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🎙️ S5E3 — The Spotlight: HiLink, Hardware Headaches & Paying Teachers Properly

Welcome back to The Learning Lab Podcast, Season 5. Week 3 means The Spotlight—where we take a real, unfiltered look at tools, tech, and systems teachers actually use (or are thinking about using). In this episode, Jay and Nichole spotlight HiLink, a newer classroom platform already being used by big players like AmazingTalker and VIPKid. We break down what works, what’s surprisingly solid, what still feels unfinished—and how it compares to Zoom, ClassIn, Cambly, and other platforms independent teachers rely on. But that’s only half the story. We also dive into the real-life tech chaos teachers don’t see advertised: Teaching on satellite internet Why second monitors + certain Macs can absolutely wreck your classes The difference between “works on paper” and “works in real classrooms” And how one Reddit comment saved weeks of frustration Then we shift into something bigger. Nichole officially introduces TCEC Pay—a new payment portal designed specifically for verified independent teachers who struggle to get paid reliably across borders. No fluff. No “one day we’ll add it.” Just secure payments, transparent fees, and systems built for teachers who treat this as a profession—not a charity. What We Cover in This Episode: • HiLink classroom platform: hands-on testing, quirks, and early impressions • Stability, annotation tools, recordings, and student-side usability • Teaching with PDFs, overlays, and real classroom workflows • Mac M2 vs M4, hubs, second monitors, and why Zoom exposed the problem • Why “just unplug the monitor” actually works (thanks, Reddit) • The reality of teaching tech stacks teachers never talk about • Introducing TCEC Pay: verified teachers, secure payments, and global access • Why payment trust matters for teachers and parents • What’s coming next in Season 5 (Breakout Room, live demos, and more) Why This Episode Matters: If you teach online independently, this episode is for you. We’re talking about real systems, real money, and real teaching conditions—not idealized setups that collapse the moment a class starts lagging. Because teaching is a profession. And professionals deserve tools—and payments—that actually work. 💬 Join the conversation: Have you tested HiLink or similar platforms? Ever lost students because of tech issues you didn’t even know you had? Struggled to get paid reliably across borders? Drop your experiences in the comments—we read them. #TheLearningLabPodcast #OnlineTeaching #IndependentTeachers #TeachingPlatforms #EdTechReality #HiLink #ESLTeachers #TeacherBusiness #OnlineTutoring #TeacherTech #GettingPaidAsATeacher #TCEC