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Tutor.com™’s

Live Homework Help ® 

A new service offered by

Spokane County Library District

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Live Homework Help: What Is It?

On-demandeducationalassistance.

One-to-one liveconnections with

real tutors.

Math, Science,Social Studies

and English.

Accessible fromany internet

enabled PC orMac.

K-12, introcollege, and adult

learners.

Homework Help,Test Prep, BasicSkills, Research,

Writing

Centered around

the individualneeds of eachuser.

Accessible in theEnglish or Spanish

language.

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When Is the Service Available?

Live Homework Help isLive Homework Help isavailable at:available at: 

Spokane County Library DistrictSpokane County Library District

7 Days a Week from 2 pm – 10 pmBeginning February 2, 2009

There is a link from the Home page,the Ask The Library page, and on the

Kids/Teens page.

It can be used on the Catalogcomputers in the library, but

customers need a COUNTY library cardto access from home.

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How Does It Work?

Adult LearnersAdult LearnersClick the AdultLearners tab inthe upperright corner to

access theAdult Learnerspage.

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Adult Learners Page

Adult LearnersAdult LearnersOn this page,you do notneed to select

a grade level.

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The Online Classroom

Session Info &Session Info &HelpHelpTechnical helpis always a click away.Real-TimeReal-Time

ChatChat

Notifies thestudent whenthe tutor iswriting.WhiteboardWhiteboardFull array of text anddrawing tools.Tutors can addmore boardsas necessary.

OnceOnceconnected,connected,student andstudent and

tutor entertutor enterthe “onlinethe “onlineclassroom”classroom”where bothwhere bothparties canparties canuse a varietyuse a variety

of tools,of tools,includingincludinginstant-instant-messaging-messaging-style chatstyle chatand aand a

dynamicdynamicwhiteboard.whiteboard.

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Utilizing the Web

SharingSharing

WebpagesWebpagesEither partycan type a URL

to open a pagewithin thesession.WebWeb

ResourcesResourcesUse online orlibraryresourcestogether tofurtherlearning.

StudentStudentand tutorand tutorcan sharecan shareusefulusefulwebpageswebpages

andandbrowsebrowseWeb-Web-basedbasedresourcesresourcestogethertogether

as part of as part of thethelearninglearningandandproblem-problem-solvingsolving

processprocessonline.online.

When using all of the convenient tab-based features

of the online classroom, the tutor always “steers”the session and can control flow to guide the

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Document Sharing

AcceptableAcceptable

TypesTypesShare Word,Excel, PDF,PowerPointand othercommon files.

Browse forBrowse for

FilesFilesEither partycan selectfiles fromtheircomputer to

share.

VirusVirus

ProtectionProtectionFor safety,

only non-executablefiles areacceptable.After being scanned forviruses, files appear herefor easy reference.Session transcripts and files can

be printed for future reference

StudentStudentand tutorand tutor

can easilycan easilyshare ashare awidewiderange of range of documentdocuments, froms, from

reportreportoutlines inoutlines inWord toWord toformulasformulasin Excel toin Excel to

PDFs.PDFs.

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Recent Sessions

I need to

havesomeone

look over mycollege

applicationessay.

How do Iformat aresume?

I need helpmultiplyingintegers.

In an animal cell what is thedifference between a

vacuole and a lysosome?They look the same.

I need helpunderstanding

Brown Vs.Board of 

Education.

Can you help me findinformation aboutIndian migrationsfrom Asia to North

America around10,000 B.C.

sketch the graph.f'(x) < 0 if 1<x<3; f'(x) >0if x<1 or x>3

f' and f'' are undefined at x= 1 f'(3) = 0

f'' > 0 for x doesn’t = 1

Could you helpme prepare for 

a test onchemical

foundations?

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The Tutors: Who Are They?

 Tutor.com Tutor.com

tutors aretutors areexpertsexpertswhowhoprovideprovidehelp – nothelp – notanswers –answers –

and a safeand a safeenvironmeenvironment in whichnt in whichto learn..to learn..

Certified Teachers

Undergraduate

students enrolledin accreditedcolleges anduniversities

Professional

Tutors

Proven Subject

Experts

College Professors

Graduate students

enrolled inaccreditedcolleges anduniversities.

All Tutor.com tutors complete a rigorousapplication, screening, and certificationprocess. Because of the complexities of 

the process, only 30% of applicants

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Spokane County Library District:

Services

Information databases on many subjects http://www.scld.org/library_databases.asp

Ask the Library services Live 24/7 chat with a librarian

Tutor.com’s Live Homework Help

http://www.scld.org/ask_a_home.asp

Free Computer Classes http://www.scld.org/news.asp?id=81