The answer is yes, in this age of technology, the world of impossibility are limited to people across the world.
My joy is that tutoring online is accessible to everyone today with great benefits. You only need computer and internet connection. You don't have to travel before you can teach your students. You can reach your students from where you are sitting.
The Coronavirus Novel has opened the eyes of men to many things. In time of technology, my country is not where to be found but things are turningaround. Last year before the virus, people went to church and listen to preaching but today even old men and women are watching programs live via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, television and radio.
Statistically, about 80% of people in my country believed that to hear from God, you have to be inside church every Sunday.
Also few people believed you can work at home and earn your cool cash but now people are venturing into online.
You can order soup or soup ingredients from home at your own ease.
The same thing goes to Education in my country right now. Last year, 97% of students in higher institution, primary School pupils and secondary School students must come to structured building for learning.
Recently, Government was deliberating on provision of materials for Online learning to students across Nigeria. They believe that if something like this happens in the future, they will have access to continue teaching the upcoming leaders of this great country.
I read the story of my friends whose average hour rate of $84 per hour and he works online most time. I learned many things from him.
I will be sharing some of the things I learned from him
PROCESS OF TEACHING ONLINE AND EARNING ONLINE
- Computer: this is very important, is the one of the important tools, learn the hotkeys and make sure you connected to the internet without interruption.
Make sure your writing is appropriate.
2.Download software: you need software that will enable you to make conference call, chatting, video and recording, preferably zoom which you can interact to 30 people at once. - Learn how to get Your students Online: this is not easy, you have to be strict and punctual because once they discovered you as a teacher is inconsistent, most of them will start given excuse. That is the reason if you say 10:00, you have to be there before the time.
This is a group of people you did not come in contact with, it will take strict discipline to bring all of them together at the same time. Get a good strategies that will always bring them together. - You have to be am expert in your subject: you have to be very good in your subject and be conversant with it. Understand different ways you can teach that will make your students understand subject matter. Get different teaching aids.
- You need a good clients base up like Facebook.
If is too hard for you to get students online, you can register in various platforms once you have their criteria.
There are many website that are beneficial to the students. Student can also find their best tutor.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE PLATFORM S:
- Queryfloor: is one of the best platforms that help students to build successful career. The enjoy part of it is that, a tutor only needs to involve in activities like blog, upload presentation study documents, educational videos and participating in answering questions.
- Preply: this is the one of the greatest English online learning platform. It might be hard to get in as a tutor but is very good.
- Cambly: this platform has its own app. Once you have be employed as a tutor, you just need to download it and continue teaching.
- Informative Blogs like@hive and other platforms that gives room to share educative information and the blogger gets @hive in Rewards.