for a student.
This applies to absolutely any subject, as if mathematics, chemistry or physics does not matter.
The outline allows you to clearly understand what and how to learn in this particular lesson. Having a detailed work plan, the tutor does not waste time searching for the necessary tasks during the lesson, but follows a clearly drawn up schedule. The notes should definitely be at hand during the lesson on Skype.
Step 2. Selecting the optimal materials and teaching aids for studying the subject
A tutor cannot teach without materials. Skype training is no exception. It is necessary to provide yourself with a full range of manuals, textbooks, and Internet resources. The student must also have access to any material. There are often incidents when a student did not complete his homework, simply because he did not have the opportunity to find the assignment.
The materials should be accessible to both the tutor and the student!
Step 3. Constant monitoring
Each new lesson must begin with a repetition of the previous one. The best way to do this is in the form of a question and answer. This allows you to understand how fully the student has mastered the topic and what questions he still has. Repetition of learned material should not take much time. Optimally -7-10 minutes.
If during this stage of the lesson the tutor discovers that the student has not mastered something from the previous topic, you need to make a note in your notebook. Depending on the importance of the information, a conclusion should be made: whether this material needs to be studied again or not.
If the information is important and relates to the basics of the subject, it is best to devote part of the next video lesson to relearning the topic, but with the help of other tasks.
If the student has not learned only a small part of the lesson, then you don’t have to dwell on this in detail, but move on.
Constant control also includes regular checking of homework. You can do this selectively. For example, from exercise 1, the student reads the correct answers to questions 1, 3, 5, etc.
Some subtleties of teaching via Skype
1. Visual aids are important. Online lessons should contain a lot of visual information: diagrams, tables, pictures.
2. Speak clearly and loudly. Do not use safe words, do not allow conversations to take place on distant topics. Only useful and necessary information.
3. Create a work environment. Outside interference in the lesson process is unacceptable, especially a mobile phone call! Your attention should be directed entirely to the student and vice versa.
4. Make tasks bright and unconventional. The more interesting the presentation of the material, the greater the chance that the student will learn it.
5. Be student-centered. Don't overdo it with information. Everyone has their own level of knowledge, and what one learns easily, another only half understands.
Teaching via Skype, like the standard type of teaching, is hard daily work that not every tutor can handle. Methodology and discipline are the main criteria for good and high-quality video lessons.
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Traditional teaching methods, which have proven themselves through centuries of practice, are now significantly enhanced by the development of modern technologies associated with new communication opportunities for communication between student and teacher.
Today, with the advent of the World Wide Web and the development of corresponding application software (programs such as Skype), there is no need to organize a personal meeting between teacher and student. It can easily take place remotely, as they say, online.
There are different opinions about this method of teaching, but practice clearly shows that the effectiveness of such classes conducted remotely is practically in no way inferior to classical lessons, and in terms of convenience (no need for a personal meeting) it significantly exceeds them.
You can view detailed information about teaching mathematics via Skype on the specialized website http://profi-teacher.ru/obraz-predmety/matematika-skype.html.
Organization and planning of the educational process.
- High-quality training is only possible with regular training. Therefore, firstly, the teacher needs to try to systematize the process and first create a schedule. It is the schedule that will help the tutor organize the learning process, plan his day and avoid unplanned “windows” that cause loss of time. When drawing up a schedule, it is necessary to take into account the time sufficient for the student to complete homework.
- An online lesson plan in mathematics should include the following activities, which have been worked out in the classical education system. First, the material assigned for homework is checked, then new topics are studied, and at the end of the lesson, the acquired knowledge is consolidated on carefully selected practical examples in advance.
- Assignments are issued by the teacher electronically. Since each student has different capabilities, more tasks need to be prepared. The difficulty of these examples should vary so that you can start with simple material and gradually move on to more complex levels.
- When studying theoretical material, it is advisable to send a file with relevant information to the student’s email so that the perception of the new topic is more effective and it is easier for the student. An even better way to improve the perception of information is to process it in some program and show it to the student via Skype using the appropriate function.
- To demonstrate a text file, it is best to use the Microsoft Word editor. If a new topic contains various graphs or charts, tables and calculations, then Microsoft Excel is well suited for displaying such material.
- There are other software products, but these are the ones used most often. In order to demonstrate various mathematical operations or, if necessary, draw any pictures to explain the material, there are a large number of services on the Internet for these purposes. In fact, these services provide tools for presenting material as close as possible to the classic form. The so-called interactive whiteboards.
By the way, before starting practical work on teaching mathematics using Skype, you can view similar examples on the Internet.
What is required to prepare for lessons via Skype
It is clear that without the Internet the idea itself simply will not come true. This means that you need to have the technology that will allow you to obtain and use it.
This, of course, is a computer that is either connected to the Internet via a cable or runs on wi-fi, a good sensitive microphone and headphones or speakers.
Naturally, you need software that will connect to the Internet and participate in the lesson. Equipment must be of high quality, otherwise the effectiveness of the lesson may decrease. The main communication program itself, Skype, is free. It is downloaded from the official website (www.skype.com) and installed on the computer automatically. During installation you need to answer some questions, but it doesn't take much time. The main thing is that the student can see and hear everything clearly, so classes should be conducted in a quiet room.
Postgraduate studies at the Adyghe State University with a degree in Russian language (1998).
Teaching experience - since 1993 (university).
Reviews
We like the tutor. We applied to learn how to write a presentation and an essay. We saw progress after the second or third lesson. A very competent, friendly and caring teacher. I recommend.
Svetlana Vladimirovna began preparing for the Unified State Exam with her son in February. To be honest, I wasn’t sure that I could help improve and systematize my son’s knowledge in such a short period of time. At school the grades were different, but mostly 2-3, sometimes 4. I was wrong, Svetlana Vladimirovna is a wonderful teacher!!! The grades have risen, now the grade for the trimester is a solid four. And I passed the OGE with a 4 (31 points)!!! We will definitely continue to prepare for the Unified State Exam in advance!!
P.s. We studied on Skype for 1.5 hours once a week.
We took a break for the summer. There wasn't much of a breakthrough, but there was progress. The child was four-three, and now four-five. The final score is four to five. I think we will continue next year. We have a very difficult school. It’s difficult to say that we became excellent students, but for any other school we would have been excellent students. It's just that school is very difficult. The level of knowledge is very good, there are no gaps. I rate the tutor's work as a five.
Cons: No
Pros: Convenient form of training. Wonderful contact with the child. High result of preparation.
Cons: No
Description: I would like to thank the teacher for excellent, full-fledged lessons. For a high level of training. For a kind and attentive attitude towards the child.
Very pleased with the result
Very nice Russian language tutor. Fedor likes her, they have a good understanding. Now my son is in 10th grade, they started preparing for the Unified State Exam in advance. Svetlana Vladimirovna and I plan to continue studying in the next academic year. Lessons are held via Skype - convenient. The tutor sends a lot of teaching material and links. They also write dictations, analyze and check errors. Fyodor is happy with everything.
We are improving literacy, my son likes it, Svetlana Vladimirovna explains everything clearly, we study once a week.
FurtherWe are all accustomed to using Skype to communicate with family and friends from other cities, but the possibilities of using the program are much wider. Why is Skype increasingly used in teaching children and adults? Firstly, it allows both the teacher and the student to save time: each of them is in a convenient place and does not waste time on the road. Secondly, teaching via Skype facilitates the process of studying any subject: you can always ask a question to the tutor and receive additional materials, not just during class. Thirdly, Skype provides the opportunity for communication and work between two people who, without access to the Internet, might never meet: for example, a student has health problems that do not allow him to leave home, or, for example, a lesson is taught by a teacher such qualifications that it is impossible to find a teacher of the same level in your city.
What you need to have at the very beginning for successful teaching on Skype
Daria Rudnik, administrator of the site Distance-teacher.ru, told us about some of the features of online learning. A novice tutor must understand that to successfully organize lessons via Skype, you must have high-speed Internet access, a webcam, headphones and a microphone, since ideally this should not be a regular call, but a video call. This type of call is preferable because it allows the information to be presented more clearly and easily, and also facilitates communication between the student and the teacher.
In addition to video communication, you can use chat, that is, a form of text communication, correspondence. For example, in the chat you can write conditions for tasks to be solved, examples. You can attach images: drawings, photographs and formulas. You can also show the teacher’s (student’s) screen with open files, most often presentations.
Additional recommendations for beginning tutors who want to work effectively
At the first lesson, it is important to check the student’s knowledge, the goals of his training, and agree on the schedule and cost of training. In accordance with this, the teacher builds a lesson program.
Training will be more effective if the tutor, when planning his lessons, takes into account the following facts:
- It is necessary to know the student’s goals and properly motivate him to improve his knowledge.
- Classes should be systematic: you should not jump from one textbook to another, from one topic to another.
- The format of the knowledge test should change all the time in order to get a comprehensive assessment of the student’s knowledge: this could be online testing, problem solving, oral questioning, proof of theorems, etc.
- It is advisable that classes take place 2-4 times a week: this will allow the student to have time to absorb information and at the same time not forget the material covered.
- It is important to assign homework and check that it is completed correctly: this is necessary to understand whether the student understands the topic discussed.
- Finally, tutoring implies not only the need to provide knowledge, but also to captivate a person with the discipline being taught: this will allow him to achieve good results with less effort.
It is advisable for beginning tutors to enter into an agreement with students. If this is not possible, it is advisable to teach to trusted people who were recommended by friends and acquaintances. This will allow you to avoid situations of fraud (in particular, those related to the distribution of copyrighted materials on the Internet).
Thus, teaching a particular subject via Skype can be much easier and more convenient than the traditional format of conducting classes. For beginning teachers, working via Skype is a good chance to gain work experience and learn how to flexibly change the teaching system to suit the goals and characteristics of each student.
