I had my first experience using Google Hangouts on Air this week. I’m happy to say that it was successful both in terms of the presentation I gave and the technical side of things. I did A LOT of research and testing to ensure that everything went smoothly. There are a lot of ways that you can... The post Using Google Hangouts on Air for Teaching English appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

In my last post, I talked about how to use Google Hangouts on Air to teach live language lessons to an unlimited amount of people. Since then, I have received a lot of questions from people in my community about what platform is best to use when teaching one-to-one or small group lessons. Most peopl... The post Want to Teach Online? Here Are Four Platforms that You Can Use appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

In January, I wrote a post looking back on 2013 and also talked about my English teaching goals for 2014. Writing down this helped me process what I wanted to achieve and created some accountability. I also hoped that it would inspire others to get into the world of online teaching. In the post, I s... The post My 2014 Goal Update + 80/20, Batching, and Focus appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

I love featuring teachers who are doing their own thing online, giving others an opportunity to share their story and and their ideas, inspiring us all as we strive to succeed. Today I bring you Stephen Mayeux from ESLhiphop. I’ve known Steve for around a year now, and in that time we have con... The post Three Ways to Use Hip Hop in Your Next English Lesson appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

    Wednesday, 25th April was a strange day for me. And for countless other people too. When I checked my website analytics I thought there was a mistake. I was used to getting 500+ visits a day to my website, the vast majority of these coming through Google search. But only 98 visited. Wh... The post SEO for Teachers: How to Get Your Website Ranked Highly in the Search Engines appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

Rich Kiker was one of the presenters at the Teachers Teaching Online MOOC hosted over at WizIQ. I learned a lot watching his presentation, and as the number one voted Google Apps Trainer in the world, I was eager to interview him so he could share his knowledge and experience with us online English ... The post Using Google Products and Apps to Teach Online: An Interview with Rich Kiker appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

There was an article popping up in my various social media feeds the other day called, "Why Everyone Should Be On Twitter." I then realized it was by Mark Barnes, another fellow presenter in the TTO MOOC. I then read some more of his stuff, asked him for an interview, and a couple of day... The post Student Centered Learning, Social Learning, and Twitter: An Interview with Mark Barnes appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

I connected with James and his business partner Kris around a year ago, and if you are a regular reader of this blog, you will remember that Kris wrote a guest post last year (click here to read it). I was excited to get one of the guys back to talk about their new creation for English teachers, and... The post Teaching Young Learners Online, Getting Students, and Lesson Planning: An Interview With James Heywood appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

I’ve got a great interview for you below: Michael has been making videos for English learners (you’ll find out who he is specifically targeting later) since the 70s! He’s the perfect example of someone who has adapted to change, and has managed to build a very big audience of Engli... The post Making Videos, Solving Specific Problems, and Adapting: An Interview With Michael Marzio appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.

I receive A LOT of emails from online teachers (and online teachers to be) about planning; namely, what they should include in their lessons and what resources they should use. As there are many areas of English and different teaching methods, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. What I do and wh... The post 19 Successful Online English Teachers Share Their Tips and Resources for Planning Online Lessons appeared first on Teaching ESL Online.