 My name is Janet and I have been an elementary school teacher for 20 years and let me tell you when they ask me to come and talk to them about making videos of the lessons I love to teach every day I was apprehensive but let me tell you the reality it's very simple and it's a simply magnificent way to impact the world we can connect with teachers everywhere and share our ideas and create a global community for educators all it takes is three simple steps choose your setting set up and record and then your genius is being shared all over the world the first step in your video process is choosing your setting almost any setting will work it could be your classroom it could be a room at your school it could be a room in your house it can be anywhere you are the most comfortable working also the rooms should be quiet with good lighting so that we can see and hear the wonderful lessons you are sharing the second step in the process of creating fabulous videos is your setup any digital camera will work any device that you can video on will be perfect but we will be honest the ones that most of us use here that we have made the videos on as our cell phone that we know how to use them and they take fabulous videos make sure the camera is steady you can use a tripod if you have one you can stack up some books and lean it against a coffee cup if you are using props you want to make sure all of your props are in the frame the final step in the process of making a video to share our ideas with others is the recording piece and guess what that might be the easiest piece there i'm not kidding it's not that hard but the main point i want you to understand is that we are not actors and actresses we are teachers and your video does not not have to be perfect we do have a few tips for you while recording make sure you speak loudly and in a and use a clear comfortable pace not too fast but not too slow think of your children in your classroom and just talk to them once you have your setting framed and you're ready to go sit down take a deep breath reach over push the record button compose yourself and teach us your magnificent lesson once the lesson's over pause for a moment smile reach over and stop the recording that's it that's all it takes to share your wonderful lessons that you are teaching every day all your video needs to do is be uploaded and you are on your way to sharing your ideas with the world enjoy making your video have fun with it you are helping millions of teachers and children around the world welcome to the teach for life movement