Taipei teacher takes to 17Live for online classes
NO ACCESS TO APPROVED APP: Some students said that their teacher was ‘dope’ for using the platform once banned from app stores over pornographic content posted there
By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
A teacher at Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School has become an Internet sensation after he was found to use 17Live, a livestreaming app previously known for pornographic content, for online teaching after a platform approved by the Taipei Department of Education crashed on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced that schools nationwide would remain closed from the next day until Friday next week in light of rising local COVID-19 cases, prompting schools to move teaching online amid a nationwide level 3 pandemic alert.