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  1. How to handle technical issues in online classes

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    Online classes lose time in a different way than in-person classes. It is not always the lesson plan. Sometimes the first ten minutes disappear because one student cannot hear, another is on the wrong link, someone is s…

    2026-06-05T16:55:46.328Z

  2. How much should online tutors charge per hour

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    Online tutoring rates get weird because clients only see the hour on Zoom. They do not see prep, homework review, messages, rescheduling, platform fees, or the ten minutes after class writing notes. I stopped pricing it…

    2026-06-04T19:32:21.816Z

  3. How to give feedback in online classes without burning out

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    Online feedback can swallow the whole week if you answer every submission like a private essay. I made that mistake early. Students appreciated it, but I was writing the same comments over and over and still falling beh…

    2026-06-04T23:21:17.904Z

  4. Online teaching gets quiet fast if you do not check in early

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    Online classes can look smooth from the outside, but silence is the thing that catches you. A student can be logged in and still be completely lost. I stopped waiting until the end to ask if everyone understood. I use s…

    2026-06-03T22:16:33.168Z

  5. Online classes got easier when I stopped pretending everyone was watching live

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    The mistake I made with online teaching was building everything like a normal live class with a camera in between. That works for maybe a few students. The rest are at work, on a phone, helping a kid, sitting in a noisy…

    2026-06-03T20:44:57.140Z