Hi,

I joined a volunteering organization to teach in my free time. However it is virtual opportunity. Needed help to do a setup space at home so I be prepared. Couple of things to note.

1. I am in a different country than my class. it will always be night time when I am teaching. So I need to take care of lighting condition. I am in the US and lighting inside the house generally sucks.
2. I will be teaching math and english.
3. Students are from remote places. Sometimes all they have access to is cellphone provided by the school volunteer organization.
4. A continuation of point 3 is they do not have access to printers or any other device after the class.

Questions to you folks with experience

1. I wanted to buy a white board to teach but if they are seeing the video through cellphones they might not see anything. So thinking of using tablet. Not sure what is better. Do you have any recommended software in particular to teach? Or do you recommend having the white board alongside tablet?
2. If anyone has experience with virtual math teaching, how do you go about planning for your classroom? Any recommendations?
3. How do you keep students motivated virtually?