Teaching
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Why Dia Browser and Its Chat with Tab Feature Is the Best for Online Teachers
Pull up a chair, grab your favorite cup of coffee, and let’s talk about something we online teachers rarely discuss openly: the absolute chaos of our web browser tabs. If you are anything like me, your browser is probably a battlefield. On any given Tuesday, I have fifteen tabs open. There’s a Google Meet session…
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Why Letting Go of 1:1 Students is the Best Thing You Can Do for Your Teaching
A few years ago, when I first started teaching language lessons online, a text like that would make my heart drop straight to my stomach. I would instantly start asking myself spiraling questions.
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Teaching Beyond the Screen
The world of teaching has changed more in the last five years than in the previous fifty. I’ve lived through both the high-fives of an onsite classroom and the “Can you hear me now?” glitches of a Zoom call.
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Lesson plans, do they actually work?
This is a very common struggle that we teachers face every single week or month depending on the lesson plan policy. What can we do about it? Well, certainly not much, but we can make things smoother and less hectic.
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4 Challenges Every Online Teacher Faces (And How I Handled Them)
What’s being an online teacher like? That’s a very common question I get asked whenever I say I teach online classes. To be fair, I always answer the same thing: “It’s pretty good,” because it is. However, not everything is that “pretty good,” and today I will tell you what I think are some of…
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The Online Teacher Back Office Apps
Let me tell you the importance of making the classes different instead of just following a fixed path. But most importantly, these tools are for teachers’ back office work and not too much about using them in classes with students.
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The Teacher’s Desk: The New Era of Salvadoran Education
We are seeing a massive shift where parents are actually choosing public schools over private ones because they simply can no longer afford the $60 or $70 monthly tuition. This puts a huge spotlight on our public system. It is an exciting time, but it is also a bit overwhelming.
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The “Next Slide” Blues: Making Online Learning Actually Feel Real
We can do better. Technology isn’t just about replacing a chalkboard with a digital slide; it’s about making the connection between us feel alive again.
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Teaching Beyond the Screen: My Journey Through Online and Onsite Language Education
The world of teaching has changed more in the last five years than in the previous fifty.
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The Approval Trap: Why I Almost Sacrificed My Career for Student Praise
Why do teachers feel like what they are doing is not enough, even though they are doing great? This is a common concern for many teachers, and it is mostly due to insecurity.