 I have all of my teacher-tubers friends here with me today and me and Darren. Some of the questions that a lot of us get very often from all of you just about being a teacher on YouTube sort of how we do things and somebody else jump in Especially like the how and the when logistics. Yeah. Yeah. So that would be the word. We asked a few of you on Instagram Shelly did Some questions that you had and then we also thought of a few that we get Most often to answer for you guys all together in one. Okay So we're gonna answer about five questions here on my channel and then the other five are going to be on Darren's channel. So come check it out. Are you ready? Yes Question number one was who inspired you to start a channel? Sure. Okay, I'll go so I Don't know if there was really any one person that inspired me to start a channel. Who did you watch before you started? I watched Megan from Too Cool for Middle School When I first started and then Michelle for Pocketful of Primary And then for me it was more just like I wanted to document my first year of teaching and look back and reflect on my practice For me that was the biggest thing and then honestly my husband He was the one that bought the camera and was like now you have no excuse That's kind of what happened for me My husband as well. He was like you always talk about it and just do it So he bought me a camera and that was it He's like you don't have to do anything Minimal work, yeah, and by the way, we're gonna daily blog Started doing YouTube with like my princess stuff Yeah, and then I sort of dipped my toes into doing teaching like I watched Michelle and Megan Because I thought about having kids and so I looked up like teaching and pregnant and then Megan came up and I watched her and then when I met Jennifer was when I really got into like teaching content and so she like my biggest inspiration to start that I Know I kind of like fell into it Um the two like teacher tubers that I watched before actually starting a channel were real rap with Reynolds and Megan from Too Cool for Middle School And I just kind of on a whim was like I wonder if I could do this So I took out my iPhone and I just like did it and then yeah, I don't know I just decided to do and it's like a good reflection piece like shelly was saying like it's so good for my teacher practice So I didn't actually watch anyone. I'm like the worst at searching So I was like oh, let me see if there's me teachers on YouTube and like nothing came up because again I don't know how to search online. So I was like I'll do this and that as soon as I posted my first video I found everybody You guys know what breakup boxes are Yeah, like an escape room. Yeah. Yeah, so the guy that created that his name is James Sanders Oh, yeah, yeah, he's like really big in the ed tech world. So like everybody knew James Sanders So he was doing a keynote and he's like I'm gonna start daily vlogging like Casey Neistat He shows a clip from Casey Neistat This was like before anybody was there was no teachers on there and so he starts doing that I'm like that is so cool. I'm gonna do it to reflect on my yeah on my days as a teacher So I started doing that and that's how he does he do it. He didn't he he did like a hundred ninety days straight And then stop And then The second question is about how many hours do you spend or do we spend on YouTube working on YouTube? Yeah per week Do you want to start this one? Yeah, I have a kind of a rare Situation I don't I don't videos so I don't spend nearly as much time as probably everyone else does So mine is gonna be filming time and thumbnail time, which I don't know probably in total throughout the entire week is like I don't know I'd say like 10 hours Dang a lot. I need to step up my game. Yeah I'm counting all my filming time. Yeah, I count all your filming time. Okay. Maybe that's a little that maybe that's a little much Or maybe it's really like 20 minutes. No, that's too much. Should we call Skyler? I was thinking like an hour for but no, that's 10 videos a week I'm not gonna count filming time because I feel like when I'm filming I'm also working so I'm not really like setting aside time to do it Because I'm doing what I'm doing anyway But I think it takes me like maybe two hours to edit in like 15 minutes to do a thumbnail So I just do it like at night when my husband's not home babies in sleep It's the plot on Netflix and edit for like two hours. Yeah Yeah, when I'm in like a good like rhythm and I'm actually posting a couple of times week I'll probably I can edit a video in about an hour Like I've got it down to a pretty good science where I can like feel for what I filmed and then I can edit it Pretty quickly and then yeah the thumbnail and all that I just do while it uploads or like while it renders and uploads So probably like two and a half hours total if I'm doing two videos a week I'll spend on like the editing and all that if we take a filming out Yeah, too However long the video is like if it's like a whole weekly vlog like yeah a day You know most of the time I do like a whole week That takes a lot of time but if you're because I didn't forget what you did on Monday. Yeah Okay, where was I I mean honestly it depends like if I'm doing a vlog I'm gonna spend a lot more time or if I'm doing like a set of series of videos like let's say three videos together That are all in the same theme. I'm gonna spend more time editing it But I think you know before when I had not great software. It took me a lot longer So I would say I'm probably about five hours a week. That's what I shifted my time to, by the way I changed my mind The thing that takes me the longest is I'll be watching another YouTuber and I'm like, how did they do that when I'm trying to figure out Yeah, I always text you for a girl I have in the past. Yeah, how did you do your little subscriber? So other than that, it's like I think the process is about the same for all of us mm-hmm and software makes such a huge difference It does, yeah It's a game changer. We're gonna get to that question in just a minute I was just teasing you guys for that part I think for me I've finally gotten into a really good rhythm Where I try and post twice a week, but I also really try and keep my videos between 10 and 15 minutes That's so for me that limits my time and the more you edit the more you like get the little quick trick So for me editing takes like 30 minutes because I think about it when I vlog I'm like, okay What can I do to optimize my time aka cut back on editing time? So I would say between everything maybe two Three depending on the week and that just comes with experience Yeah, when you first start like you will take forever to edit a video and just it's just how it is Because you're like five hours of footage and you've got to get it down. We all rambled in the beginning Yeah, you get way Okay, the next question is what type of camera to use I know I get this question all the time I used to use a Canon G7 X. I think it looks like this. Yes. Yes Up until like two weeks ago, and then I got this Sony alpha 6500 this runs pretty pricey with the lens and the body. It was about 2000 so definitely an expensive option But it's an investment, right? Yeah, yeah, and then I film on a Sony mirrorless. I think it's a 5,000 Alpha something alpha alpha. Okay. It's it's kind of like this one where it has like the flip-up screen Which I think all of us can agree. We like that And I think that cost me about 500 but I got it on Amazon it came with like a bunch of accessories like lenses So I was like, okay I'm getting a lot more for my money. So I think I invested about 500 into that Yeah, I use that I use this exact camera the Canon G7 X right and it was I want to say 700 when I got it on Amazon and it's perfect because it just you can like plop it in your purse Like it's just it's small it's light and it has really good quality And I like the quality of the audio actually too. Yeah So that camera that you just saw is my camera. So that is I Do have to say it does sometimes when you're listening to playback at all sometimes you can hear like a clicking sound So that is something to yeah, yeah, oh If you might all do that No, because usually I hold it without this strap. So I don't know So that's something to be like Aware of when you're buying them like I would really look online at a bunch of options and see what meets your budget And then also see like how invested you're in it because if you're not that invested you shouldn't spend that much money on a Yeah, yeah Almost everything I have a like I was a wedding photographer, so I have a million lenses But they were all Nikon and then so I tried to shoot with the Nikon But the Nikon is not the way to go with video So I switched over to a Canon 70d and that's what I use when I'm like when you see me in my classroom So I have that set up all the time But it's really hard to walk around unless you're Peter McKinnon walk around with a giant SLR So I just use my little iPhone to shoot all of most my b-roll and then anytime I'm walking around I don't want to carry another camera. So I just have my phone and I whip out my phone I also use the Canon G7 X mark 2. I think it is yeah and The only thing I'll say is if you are considering vlogging I highly recommend getting a little like tripod stand because as you know if you follow me I often used to cover the mic with my finger and then it screws up your entire video Yeah, yeah, hence the hours of editing prior to getting used to things Yes, I mean like this mine's not even this big but it just makes it easier. So yeah, but you get a little bit further away And it's also more steady. Yeah, it's stable or exactly. Do you want to ask this around more stable like you guys want to ask questions? Sure Okay, so Question for What type of editing stuff where do you use for your videos and your thumbnails? So I'll just start good. I use iMovie just because I have a Mac computer I've used that for the last like nine years that I've been on YouTube Yeah, cuz I did princess videos Company along before for thumbnails. I use pick monkey. I just pay the $10 a month And I use that to edit like everything because you can Make yeah, even like posters and stuff. Yeah, or like stuff in the classroom. I was just gonna say I use pick monkey I use iMovie as well But I use a combo of pick monkey and canva the free version of canva the paid version of pick monkey Just like ten bucks. Yeah And I use those also for like I just think I like the different like functionalities for like different layers and things in canva But I also use them for like graphic organizers and like And that sort of thing in my classroom. Yes. Yeah, so So I used to use Vilmora and it was not expensive at all to get but then when I got my new Mac computer I switched over to Final Cut Pro and it is a game changer. It goes so fast now like my editing It's cut down my editing Tremendously and I just really like it. It's very intuitive. It's pretty smart and then you know if I need any help I can always ask Darren But Like we all go to Darren YouTube it if you don't know how to use one of your software systems or editing summer you YouTube it There's a video of someone showing you how to do something. Yeah And I really like pick monkey as well because canvas sometimes if you have the free one like it's set And you can't adjust like the size of your image. Yeah, so you do it in pick monkey first And then you can go to canva if you like So like I was saying I used to be a wedding photographer, so I had The subscription to Adobe and Adobe you get I used to use Lightroom So you get premiere with that and you get Photoshop with that so I use Photoshop for my thumbnails and Premiere sometimes, but I use a Mac love all the Mac universe. And so I use Final Cut I'm also a Mac girl not that you're a girl, but I'm also a Mac person I use iMovie because that's always what I've used for any video stuff It's super user-friendly and I'm a PowerPoint person. I'm really savvy in PowerPoint So all my thumbnails I do PowerPoint you can edit pictures on there, so that's what I find the easiest for me And it's free and that like aspect ratio is right for a thumbnail And if not again, you just Google YouTube it and then you fix this Yeah, you just change this I used to do PowerPoint and then put it on canva But it was just I just cut that step. Yeah Yeah, and Scala uses I also The Adobe creative studio or whatever it's called so Scala uses Adobe Premiere and then I use Photoshop for the thumbnails. Do you ever find when he edits your videos? It's not too lucky Yeah, have you ever been awesome? No, I think I think I feel like oh you should have cut that out No, because I think I feel knowing that Okay, so I have it always like when I'm not editing so if there's something that like I didn't want in there I'd probably just like re-film the clip if it were or I'd like do a huge pause and if he sees like a big pause He knows to like do you watch it before he has to upload it? Mm-hmm. You are trust me. That's a great team Yeah, I used to but I just kind of I don't know. He's like a video. Yeah, and her videos are good So he's doing the right thing Okay Okay, okay, so question five This is gonna be our last question on this video and for the rest of them you're gonna head over to Darren's channel But question five is how did you come up with your channel? Except that um Mine was super easy I just know that I really like coffee and that it was gonna be a teaching channel And I was like the coffee classroom. Well, that sounds stupid. They can't be in a classroom done Okay, so I love a good nap Real quickly Consider Listen But then how long do you sleep at night? You know A series of naps it really is So, yeah, see me teacher was easy easy for me. Yeah. Yeah, I was a tosa an ed tech tosa Sorry all the fourth fifth in sixth grade classes in my district I had to go visit all the classrooms and help them integrate technology into their okay So during that time, that's when my channel was born and so that's what it was So unfortunately the teacher social media world It's kind of a saturated market or becoming a saturated market and I knew I wanted a name This is I'm going in my third year So I knew I wanted a name that was a grade specific because I'll probably shift or Name specific because I was getting married, but I wasn't married. You know and so I Don't know. I'm not kidding. I was in the shower one day and just thinking about this for weeks And Adventure's born. There's no really exciting sort behind it. I did like the clouds part. Yeah Doing work plans, okay, I'll always be in early like k somewhere in the k6 world. Yeah, I was thinking early and Then ed ed. I don't know. I don't I really don't know your real first name is early. Yeah, that makes sense I get Come to me knees like sleepy. I was like, yep I'm one of the seven dwarfs No intention of Like my social media growing like as much as it did when I originally Did my second grade life like it was just summertime I had discovered the Instagram world of teaching and I was obsessed I just wanted to kind of get on there and I was getting ready to teach second grade and that's kind of where it came From and then unfortunately, I should have probably changed it before I started even more But now I'm kind of stuck and I've considered changing it out of second grade even though I'm still in second grade, but I just Like my fourth grade life or my fifth. I think people that's like they understand you as that my blank life Like even if you had to change it, they would still I thought about just rebranding just like my name But it scares me in a way. Yeah, I feel like I would lose or people wouldn't realize it's like a teaching related thing And yeah, so it's kind of messy Second grade life and then just to your name, but I think once you create a brand no matter whether it's great specific or not Yeah, that's what people know you as. Yeah, just showing that yeah. Yeah, because people do that. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, cool well, I Started doing princess videos and I was also studying to be a teacher So apples for teaching tiara for princess parties. Oh my god. I just now put that together I don't think I'm a princess I just What was your princess name on YouTube? Um, I think my Because I had like my a child's dream entertainment page was my my original channel was a child's dream entertainment I did like princess videos like here's how to do princess makeup for Elsa Here's how to do like oh, this is what I bring with me on a party and I'm vlog like kind of like a vlog now as a teacher But as a princess like changing in the car Should you crazy crap my kids would say to me and like oh Ariel, how do you pee? Well, I don't Wait, is it the same channel now you just changed the name? No, I added a new channel Entertainment channel, which has like all night like and like video footage of like and subscribe No, you don't have Yeah, all right you guys so thank you so much for watching this video and for joining us We are going to be doing part two on Darren's channel Darren the cocky hara so head on over to that channel It will be linked down below as well as all of these wonderful people's channels will be linked down below as well And we'll see you guys