
Wiziq and Edupunk on Paltalk
by
Marcus
Posted on 26 November, 2011
Wiziq has the best virtual classroom on the internet. However, they lack the wisdom to market their product effectively and continue to put up barriers between teacher and student. This makes the site very hard to use by itself for several reasons:
1. We are not able to open rooms immediately. We have to wait 24 hours.
2. We cannot add other members easily. I tried to reach out to help a new Wiziq member, and I got stopped with instructions to purchase contact credit.
3. I have made several attempts to make my teaching services available to Wiziq for FREE, allowing them to earn 100% first before giving me something simple, such as a premium account. No one at Wiziq has contacted me further. My free trial offers are ignored because they want a preprogrammed course to advertise instead.
If you want your car fixed, you need to bring it in so the mechanic can look at it. If you are sick and need a doctor, you need to go see the doctor before they can give you a prescription. If you want an education, you need to enter the classroom before the teacher can actually teach. In the words of Dudley Randall, "A poet [teacher] is not a jukebox for someone to shove a quarter in his ear and get the tune they want to hear."
4. I noticed that in order to withdraw money from the account you have to pay $1 which I assume is charged each time you want to withdraw. This is not an honest and fair way to do business.
So, I will be opening a Paltalk room for Wiziq members and Edupunk members to join. This will be available 24 hours a day, anytime people want to join. People can schedule or they can just pop in when they have time. We can schedule private classes anytime we want to teach.
To get started, check out the simple tutorial I put up at the link below and email me with your Paltalk account name at marcus AT gcn DOT cx
http://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/184234-Wiziq-and-Edupunk-on-Paltalk