Category: education
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ChatGPT: the talk of the TCEA convention
After visiting the TCEA convention and expo, I am stoked to share one of the main topics floating around among all the geeky teachers and trainers. Chat.openai.com is currently free. It is an AI you can talk to and is capable of many things. Teachers can ask Chat to put together lesson plans AND differentiate…
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From Mom to Middle School Teacher, and Back Again
Reflecting on my journey to being a teacher and choosing public school.
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Nerd Summer
Wow, it’s been a really long time since I’ve posted on my blog. I was having a huge issue with logging in and my portal showing nothing–I couldn’t even manage a couple comments. But, now that my issues have been resolved I hope to get back at it and post more consistently. One of the…
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5 Simple Writing Tips for Beginners
Writing is so stressful for some people. Personally, I’ve been creative writing for fun since 4th grade and have never stopped. It is a little embarrassing at times to look back at my old work as I cringe at the lack of vocabulary and grammar knowledge–but let’s be honest here: everyone starts somewhere. Now that…
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VIPKid: Teacher Tags
The Truth about Teacher Tags VIPKid does not assign any bad teacher tags. It used to be that we could not see our tags at all until submitting a ticket. Finally, after all this time, VIPKid has made it possible to see all the tags given to us by a Mock Class Mentor and the…
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Grading and Evaluating: A VIPKid Feedback Post
One thing that really stands out about VIPKid is the fairness of the hiring process. Everyone experiences an evaluation that isn’t based on prejudice of what degree a person has or how many years of teaching experience: it’s all about how you present yourself during that first interview with a live person. During that time…
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VIPKID: I Want Excellent
Teacher, I am ANGRY.” Her voice was harsher than I’d ever heard before. But at 10 seconds to class start, I opened the cameras and her face lit up to it’s cheerful form.
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VIPKid: The Orange Hoodie
Once most teachers realized the orange, official VIPKid hoodie was the reward for signing the 6th contract, they looked forward to reaching that goal of three years. Some even scoffed that they couldn’t just buy it. Others didn’t care because they don’t look good in orange. Personally, as I near the end of my second…
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VIPKid: Updates and Accuracy
I noticed a long time ago that the “class count” of my classes included ALL classes, not just Major Course and Trial classes. Even still, the disclaimer under my 1500+ number said this count was for MCs and Trials and I thought surely they would update it is include Supplementary Classes. I was wrong—they did…
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Essay Throwback: Fashion
It was a pleasant surprise to uncover an old flash drive that had only one thing on it: an essay had written for sociology class 10 years ago. It was exciting, embarrassing, and enlightening to look back on my old writing styles and catch a million errors that had not previously been noticed–and what’s more,…
Designing Lorri 