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resources on setting boundaries with students who talk about personal issues during a session

discussing reports on sessions that can be sent to faculty or students see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=23763331 see also: http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=24506407

Basic tutor training video from the Thompson River University Writing Centre. Includes mock tutorial session.

article reviews; conference announcements; Program for the Special Interest Session on Writing Labs - 1979 4Cs (nice list of topics and presenters); mailing list

discussing whether to contact faculty when plagiarism is discovered during a tutoring session

This video, produced by Mountwest Community and Technical College, demonstrates a typical tutoring session, including the greeting, the assessment of the student's needs, the creation of an agenda, the evaluation of the writing, the confirmation of the student's ideas, and the creation of a plan of action.

Tutor training video that demonstrates best practices. Includes a mock tutorial session.

discussion of training for peer tutors that involves observing and writing reflections on sessions

Kristin Cole at the University of Texas at Austin and Sue Mendelsohn at the University of Texas at Austin discuss the use of rhetoric in consulting sessions.

M. Blake Reichenbach is a writing consultant at Bellarmine University's Writing Center. He delivers a witty monologue about the connections between working at a trendy Mexican restaurant and consulting a fellow student during a tutoring session.

M. Blake Reichenbach - "Making Tacos, Saving Grades" is a short monologue that was published in the Fall 2014 issue of the student journal Tutors.

■ "We Also Ofer Online Services at Interpellation.edu": Althusserian Hails and Online Writing Centers Alan Benson ■ Situated Design for Multiliteracy Centers: A Rhetorical Approach to Visual Design Sohui Lee ■ Back to the Center: University of North Carolina Greensboro's Digital ACT Studio Lindsay Sabatino ■ Yes...And With Me: Mutuality and Improvisation as Methods for Consultant Development Kerri Bright Flinchbaugh ■ Training Speech Center Consultants: Moving Forward with a Backward Glance Linda Hobgood ■ Promoting Independence: Conducting Efcient Sessions with Learning-Disabled Students Ory Alexander Owen

crowdsourcing info on computer use during in-person tutoring

discussing the digital literacy skills tutors are expected to have and to teach/tutor

PeerCentered is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in collaborative learning in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight. Related conversation on WCenter (links to archived "Meet the Author" sessions): http://lyris.ttu.edu/read/messages?id=19608359

PeerCentered is a space for peer writing tutors/consultants or anyone interested in collaborative learning in writing centers to blog with their colleagues from around the world. Bloggers here will share their ideas, experiences, or insight. Has a search engine to search for topics discussed in blog entries.