Unless otherwise noted, we will only be discussing the paid professional plans for each software when they exist, as the free options are not compatible with the needs of most freelance English teachers. It would be logical to expect that once the pandemic has passed, they’ll start pressuring you to switch to a paid plan. Having a professional account opens up an infinite number of more features, and removes crippling limits (such as Zoom’s infamous 40-minute kickout timer) that will ultimately make you look very unprofessional in the eyes of your paying students.įurthermore, many free plans are merely marketing ploys aimed at attracting customers during the mass rush to online teaching and video conferencing that the pandemic has created. So while the free versions might be great for calling grandma and grandpa on Easter, they might not be so great for running your online teaching business. Perhaps this is to compete with Zoom (which has an extremely popular free plan), or perhaps they’re just being generous to budget conscious consumers in a time of need.īut the free plans that you see are meant to appeal to the masses, just like Zoom, and not to professional English teachers. It is extremely important to remain competitive and stand out in the online ESL market, which was already very competitive even before the pandemic.ĭue to the aggressive marketing of online teaching/conferencing software following the pandemic, most online learning providers are offering extremely attractive free plans. But in this world where physical schools will remain closed for the indefinite future, freelance teachers must realize that soon everyone will be bombarded with ‘low cost’ online lessons. Many teachers will undoubtably look for a “quick fix” solution and simply use their Skype account to conduct online lessons.
Kids, teenagers, young adults, and business professionals all have different expectations for an online classroom that must be addressed.Īs a teacher, understanding what your students expect is crucial not only in order to offer your students the best quality of education, but also to make yourself standout from other teachers in the mass race to online teaching. The needs that teachers expect from an online teaching software are as diverse as the range of students you might be teaching. With an explosion of online teaching due to the pandemic, many freelance teachers have been scrambling to find the right solution to conducting online lessons for their students. Did you ZOOM over here to read this!? Well, that’s no surprise!
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