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Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools for 2012 Topics: education, free tools, guest, technology, technology for tutoring, tutoring resources, tutoring tools inShare Share 462 The Internet provides a wealth of resources for teachers, tutors, and students to go well beyond classroom learning. Whether you're a teacher preparing for tomorrow's lecture, a professional tutor working with one or two students, or you just want to help your cousin in Alabama with some trig homework, these free tools will help you interact with your student(s) sans the confines of the classroom. Skype with Idroo Idroo is an online educational whiteboard used in combination with Skype. Use it with as many students or fellow teachers as you want for tutoring sessions or meetings, as the whiteboard's "only limitations" are Internet connection speed and how fast everyone involved absorbs the material. All writing and drawing done on the whiteboard is visible to participants in real time, making it a true virtual classroom. It also allows for remote math tutoring with its professional math typing tool. Gchat Anyone with a gmail account can access Gchat. Teachers, tutors, and students can talk to one another in real time, as well as send and receive files instantly. Save chats for referral purposes in your gmail account, or download the Google Talk application for voice conferencing with multiple parties. WizIQ Teachers, students and organizations can create free accounts on WizIQ, another online education portal. Students have the option to attend online classes, download free tutorials, use free practice tests, or find teachers with certain expertise. Online classes are not free, however. Teachers and organizations can offer recorded classes through WizIQ or those in real time, create online tests, use live audio and video chat, and distribute course work in any standard format. Teachers must pay per month for this service, though WizIQ offers easy teacher payment collection from stu

A beautifully made Twitter-like social network for schools that supports photos, videos, files and embed html. The site also has a blog feature, calendar and many other fab features. You can set your class to private or public. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A great site where you can collaborate with an online whiteboard. Invite other by giving them the page link and see then their drawings in real time. Upload images, chat and embed the whiteboard on your site. Your whiteboards are automatically saved for you to return to later. I'm excited by the possibilities of this site! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Get instant feedback from an audience or class using this superb site. Set a question and a choice of answers. Then others can follow a short link and choose an answer using their mobile or computer browser. The site can also generate a large QR code at the press of a button for easy linking. Results are shown instantly on your screen and embed on a website. Try voting at http://vot.rs/49104 and see the results at http://mentimeter.com/public/7048bfdda5cc. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

This is a superb site which allows you to make video of a drawing with audio. Combine this with a whiteboard and you can record a lesson quickly and easily and embed it on your site. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Slides offers an interesting twist on the online presenter genre... literally. The presentation can roll in many directions like a virtual cube allowing multi-track presentations. The site uses html5, so it works on most computers and devices. Editing is simple and you can share or embed your creations easily. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

This is an amazing online maths playground with a huge number of tools to help learn and demonstrate every area of maths. Create animations and even embed videos. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths

Use this interactive online ear diagram to examine the workings of how we hear sound. You can embed the ear on to your website (much better that embedding a website in to your ear!) Found via @WengersToyBus http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

This is my website builder of choice. This easy to use, drag and drop tool allows you to build beautiful flash websites in a matter of minutes. You can embed these pages into other sites and blogs. There are lots of good widgets including email forms and comment boxes. You can also build mobile sites. Build them by choosing a template and background and add the info, links and images you want. See my example at http://j.mp/ICTmob. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

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Add sound to make an audio photo and share the link for others to view online or embed on your site. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images

This is a very useful site where you can upload a panoramic photo to produce an interactive 360 degree viewer. Share online or embed on your site. Check out the hundreds of 360 photos made by other users. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images

Upload music, podcasts or voice files to PodSnack to make a audio player and embed them on a website or share with a link. Great for publishing a class podcast. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

A easy to use website builder. Embed images, audio, video and widgets until its just right. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A well made and versatile QR code maker. Change colours and embed a logo into the code in a few easy steps. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A stunning collection of aerial 360 degree images from famous locations from around the world. Peer down at the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong harbour or the tranquil scenery of Fiordland in New Zealand. Each HD image can be rotated and you can zoom in to see the details in finer clarity. You can even embed a rotating image on to your site.

Web tool for selecting things. Enter up to 100 choices and spin on the site, embed on your own site or share the link. You can enter choices by copying and pasting choices into a single textbox, making it simple to draft on an offline document.

"An interest twist on the online timeline creator. Create an interactive multimedia timeline to embed or share with a url by changing a Google Document template. Great for quickly creating timelines around a common format or asking pupils to adapt from a timeline you create."