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March Promotion: Teacher Who Books the Most Revenue Keeps 100%!
Posted on 02. Mar, 2011 by Ryan Busch.
eduFire Teacher Who Books the Most Revenue Keeps 100% of Earnings!
MARCH PROMOTION TIME! The teacher who books the most revenue keeps 100% of it!
Welcome March eduFirers! Last month we wanted to see you teaching in the new eduFire t-shirts. March is here–now it is time to do some serious teaching on eduFire. We want to inspire you to teach, teach, teach, and teach some more–so, this month, the eduFire teacher who books the most revenue will keep 100% of his or her fees.
That’s right…not 75%, not 85%, but 100%! We’ll even pay your PayPal fees.
The rules are the simplest yet–here they are…
March 2011 Teacher Promotion Rules
- Teach paying students on eduFire
- Earn the most money from 1:1 or 1:M sessions–keep it all!
- Counting starts March 1 and ends March 31st (all times based upon Arizona Time)
- At the end of the month we’ll send out a payment representing the 15% in fees to the winning teacher
Let’s get inspired this March! Reach out to your current students, dig up the email addresses of your former students, go out and find new students–get them in to class and teach ‘em! Schedule as much as you can–the more classes and sessions you teach, the better your chances of keeping 100% of your earnings in March!
March 2011 on eduFire is your time to shine–you can take that to the bank!
Bank 100% on eduFire
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Happy Holidays eduFire
Posted on 22. Dec, 2010 by Ryan Busch.
Happy Holidays eduFire!
Happy Holidays eduFire!
Happy Holidays eduFire!
Hello All,
It is holiday time here in the US and I thought I’d take a moment to send warm wishes to everyone (regardless of your country or religion). We had a lovely Christmas party this past Sunday (thanks to Marco, Mair, Enrique, Alan, and everyone else who attended). We had a great presentation showing a variety of different Christmas traditions. Most memorable for me was talking with people from other countries (Romania and Egypt come to mind) about the celebrations that many of us have during this time of year. It is just terrific to imagine a world like we have here on eduFire where we can share ideas and learn from each other–I can’t think of a better way for the world to become more united than through mutual learning!
Here’s a lovely screenshot of the party:
eduFire Christmas Party
I also wanted to thank everyone who has provided feedback to me on the process that we’ve been going through–your patience, support, and commitment are great!
Happy Holidays wherever you are and I look forward to a terrific new year with you all.
All my best,
Ryan Busch | President of eduFire
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We’re Back! Bug Fixed: Schedule New Classes Now!
Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by Ryan Busch.
eduFire is working again!
Hello eduFirers!
I have some VERY exciting news to share–one of the major bugs that we’ve experienced in the last few months has been fixed! Teachers and students should now be able to enter classrooms as normal!
I don’t think that there are enough exclamation points available for me to express how excited I am to share this with you!!!
While we still have some other challenges to conquer–this was a MAJOR concern for everyone–but thanks to Scott and Jared (the programmers from eduFire’s original team), it seems that you can all return to using the eduFire platform for your classes. So no more skyping on the side ;)
Please let us know if you run into any issues– we just ran a paid test and everything went smoothly. But, if there are still any “bumps in the road” showing up (an we apologize if that happens)–just make sure to point them out and we’ll look into them.
Again–thank you all for your patience and commitment to keeping eduFire alive during this all–now–get back to teaching!
All my best,
Ryan Busch | President | eduFire
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Can Anyone Teach?
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by Koichi.
In short, I think the answer is yes, but I really look forward to seeing what you have to say as well, in the comments! This can be a touchy subject – I’ve seen lots of debate go back and forth on this. I’ve seen “old school” (haha! pun!) teachers argue that in order to become a teacher, you must go to teacher’s school, and you must get a masters in teaching. If you don’t, then you don’t have the know-how or experience to become a teacher. On the other hand, I’ve seen others argue that anyone can teach. It’s not something you necessarily have to go to school for, and everyone has something that they can share with the world. Everyone has something that they are an “expert” in. I think they’re both wrong. (more…)
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eduFire Classes Launching Soon – Important Info for Tutors
Posted on 08. Jan, 2009 by jon.
For the last couple of months many of you have been participating in our eduFire Classes Beta. We’ve ran hundreds of classes and have been very happy to hear your feedback (most of which has been quite positive!). We’re happy to announce that we’re just about to move out of the beta period.
eduFire Classes will launch officially on January 20th. I’ve included some additional details in this forum post. A very important thing to mention is that when we move out of the beta period classes that we’re created in beta that have recurring sessions that extend past the 20th will need to be re-created. That’s pretty easy to do using our cloning feature but definitely something we wanted to make sure all of our tutors knew about.
So go check out the forum post and if you have any questions or comments please add a reply in that thread.
We’re really excited to launch eduFire Classes. As far as we’re aware it’ll be one of the first (the first?) open platforms for live interactive video learning on the Web. That’s pretty cool and it’s awesome to have such a great group of people who are excited to be pioneers in online learning!
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Taking a Picture of Your Non-Virtual Workspace to Add Trust to Your Profile
Posted on 20. Dec, 2008 by Koichi.
Over at Onlinesapiens (a great blog about online learning and Learning 2.0), Emapey shared a really interesting idea about sharing an image of your workspace in order to build trust. If you are teaching online (and I’m guess you probably are, if you’re on eduFire), then this might be worth a shot! This is one of those things that makes a lot of sense, but I can’t figure out why. Maybe one of our members has a past full of psychology, and can fill us in?
Here’s how I see it. An image of your workspace helps make the “virtual” a little more “real,” which puts a lot of folks at ease. The stuff we’re doing with online video learning is pretty new to a lot of people, and by adding a picture of your workspace, you become a little more solid and trustworthy to those who aren’t used to a virtual environment. I could be making this all up, but that’s my two cents on the issue.
What do you think? Do you think adding a picture of your workspace (versus, say, a picture of yourself) to your profile page would make a difference? If you want to give it a shot, remember that eduFire lets you add HTML tags (which means you can embed an image in your “About Me” description) to your profile. Here’s a little cheatsheet for those of you who are rusty / new to HTML.
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Reason #4541 Why We Love eduFire: Snow!
Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Koichi.
The other morning I woke up to several inches of beautiful snow. Snow on it’s own isn’t too bad, but then it warmed up slightly and melted a bit, then dropped to a frigid 25 degrees Fahrenheit (that’s about -4 Celsius). Everything turned to ice, and I was trapped! I live on a pretty big hill, so I wasn’t going anywhere.
That made me realize, though, that it didn’t matter! When you’re teaching or learning online, all you need is a computer, some equipment, and an internet connection. I was able to open my window and enjoy the snow, while everyone else was skidding around trying to go to work.
How many of you get to enjoy/not enjoy the snow where you are?
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eduFire’s Sign Name
Posted on 11. Dec, 2008 by Koichi.
One of the tutors on eduFire has come up with a great idea (and a great video) about coming up with a sign for eduFire! I would explain more, but the video does a better job at that than I ever could.
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39 Free Japanese Courses You Can Sign Up For Right Now!
Posted on 04. Dec, 2008 by Koichi.
Right now, eduFire has a ton of Japanese classes available to the world. The best part? Right now they are free. The earlier you get in on it, the more you can start learning. I’ve made a list, organized by date and level, to help you find the courses that are right for you. More are being added, so definitely take a look at the recently added classes page to find more (another classes in other subjects too!). Here’s that big list I promised you: (more…)
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Using Google Docs to Collaborate with Students
Posted on 08. Nov, 2008 by Koichi.
Cool Cat Teacher just wrote a post about the use of Google Docs in her classroom, and how it allows her students to collaborate on spreadsheets, documents, and presentations. That got me thinking. How could it be used by tutors (or the students of tutors) on eduFire? Google Docs are a great resource for teachers and students alike to allow collaboration of documents – something you can’t do with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel. Here’s what I came up with – let’s see if you can add some more. (more…)
