4 ways teachers can earn extra money online

Educators who are well prepared to harness the power of technology can increase their earning potential by taking advantage of online resources designed especially for teachers. This hub takes a look at 4 great online opportunities for teachers.

1. We Are Teachers

We are teachers is an online market place that enables teachers to leverage their experience, materials development and knowledge into dollars. Creating a profile at r weareteachers provides teachers with a platform, to buy, sell , share and network online.

2. Edufire.

eduFIRE is an online tutorial site designed for both learners and teachers. The site is basically for tutoring of langauges and test preparation. Tutors can use eduFIRES video and streaming tools and set their fees. 15% of each lesson is paid to edufire for the use of their services.

3. WizIQ

Anyone who has anything to teach can become an eTeaching Entrepreneur by conducting Live Internet Classes, free of cost with students across the world and discover a new way of earning money. The online Virtual Classroom on WiZiQ is a free alternative to expensive conferencing tools selling as online teaching/learning software. The WizIQ virtual classroom enables you to set your own fees using paypal.com and requires no download or installation and integrates perfectly in Moodle.

4. MOODLE

Moodle is an open source course management system (CMS). It is a free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Create course content, set your course fees and promote your online courses.

The poem below has hyperlinks which may interest you. If you are anything like me you may be clicking on the links before reading to the end. If so, the poem will have lost its rhyme! So in an effort to cater to those clickers out there, here is a quick audio version of the poem created with a super cool tool as well. Enjoy

You need to google, yahoo, flicker and tweet,

Listen to podcasts in the street.

No time to just sit'n doodle.

cuz you should be working on your Moodle.

No time to go out for a jog

as you anxiously post to your blog.

But don't worry about wearing a girdle,

No one can see you working on wordle.

Make sure to embed youtube in your lessons

And hotpotatoe or quia all test questions.

Be sure to subscribe to online feed

As you stumbleupon sites you enjoy to read.

Digital literacy and Social Media,

Learn more about it on Wikipedia.

What ?- No wiki, no blog, no hyperlink?

It's the 21st Century, time to swim or sink!

Get involved, join in the game.

Why not get your own domain name?

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Check out this really neat tool.

I just copied and pasted my text in

Then i clicked on the word marked listen.

It converted my text into this audio file.

Which Im sure will make some of you smile.

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which is full of tips on how to do this stuff right.