The Godox LR150 is a large LED ring light suitable for educators that work from home. It comes with a sturdy tripod that extends up to 70 inches, which makes it an excellent choice for teachers who like to stand while educating. Of course, legs get tired, and it isn’t easy to stand all day teaching. Thankfully, you can use it while seated, too, with the lowest height of the tripod being just over 25 inches.

With a color temperature range of 3,000 to 6,000K, you can choose from accurate and natural colors in warm to cool lighting. Godox is also one of the few companies that disclose its Color Rendering Index. It's no wonder because this ring light offers outstanding color accuracy with a CCI of over 90. It also has stepless dimming that gives you the freedom to adjust from 100% all the way down to one.

If you teach from your smartphone, you can mount it in the center of the light. It has a ball-head mount with a 180-degree rotation capability allowing you to find the perfect angle every time. There’s even a USB charging port to ensure your device never loses power in the middle of your lesson.

However, digital nomad educators may find the tripod and 18-inch ring light cumbersome for packing and traveling. Therefore, they may wish to invest in something more convenient to their needs.

A more economical option for a ring light with an adjustable tripod is the Sensyne 10-Inch Ring Light. It comes with a 50-inch extendable tripod that is tall enough to teach while standing and can be extended down to a small enough height to use as a desktop light for seated educators.

The phone mount is adjustable to 5.3 inches and is suitable for just about any-sized smartphone. It has 360-degree rotation allowing for landscape and portraiture use. Some educators that wish to include wallcharts and graphs in the area behind them can have a broader scope when the phone is horizontal.

Educators, from English teachers working from home to yoga teachers demonstrating stretches in the backyard, will find this ring light versatile enough to accommodate their needs. It has three lighting modes, including warm light, daylight, and cool light. You can also control the brightness of each mode from zero to 100%, so getting the right light according to your environment is pretty straightforward.

Although smaller and more easily packed than the Godox LR150, traveling teachers may still find it a little cumbersome and bulky for easy travel. However, educators who double as photographers will find the tripod and Bluetooth remote shutter helpful.

If you’re looking for something a bit smaller at a budget price, the Mactrem 6-Inch LED Ring Light is a good choice. It comes with a tripod for the ring light and another for your phone. The phone stand is compatible with phone sizes up to 3.9 inches. It will hold small and medium-sized phones vertically or horizontally. However, bigger phones can only sit in the landscape position.

The phone stand has extendable legs, although not to the extent that you can use it when giving classes while standing. Together with the phone stand, this is a desktop light that educators should use while seated. Depending on how you position the legs, the light tripod has a height between 11.5 to 13.5 inches. However, the screw holes are universal, and if you want to use the light with your own tripod, you can do so quite easily.

It has 11 brightness levels that you can set with a choice of three color temperatures: white, warm white, and warm yellow. This range is enough to cover most environments that you will teach in. However, you can use this light as a regular table lamp when you are not teaching. With its adjustable brightness, you can even use it as a child’s nightlight by turning the brightness down low and setting it to warm yellow.

Another premium-priced light that will give excellent performance while teaching is this Razer 12-Inch Ring Light. It is a versatile ring light with two different fittings for different camera options. You can use either the ball-head mount to fit your external webcam for teaching from a laptop or PC or a phone mount if you are teaching from your smartphone.

It has three temperature settings: warm white at 3,000K, balanced white at 4,500K, and cool white at 6,500K. The adjustable brightness reaches a maximum of 500 Lumens, so no matter your environment, you can get adequate illumination for your knowledge-hungry students to see you clearly. There is also a tripod that is long enough for teaching while standing, and you can shorten it to a desktop light which is easily used as a table lamp when not teaching.

You can control everything conveniently from the small control box on the USB cable. However, this is a USB-A cable, and some users may require an adapter to use it. However, it’s sturdy and excellent for use at home. But, if you need one a little more portable, there are smaller and more lightweight options out there.

On-the-go educators need something lightweight and convenient that they can pack away and set up quickly. A clip-on ring light is an excellent option for the digital nomad. They are lightweight and portable and conveniently clip onto your laptop screen. However, those with laptops that have slim bezels should consider how much space there is before the tight clip touches the screen.

The Cyezcor Clip-On Ring Light not only offers excellent value but also ticks all the necessary boxes for traveling teachers. The light is just 4.5 inches in diameter and gives an ample beam for close-up teaching. It isn’t large or bright enough to mount on a tripod for standing classes, but that's the trade-off when purchasing a clip-on ring light.

It has a good range of color temperature modes from a warm 3,200K to a daylight setting of 6,500K with an adequate five brightness levels for each. Added to this, it has a 360-degree adjustable angle and a two-meter USB-A cord that you can use to power and charge the light while you work. You can conveniently control the brightness, warmth mode, and power from a control box on this cable. However, those without a USB-A port will need an adapter for this light.

Ubeesize offers this excellent mid-sized ring light at a mid-range price. It’s another model that comes with a tripod. This one is extendable to a height of 62 inches, more than enough for educators who want to keep their posture healthy by teaching while standing.

It has three light modes ranging from 3,000K to 5,000K; Ubeesize calls them Golden Natural, Iced Gold, and Alabaster. Each has 10 brightness levels, and getting the right light from the right angle is done quite simply. However, with a 5,000K maximum, getting the cold white of an office environment is tricky.

It's perfect for working from home, and even though the ring light is pretty large at 12 inches, it is possible to take it in a suitcase on short trips. However, long-term travelers that like to keep things light will find it awkward to bring. If you do decide to take it traveling with you, you can also use it as a desk light in your accommodation or RV.

The Selfila Clip-On Ring Light is another clip-on that is suitable for traveling teachers. It offers excellent value for money and is another option for those on a strict budget.

It has a strong clip, so you should again consider the bezel on your laptop screen before purchasing. However, it can clip onto other items, such as a book or a tall floor light, or you can even balance it on its clip and use it as a desktop light. In addition to being versatile, you can easily pack the 4.5-inch light into a backpack or suitcase. You'll barely notice it's there, especially with it weighing just under eight ounces.

With its small size, it’s intended for close-up lighting only. Teachers that are part-time vloggers or photographers won’t find much use for it other than anything close up. For this purpose, it has five temperature modes ranging from a warm 3,200K up to a cold white 6,500K. Each mode has five brightness levels, so finding the perfect illumination for your class is quick and easy.