Features

• Digital technology tutoring offers individuals help with a broad range of subjects, including how to operate and stay up to date with cell phones and PDAs, digital cameras and camcorders, MP3 players, and other electronic devices. In a broader scope, tutoring may also include help with subjects like website design, blogging, social media and networking, computers and laptops, and even designing and building devices and programs that utilize digital technology.
  
  

Types

• For those looking for specific help with one issue (for example, how to operate a new Blackberry), there are guides and tutorials for such digital technology available online. Other options include finding local tutors at universities and community colleges, or finding an online tutor, such as Digital Technology Tutor, The Technology Tutor or Chet Davis: Your Technology Tutor.
  
  

Benefits

• Better understanding digital technology can improve both your personal and professional life. PDAs and smartphones keep you connected to the Internet, and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, making it even easier for you to stay in touch with family, friends, and colleagues. A digital camera saves you time and money on developing photos, and makes it easier to save and organize your pictures and share them online with others. Many computers now come with features and software that allow you to videoconference, write and record music, and make advanced slideshows and movies for presentations and projects.
  
  

Considerations

• Before contacting or signing up for digital technology tutoring, decide exactly what you want from the lessons. For example, you may want to learn more about how to Photoshop pictures or create slideshow presentations and movies, in which case a tutor with expertise in digital multimedia is the best choice. For those looking for ways to better their business using digital technology, find a tutor knowledgeable in marketing as well as technology, who knows how to use digital technology specifically to improve company exposure and customer retention. If you are a complete beginner with the device or devices you want to learn about, be sure the tutor understand this.
  
  

Potential

• Digital technology tutoring offers the possibility for learning about the latest advancements for some people, but it also opens the doors for job opportunities for others. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that "dramatic improvements in computing power and communication and information technology are resulting in higher rates of productivity growth and higher real wages." Those with extra training in digital technology have a better chance at finding a higher-profile, higher-paying job.