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tips for recording your video

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we don't want your head right in the camera, stand back so that viewers can see you walk and move around

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audience should see you from the thighs up

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make sure lighting is bright enough

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close all windows to reduce outside sounds such as sirens or dogs barking

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you want your laptop or camera up on books or a shelf about chest level, otherwise if it is on the desk, because you standing, the audience will be "looking up into your nose" and you will appear gigantic, which detracts from your speech

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his demo video

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"I want to practice my ability to engage students in a way that they can take useful notes but at the same time I'm still an easy speaker to listen to"

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favorite speaker

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Neil deGrasse Tyson (1958-)

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American astrophysicist and science communicator

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director of Hayden Planetarium in New York

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does a lot of public talks about science

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like his ability to blend information with passion

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upload to youtube

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shows how to upload

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you can also record directly

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change it from public to unlisted

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his video exactly one minute, video should be between :45 and 4:00

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posts in peer assessment area of course

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shows how to review another one

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you evaluate three peers

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you also evaluate yourself