Today we have more tools to record, edit, and share videos than ever before. With the tap of an app or the click of a link, you and your students can be making videos to tell stories, to teach lessons, or to share news. That’s why more than 300 hours of video gets added to YouTube every minute of the day. Some of those videos are very good, some are very bad, and some are in the middle. Before before your students publish their next videos, have them review these five simple things that they can do to make their videos better.

The bullet point version of the video:

• Make it short and sweet! 
• Landscape, Landscape, Landscape!
• Pay attention to your background.
• Show your eyes not your nostrils!
• Filter your audio.