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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
That face. You know the one I’m talking about. The one you make as soon as the screen cuts out and you can relax. It’s part of teaching (or any job for that matter)- fake it til you make it, right? But what happens when that screen cuts [...]
