Video tutorials to start using Vyew.com for teachers (05:05) and for students(2:41)

I like edmodo for blended teaching but I find it lacking real-time video components so I was in search of something to help me to communicate to my class on-line with video. All webinar platforms are paid or become paid but I wanted to find something free. I also use Skype but I ofte have troubles to share screens to have the same picture in front of me and my students. Google Hangouts allows up to 9 people conferencing but still it doesn't look like a classroom.
I found a web-tool vyew.com which seems really nice to use for on-line English lessons. It looks much like a webinar layout with options to download presentations, pdf files, mp3 files and with the opportunity tu use a webcam to speak to your students. What makes it fantastic for teachers is the fact that it is free and your students may come into the web "room" without you. You also may organise small groups and pairwork and you don't have to download or install anything - it is web-based! There can be up to 10 students in a class simultaneously on free basis and more if you have paid plans.
Here is my short tutorial how to start using it:

Unfortunately one of my students faced some difficulties to enter the room. So I created a short video tutorial for your students which you can share with them:

What tools do you use to organise on-line classes? 

Asynchronous e-Teaching - the Necessity of a Timetable for On-line Teaching

This summer I wanted to try teaching on-line asynchronously with my private Pre-Intermediate student. We both were going to travel much during the summer but at different periods of time and to different countries. However we didn't want to stop our English lessons.


So I  decided I would post quizzes and assignments for my student in edmodo to let her do them when she had time.
The first breakdown I met was simple absence of the Internet connection in the hotel where I stayed in June (they said on their site they have it, and they had, but it turned out to be quite expensive). So I had to go to a restaraunt with free wi-fi to get it. As I had my two kids with me I couldn't spend much time there and that limited me much.
Then my student went to London and didn't have any time to turn on her computer to do the tasks.
During the summer the situation repeated several times then and in the end we have done only about 10% of what I planned to do. I think I should have set deadlines for the tasks and that would improve the situation much.
The other conclusion I made - There is little use in on-line courses which you can do for as long as you want. I myself "paused" a udacity course How To Build a Startup in April - 4 months ago! The course has no schedules or deadlines. But when I did E-learning and Digital Cultures coursera course which was weekly planned - I completed it. I even remember my anticipation for the new week material to be revealed)). Both of the courses have great content and were relevant to my needs and interest.

Now we decided to establish a timetable with my student. I am looking forward to seeing the result!