If given the choice, would you rather teach online or in a traditional school? After teaching online for over a year and in a traditional school for over seventeen years, I realize I do have a preference. I feel like online is more of a hit em and quit em style while brick and mortar is a classic style of teaching where the teacher is the authoritarian and students maintain a routine.
I think it takes a certain discipline to be able to learn online. I have two children and I know that one child has the attention span to sit 25 minutes in front of the computer to learn something while the other one does not. In terms of pay, B&M wins hands down and also offers benefits packages while online usually does not in most cases.
I do believe that everyone can learn in a classroom setting but it takes a great deal of discipline to learn online. Where do you think the future lies regarding online teaching and B&M schools?
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Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, & Educators
I am the last person who should be teaching anyone ANYTHING about cryptocurrency.
My brother has been my tutor regarding getting started so I am not an expert. I do enjoy watching YouTube videos about which coins are worth investing in but at the end of the day, you are responsible for your own money. You do your own homework.
With dreams of grandeur I jumped on the cryptocurrency train. I have watched several YouTube videos and only really have a surface level understanding of what exactly this could mean financially. However, the one thing that has been made perfectly clear is this is a gamble and don’t put in more money than you can lose. With that understanding I have jumped on the crypto train.
Since this is an venture of the blind leading the blind, if you would like to get started with Bitcoin use my link here:
Once you buy or sell $100 of digital currency or more, you and I will both get $10 of free Bitcoin.
So far, I haven’t lost all my money, so that is a plus. The negative is I haven’t really made money either. I’m open to advice as the whole point of this is to make money. How do you feel about this whole cryptocurrency thing? Leave your comments below.
I’ll leave some video’s that I enjoy.
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Crypto Coin News
Super Basic Explanation of Bitcoin
VIPKID, Unfiltered, Unprocessed, and Raw
By now you probably have heard about VIPKID! The concept is simple enough, North American teachers who teach children in China the English language. Although I am a contracted employee with them, I don’t exactly drink the VIPKID “Kool-Aid” so I have no problem giving you my unfiltered opinion.
First things first, I do not believe VIPKID is some type of pyramid scheme or shiesty company. With that being stated, they do usually offer a small incentive if you refer someone who becomes a teacher added to the VIPKID teaching pool. This can create spammy like behavior among some of the contracted employees (I’ll get to the contracted employee part later) leaving their referral codes everywhere.
You must create a short video introducing yourself and have a short bio. Having great, clear photos is pretty important too. You are selling yourself and your expertise, which leads to another thing . . .
As a POC (Person of Color) I feel that VIPKID is pretty fair in their hiring practices However it might not be easy to get fully booked if you don’t fit the Chinese ideal of American. It has been noted on several Facebook post in VIPKID groups that some people are fully booked the day they get started while others take a little longer. Usually, the fully booked on day one people aren’t the most experienced but young, cute, and non-minority.
A good way to fast track your bookings is to literally stay up all night (I’m on EST, so that is a twelve hour difference from China) and build your clientele that way. I have done that a total of zero times! Although I have heard of that being a fast track way for bookings, I had no desire to do that. VIPKID is a side hustle for me, I am currently teaching full and I am the mother of five year old twins. I already don’t get enough sleep as is.
I grew my small clientele organically. My small group of regulars have kept me busy last month. July was an especially slow month but I was booked weekly. Not fully booked, but booked.
My experience with VIPKID has been great. There is still a lot that VIPKID needs to work out between with their contracted employees (you are a teacher until a problem arises, then you are a contracted employee). Definitely become familiar with their teacher cancellation policy as you are only allowed a certain number (I think it is six) during your contract. It will be grounds for dismissal if you go over the number. There is no sick leave so if you cancel because of illness, this will count toward one of the six cancellations.
With all this being said, if you are still interested in VIPKID I will leave a link with my referral ID below:
https://www.vipkidteachers.com/?refereeId=3459751&refersourceid=a01
If you like more information on VIPKID or have any thoughts comment below.
The Real Teacher Ces 