Simple Tips for Creating Video in the Classroom

Published: June 29, 2020, 10 a.m.

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Topics DiscussedWhat have we learned about creating video to instruct our teachers?


What have we learned about creating video to instruct our students?


New Teacher Orientation


What advice do we have for \\u201cnewbies?\\u201dCamera angle at or a bit above eye level


iPhone back camera is higher quality


Interesting background helpful


Light on your face


Stay closer to your audio source.


Be sure to look at your camera lens and not at yourself. Put an interesting picture/photo above your camera to focus on to look up at the camera.


Amazing New Drawing Tool:\\xa0 Wacom Tablet (https://www.amazon.com/wacom-tablet/s?k=wacom+tablet) for writing/annotations onto screen


Making Great Looking Backgrounds


Have an idea of the look you wantGoogle Slides, other slides apps to add shapes, colors


Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/) - images, videos that are copyright friendly to make backgrounds


The Noun Project (https://thenounproject.com/) - Starburst and Swirl icons to create alternate looks


Zoom - 16:9 dimension


Look in specs for platform you are using to determine background size


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