Ed Tech Review

Friday, January 26, 2007

Tutor Vista is a Powerful online tutoring tool

As a teacher I often get asked for recommendations of good tutors. Although we have a few moderately qualified tutors in our little town, the prices are expensive and out of reach for most parents. In small towns like mine effective online tutoring is the best option available. Up until recently I would recommend Sylvan Online, but the cost was high and although it was a good system, I do not feel it was the most effective. I recently discovered what I feel is the best deal in, not only online tutoring, but in tutoring in general. It is called Tutor Vista at http://www.tutorvista.com.

Tutor Vista is a very powerful online tutoring environment that allows students to schedule and work with tutors at any time 24 hours a day. The technology allows the student and tutor to communicate verbally, through typing, and through a whiteboard. The tutors are highly trained , with Masters degrees in the subjects they tutor. You can find tutors for almost any subject or test. The biggest strength lies in the price. It is about $20 an hour, or unlimited use for $100 per month. This is by far the most cost efficient one on one tutoring system available.

I am now excited to recommend this system to all of my parents. Even in locations where many tutoring options are available this is one of the best solutions, because of the high quality of instruction. The affordability of the system makes it a clear choice.

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3 Comments:

  • Tutor vista though cheap, very unreliable. Tutors not showing up and technical difficulty is the most common excuse that they show. Refund policy is horrible. It would take for ever to get something done there.
    I used them for more than 6 months. During that period, I must have complained them seven times with "NO OUTCOME". They remain same. Promises, promises....

    By Anonymous, At March 13, 2007 7:58 AM  

  • Mr. Kumar was an excellent tutor. He taught very well and I can't wait to learn from him again. He truly knows how to teach-- unlike my chemistry teacher. I want him to come to my school and teach. I know everyone would love him! -Electrochemistry.

    By Anonymous, At May 02, 2007 1:38 AM  

  • Totally agree. Difficult to cancel you subscription if not impossible. The only way out is cancel you credit card. No way to get your over charge money back.

    By Anonymous, At May 14, 2007 6:08 PM  

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