ONLINE TEACHING is the trend today. If you are a teacher with excellent command over your subject and skills,and want to make your name known among the student community,and also wish to earn something extra, then this article is for you. Do read the article till the end and share with as many teachers you know so that many teachers are empowered and benefited.
Online Teaching is a platform which provides real time teaching to the students at the comfort of both, wherein the teachers and students need not travel long distances to share their knowledge, understanding and skills to bring a change in the society. Online Teaching is the best platform for teachers to earn extra money either as a full time profession, part time profession, or as a freelancer. Online teaching enables a teacher to sell their unique courses and contents online on different platforms ultimately earning name, fame and money.
ADVANTAGES OF ONLINE TEACHING:
1. Flexible Timing - Online teaching can be conducted at the time suitable for the teacher. There are no restrictions on time.
2. Virtual classroom - Online Teaching connects a teacher and student over the internet connectivity building a virtual classroom for both.
3. Smart Interactive whiteboards- Online Teaching uses smart Interactive Whiteboards instead of blackboard for teaching of a particular topic.
4. No geographical restrictions- Online Teaching connects teachers and students from any remote places over the network connectivity.
5 Easy Assessment- Online Teaching evaluates students through online questionnaires made available in different formats by the teachers.
6. Information sharing- A teacher can share plenty of information and resources online as all the files will be stored in the cloud.
7. Online resources- Online Teaching enables students to get access to all study related resources via online as and when sent by the teacher.
8. Reduced paperwork- Online Teaching reduces the load of paper work done by the teachers for a physical classroom. It enables maintenance of records online.
9. Online Attendance- Online Teaching enables teachers to mark automated Attendance online and reducing the efforts of manual work.
10. Online fee payment- Online Teaching enables easy management of fees payment online directly to the bank account.
DISADVANTAGES OF ONLINE TEACHING:
1. Lack of control over students- Basic discipline of giving respect to the teachers, greeting them in a proper manner and classroom discipline cannot be induced in a student virtually.
2. Health issues- Too much exposure to wifi and network radiations might welcome certain physiological health issues in teachers and students.
3. Social isolation- Online teaching doesn't helps in creating the bond with the studs as developed in the physical classrooms. Instead it create more gap between a teacher and student relation.
4. Malpractice during exam- Online teaching and online classes encourages wrong practices of copying and cheating during the online exam.
5. Affects Written and Communication skills- Online teaching fails to develop proper written and communication skills in students of lower standards.
Teaching profession is considered to be the most respected profession as the teachers create the future nation builders. Respect apart if we focus on the statistics of this profession it says that teachers are the most underpaid. Hence many teachers look around for some more extra to fulfill their needs and online teaching gives them the platform to give their best and explore and expand their mission and vision.
Here I am enlisting The Best 5 Free Apps for Online Teaching to earn money:
(These Online Teaching apps which are enlisted here are available for free in the Google Play Store for an android mobile or the App Store for an iPhone)
# 1. TEACHMINT APP:
TEACHMINT is one of the best online teaching platforms for teachers which provides diverse benefits and facilities to the teachers. Teachmint is founded by alumni of IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi Mihir Gupta, Payoj Jain, Divyansh Bordia and Anshuman Kumar.
FEATURES OF TEACHMINT APP:
- Real time class
- Daily Schedule display
- Website Statistics display
- Inbuilt Marketing strategy
- Teachmint Socials to connect with other teachers Community.
- Create Standard & Subject specific Classroom
- Fix Time - Table
- Online Automatic Fee payment
- Create Professional Website of your institution.
- Upload Study materials as documents, images or YouTube videos
- Post Notices and Announcements
- Post important messages in the Chat
- Recorded Live Lectures are available in the classroom dashboard after 24hours
- Automated Attendance is recorded.
- Create and assign Test
- Create and post Assignment
# 2. WISE:
WISE is a 2G based online teaching platform co-founded by two IIT- B friends, Mubeen Masudi and Bilal Abidi.
FEATURES OF WISE APP:
- Runs even on 2G network
- Real time Class
- Create Classroom
- Set Timing
- Automated Fees Management
- Automated Attendance
- Create Professional Website
- Create Posters for Marketing your brand
- Resource Library to store all important files and videos posted in the group.
- MCQ Based Test
- Join Teachers Community
# 3. CLAPP:
CLAPP is an App developed by Glovantech Corporation, Medford, United States. It provides Interactive Whiteboard for Teachers which is easy to use, share and edit.
FEATURES OF CLAPP APP:
- Teaching and Learning Anywhere
- Flexible Timing
- Record your lecture
- Import PDF and Videos
- Create in- class lecture Experience
- Interactive whiteboard
- Easy to share, distribute and manage lessons
- Create , review and grade class assignments
- Easy Announcements
# 4. CLASSPLUS LITE:
Classplus Lite, a free all-in-one teaching app for individual teachers. India’s first free app for teachers, to teach and engage students online. This is an easy to use free product for individual teachers who run micro-tuitions. It is co-founded by Mukul Rustagi and Bhaswat Agarwal.
FEATURES OF CLASSPLUS LITE:
- Automated fee management
- Easy Study resources
- Personal Library for teacher
- Create different batch and add students
- Create own branded App of your learning center
- Create videos and marketing your launch
- Create Professional website of your own
- Create Posters and share with students and parents
- Chat and discuss with students
- Send notifications to students
- Automated Test
- Sell your own unique courses across the globe
# 5. KOHBEE:
Kohbee is a one-stop solution for live online Classes. Best online tuition platform for students with the best teachers. It is co-founded by Rohan Sinha and Shashwat Aditya.
FEATURES OF KOHBEE APP:
- Create a public profile and share it to book trials
- Helps in Teacher Promotion
- Online live classes
- Share and collect Homework, Assignments, study material
- Automated Fee payment (will be launched soon)
- Statistics of enquiries in message box of the App
- Get regular Feedback and update about your progress
- Automated Attendance
Online teaching requires that a teacher should always be engaging and Interactive in the class in order to make her classroom interesting and unique.
If you want to keep your students ever engaging and active in your online classroom, do check out the article,
Having an online classroom which is ever energetic, active and engaging is the sign of a good online teacher.
I am sure after reading this you will feel self motivated to start your own institution virtually. After all, who doesn't want to earn extra money by taking a little more effort?
So get started with this new journey of online teaching.
All the Best!
By Shobha Joy Gaddam
(Academician & Educator)
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