Bill G.
- Mesa, AZ 85205 ( 34.9 mi )
- Experienced Microsoft PowerPoint Tutor
- Male Age 77
- Member since: 09/2012
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $32 to $40 /hr
- I am a Certified Teacher
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In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: C++, Microsoft Excel
My comments on tutoring Microsoft PowerPoint : I have taught Microsoft PowerPoint in Computer Applications for two different colleges. I also create PowerPoint presentations to supplement teaching some of my topics.
I am able to break a complex problem into small, discrete steps which the students seem to appreciate.
An approach I use in my teaching is the I rarely will tell the student outright what to do to get the answer or just what the answer is. I will quiz the student in the steps they took to reach the point where they are stuck. If there is a misstep they took in their work, I will ask them leading questions in an effort to help them discover where they went astray, followed by questions to help them realize the step they should have taken. Then I will guide them through reasoning out what the remaining steps for solving the problem should be.
When I was teaching high school freshman Algebra I, I develop a strategy for mastering word problems that was successful to the point that students actually enjoyed doing word problems.
I have taught both high school and college level c ... read more
