Thread: Did anyone learn a new skill or discover an old one during the pandemic

Originally Posted by Mandaloopy

Inevitably due to teaching online I have become more skilled and using technology.

Mandy, can you see a future for yourself moving to online teaching, like Simon43? you could almost base yourself anywhere.

^ Not anytime soon, I like the community atmosphere of being in a school and enjoy the social and emotional stuff as much as the academic, perhaps I bit more. Plus those international school benefits would be dearly missed.

^ all good points and the potential monotony of the same daily routine on your own would take discipline.

Got a paper published for the first time in 25 years. Now to present it via zoom on April 30th.

^ Congrats mate, that's not easily done.


With spending so much time at home during the last lockdown and now this time around... and after being used to regular work rotations and therefore regular relief when offshore, I am rapidly learning the skills of tolerance and constraint. But it ain't easy.

Originally Posted by aging one

Now to present it via zoom on April 30th.

...where are you presenting?...

Oh, I collaborated on a book on teaching during the pandemic- it's been a bit of a process and taken the best part of a year, so it is weird I keep forgetting about it. Not published in my name solely though. Congrats, AO.

A lockdown lesson I need to learn is eating healthily and sticking to an exercise regime. I am missing the gym, the setting kinda forces you do exercise.

Originally Posted by aging one

Got a paper published for the first time in 25 years. Now to present it via zoom on April 30th.

Congrats.

Originally Posted by aging one

Got a paper published for the first time in 25 years. Now to present it via zoom on April 30th.

Excellent!

Congrats, ao!! And everyone else for learning a new skill or accomplishing something during these trying times!


^That's awesome, Simon that you work online and enjoy it! There is definitely some benefits to working online, I totally get it.
I also work part-time online. I work two jobs actually. I was working two online jobs, but I worked hard to recently get an in person teaching job (teaching kids) in a city I've been wanting to move to for three years (since coming back to Canada from abroad), and now I teach adults part-time online teaching English conversation. I've made over $3000 US doing that thus far. I work full-time, come home and usually work an hour or two hours in the evening and then quite a bit on the weekends. There is just something about teaching adults compared to kids that I enjoy.

Originally Posted by Mendip

rapidly learning the skills of tolerance and constraint. But it ain't easy.

That is a great, Mendip. I bet many people have had to learn more of that during this pandemic. Having to wait in long lines at the stores, etc.. it can be frustrating for sure.

Originally Posted by MarilynMonroe

I've made over $3000 US doing that thus far.

:clap:

Originally Posted by Topper

I've had to learn how to adapt my teaching style moving from the classroom to online.

That's interesting Topper. How have you adapted?

Glad things are going well for you - you both deserve it, doubtless.

Originally Posted by cyrille

That's interesting Topper. How have you adapted?

Rather than having an entire classroom, where I played to an audience of students, now I teach at the most 4 students in a little box the size of the square my camera captures. I had more time to engage my students in a classroom and had opportunities to engage with them outside of class where now I have to do that same engagement while accomplishing the objectives of the 25 minute classes that I teach.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Glad things are going well for you - you both deserve it, doubtless.

Thanks! I truly appreciate that, Cyrille.

Thanks cyrille, I do appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Topper

Rather than having an entire classroom, where I played to an audience of students, now I teach at the most 4 students in a little box the size of the square my camera captures.

That makes sense.

Thanks.