Canceling Classes with VIPKid We get sick. Our family members and pets get sick. Things come up. So goes life, thus we need to take a day off from work. With VIPKid and many other online ESL jobs, this can pose a problem when our status [...]
Gogokid: Inside Perspective From a Current Teacher I’ve happily been teaching online since 2016. In just a couple of years, online language learning and ESL has transformed and the opportunities have multiplied. As more and more companies take a share of this market, I, as [...]
Medinas and the Mediterranean: A Moroccan Adventure Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca Morocco is a country which many have heard of, but don’t know too much about. The name is evocative of mystery, romance, and great adventure. I, too, wanted to immerse myself in [...]
VIPKid Journey: In the Windy City The Hilton in Downtown Chicago was all set up for VIPKid. This hotel's interior dates back to the 1920s, when the Beaux-Arts architectural style was very popular in affluent society. After teaching with VIPKid for over two years, [...]
FeedbackPanda's Fantastic Features We couldn't fit all of FeedbackPanda's attributes into a concise blog post. We had to narrow the list, which doesn't even include the calendar for keeping track of Chinese holidays and students’ birthdays, your very own statistics page, and a mobile app--just [...]
Spain: A Digital Nomad’s Paradise A stunning view from my cousin's house in Palma de Mallorca. I had the fortune to travel to Spain in December of 2018. I didn’t know what to expect, and I don’t like to have expectations when I travel. I [...]
Teachers Make Mistakes Too! Gail Godwin famously said, “Good teaching is one-fourth preparation, and three-fourths theater.” Teaching is like a Broadway show, not only because active learning takes place in a fun environment, but also because teachers don’t get a second take. When many of us [...]
Teaching English Online: The Nomad Experience vs. The B&M Classroom For the last year and half, I have enjoyed life as a semi-nomadic VIPKID teacher; however, prior to teaching online, I was a high school English teacher for eight years. I can honestly say that VIPKID came [...]
Five Things to do Between Classes When I first started teaching with VIPKID about a year ago, I was paranoid about missing or being late for my classes. At least twenty minutes before my first class was scheduled to start, I would sit [...]
Become a Hot Commodity to Parents! - How to Build your Online ESL Business Because you’re here I’m going to take a wild guess: making a good impression on the parents of your VIPKID students matters to you. And it should! Leaving great feedback [...]
