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TalkBean is a new site that lets tutors teach language online.
All lessons are performed live, using webcams. As a tutor, you can set your schedule to show times when you are available. Students can set up an appointment with you, or they will see when you are online if you choose to go live, making yourself immediately available to teach. If you have any additional lesson material, this can be uploaded to TalkBean from your computer, during the lesson only. There's also other ways in which students can leave memos for you or notes on your message board.
There are a few drawbacks to the site: the registration process is rather cumbersome, and you'll need to sign on as a tutor, which requires a 4-page sign up as well as your Paypal information. There's also no good system to find other users, students, or tutors, so I'm at a loss as to how students and tutors can best network with each other. Adding a search bar, a ratings system and other checks to ensure that the tutors on the site are reliable and helpful, as well as the ability to upload lesson material independently of live webcam lessons, would bring a lot of value to TalkBean.
Similar services include Grockit, LessonBites, Tutorom and xLingo.