Tutor.com and Client

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Live Homework Help at SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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About Live Homework Help

• Live Homework Help offers students
• Innovative after-school program
• One-to-One connections from the library and home
• Academic help for 4th through 12th graders and
  College Intro
• Coverage of core curriculum subjects
• Math, Science, Social Studies and English
• Ability to review past sessions and work with
  favorite tutors

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Live Homework Help Hours

• Live Homework Help is available at any San José
  Public Library and remotely via our website
  SJLibrary.org
• Daily, 1 p.m. 10 p.m.
• NOTE Library hours determine on-site access
• Live Homework Help En Español for Math and
  Science is also available on-site and via the
  Internet
• Sunday Thursday, 1 p.m. 7 p.m.
• NOTE Library hours determine on-site access
• For current library hours, visit SJLibrary.org

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Connect to a Tutor
Step 1. Select your Grade Level
Step 2. Select your Subject
Step 3. Click Go!
NOTE Students can also create a username and
password to login and view past sessions.
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Learning in Our Online Classroom
Step 4. Connect to a tutor (this takes about 1
minute)
Step 5. Have a session in our Online Classroom!
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Viewing Past Sessions

• Step 1. Log in with your
• Username and
• Password

Step 2. Click on link to view past sessions
Step 3. Select which session you would like to
view
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Complete Patron Survey

• At the end of each session, students are
  requested to fill out a brief survey

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Students Rave

• I had a d , now with the Live Homework Help i
  have an A-
• WOW! It changed my life.
• I love TUTOR.COM! Thank-you!
• i really like this service and i think every
  library should have it

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Live Homework Help in Action
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Recent Math Sessions

• Word problems with 2 equations and 2 unknowns
• Solving system of equations
• X and Y intercept
• Solving probability problems
• Rounding
• Simplify radical expression
• Dividing decimals

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Recent Science Sessions

• Antibodies and Antigens
• Non-volatile liquids and barometers
• Entropy change in chemical reactions
• Punnet squares
• Lymph nodes
• Earths atmosphere

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Recent Social Studies Sessions

• Help with paper on Brown vs Board of Education
• Marx and political theories
• American immigrants
• Research on war in Iraq
• History of snowboarding
• Develop an outline for a paper on Angela Davis

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Recent English Sessions

• Noun clauses
• Diagramming sentences
• Proofreading an assignment on the Count of Monte
  Cristo
• Preparing an outline for a presentation
• How to write a persuasive paper
• Translating lines of Othello into modern English

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Who are the Tutors?

• Certified teachers, college professors,
  professional tutors, graduate school students
  and students attending four-year accredited
  universities.
• Certified through the Tutor.com Training Program.
  
• Tutor Evaluation and Mentor Program ensures
  quality tutoring.
• Receive 7-year criminal background check and
  reference check from Kroll Background America.

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Tutor.com

• Founded in 1998 in New York City
• Leading provider of one-to-one on demand learning
  and information solutions for libraries,
  educational institutions and individuals
• Flagship product, Live Homework Help, is now
• Offered in 600 public libraries and after-school
  centers
• Served 250,000 students during 2003/2004 school
  year
• 93 of the students would recommend program to a
  friend
• Of students who filled out the session survey

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Need more information?

• San José Public Library
• 150 E. San Fernando St., San José, CA 95112-3580
• [phone] King Library Youth Services
• www.SJLibrary.org