How well-equipped are you to teach online?

Question

This question is applicable to music, yoga, and multi-subject tutoring.

Answer 1

During my online yoga sessions, I always use wireless microphones so that my voice quality is enhanced to improve the student experience.

In online yoga sessions the internet connection speed also matters so that there won't be any interruption in the class. I use a good internet connectivity and good lighting to make sure the session goes smoothly. I also use music to enhance the experience of my students during my yoga and meditation sessions.

Answer 2

I have taught yoga classes and private sessions via facebook live, zoom, and FaceTime. I feel comfortable connecting with clients in this way as long as the view of their camera allows me to see their body alignment in order to provide the cues needed to optimize the practice.

Answer 3

I do not teach yoga. But I am a veteran multi-subject online tutor, so I make very good use of the technological resources currently available for my online instruction to students of all different ages and academic abilities in a wide variety of academic subjects. I utilize the ShareScreen button on WyzAnt's online tutoring tool, Zoom and Google Hangouts accordingly. I incorporate music a great deal into my everyday online academic instruction in which song lyrics (to songs I know and adore from my generation and earlier, as well as to more current Pop songs that my students are more familiar with themselves) contextually symbolize the academic content taught at hand to help my students further understand what they are learning scholastically from an artistic, rhythmic, free-flowing standpoint. When playing the academically-oriented recorded music on iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Pandora, and whatnot, the ScreenShare button comes into play here most effectively in terms of sharing the music audibly and any accompanying videos or websites highlighting the lyrics annunciated for my students to see and hear simultaneously. This methodology has worked for many years in my classroom teaching career, so I am thrilled to be able to carry it over to my everyday online instruction as well!

Answer 4

Although I have been teaching for twenty years, I started my online instructional business in 2012, keeping up with the latest in educational tools and techniques. I make good use of the latest in:

1. collaborative tools - right there on your screen!
2. high-quality multichannel audio
3. high-quality video with proper lighting and angles