Waching daily Feb 3 2019

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE

For more infomation >> అవకాశం ఆకాశం నుండి రాదు | Telugu Motivational Video | Inspirational Videos | POWER KOTESWARA RAO - Duration: 4:11.

-------------------------------------------

10 Tips for Great Gogokid Classroom Lighting - A Gogokid Brand Contributor Video - Duration: 22:06.

Hey guys, Teacher Janice here - it is the season of love

We're all excited for Valentine's Day, and I wanted to check in with a lighting video today

So this lighting video is for you if you are an established online teacher whose lighting was good enough to get started

but it's just not right - maybe something about your classroom changed

maybe you're just ready to upgrade or look at your lighting one more time and see if you can make it a little better and

This lighting video is definitely for you

if you are going through the hiring process, so this video would work for anyone who is being referred by me at gogokid

Or maybe a friend shared this link with you or you found it on YouTube

so I hope it's really helpful to you as you setup your online classroom for the first time or

If you're looking for some tips to kind of look at your classroom and see if you can improve your lighting today

I have 10 things that I like to talk to my referrals about as they set up their online classroom and think about their lighting

This is meant to be a little bit of a checklist. Just check on these products, reflect on them,

See if they're a good fit for your situation

Pause the video, rewatch it, go shopping. Look at your lighting, play with it

This is a very hands-on learning topic - 10 tips to take a look at your gogokid classroom lighting

Let's go - step 1

If you haven't learned a lot about photography

You might have to learn a little bit to really get this just right but lighting is all about angles

So it's not how many lights do I need? Where do I put them? This is not a one-size-fits-all topic

this is really individual to your

particular space and the challenges but one of the most thing helpful things I found out about my online classroom was the idea of

Angles and pointing my lighting in an X across my face

So I have two lamps right on the back of my camera right behind my webcam and I have one

pointed in an X this way across me and one pointed in an X that way and so this is what

eliminates the shadows in my classroom. So one light no matter where I place it is going to create a shadow on the other side

But I want to cross my face in an X

And so that's a tip that I use in my classroom for lighting

But the light you have right now might even be the right light

You need to move it all around and really play with the angles figure out where the shadows are and I hope it's a light

That you can really move put it close to your webcam far away to the side next to behind

This is an angles game

So as you look at the lighting ingredients that you currently own for free

I want you to take a moment and play with the angles. Move them all around your classroom as you play with them

I wanted to share two of the most helpful YouTube videos that were helpful to me two years ago

When I started as an online teacher, so I'm going to share them right here. And then the links are down below

So you're gonna see some great examples

about

Overhead lighting and how its positive or negative in your classroom, and you'll also hear some great tips

From someone who has a photography background, which is just a wonderful resource

So these are two of my very favorite online teachers and I want to share out their video and give a shout out

To learn all about the game of lighting and really understand the journey that we're going on

Step Two - Again, if at all possible, I don't want you to have to spend money on this project. We're here to make money not to spend it

So maybe your current lighting is okay, but maybe you can change out the lightbulbs

So white light bulbs for daylight bulbs can make a big difference

you might be able to take the lamp that you're already using but change out the light bulbs and

Not have to buy a whole new lamp - white light can make a huge difference in your lighting. So step two

I would try changing out your light bulbs to be daylight bulbs

step 3

So many online teachers use this lamp - they use this lamp because they already have it in their basement from their days of college

So many of us spent fifteen, twenty, twenty-five dollars on this five arm floor lamp, maybe we got it at Walmart

Maybe we got it at Target

But many of us already have this five arm floor lamp hanging out in our house

so I have seen some teachers place this behind their webcam and actually shine the light away from

And bounce it off of a wall to have a soft glow back at them that doesn't have shadows

I've seen other teachers turn it around pointed right at their face, but maybe not all of them right in their eyes

Maybe all of them pointed a slightly different direction

Again to kind of cancel out all of the shadows

but this

five arm floor lamp can go right in back of your webcam and have so many options of ways that you can position the lights and

You may already have one in your garage in your basement that you haven't even used in a long time

Try it as is try it many different angles and if it's not working

Try switching it out with the white daylight bulbs. You might already have a lamp that you can use for this project in your house

Hopefully by step four you're getting a little bit closer

But maybe there's still a shadow in one place in your classroom a dark spot something

That's not quite right and no matter how you position the lights you have. You just can't fix it

So you might want to look at a fill light. So a fill light is a small light

That's just going to target that one area rather than having the job of lighting up your entire space

I've seen some great fill lights used. I actually use a fill light in my classroom

I have the two main lights that I already talked about coming across me as an X and then actually over here I teach in

our master bedroom and this is our bedside table and we have another lamp here and

Sometimes I don't think of that lamp as my online classroom

But that lamp although it isn't back far enough for my webcam. It actually does shine on my face

So it is part of our house lighting situation

My master bedroom does not have any overhead lighting on but that bedside table lamp on

My husband's side of the bed does have to be on for my lighting to be balanced in my online classroom

Let me show you what it looks like without the fill light. This is my online classroom without that third fill light. It's okay

There are parts of my face that are well lit, but the lighting is not even and there definitely are shadows

I can definitely see my hands a lot more as I move my props and there are definitely dark spots in my classroom

So the lighting is very uneven. I'm going to turn that light back on some great options for fill lighting. . .

I've seen teachers go to their garage and get small work lights that they might have already in their garage and

Actually put them at the base of their classroom on the floor and shine them up on their background

Many teachers can get their face nice and bright but maybe their background is really dark and full of shadows

So some people have a separate light just for their background

This is also very common in teachers that are doing green screening or using manycam

They might need to light up their backgrounds separately to have an even backdrop for their digital effects

Another great fill light that I've seen is this one. This is also a great light for travel

So the next two fill light options are also great travel options

This light is really thin it folds up when you're not using it and it can spin in many many different tilted directions

So if you're trying to target one tiny area of your classroom

It's hard to get a big lamp to point where you need to go

But these little tiny lamps can go all over the place and they have different settings for how bright the light is

so that you can really balance out the lighting in your classroom and

They're super easy to take with you on the go if you're a teacher who travels?

Another great travel option would be the clip-on selfie light

So I do have one of these I have never used it shining directly on my face for my personal health needs

That is too bright for me

That would really bother my eyes

But I've used the selfie light pointed away from me bouncing off a wall or a piece of white poster board

Coming back at me with a nice warm light that takes up a lot of space all diffused

So that can be a really great option, too

And if that's the lighting you're used to using that's lighting that can travel with you on the go

That's also lighting that you could take with you to fill in

imperfect lighting as you travel because

Often when you're traveling, you're not sure what the lighting will be like when you get there and you can get it all straight

But you wish you had just one more light

So the selfie lights are super inexpensive and they can solve a lot of problems for teachers whose lighting is close

But not quite good enough

Do take a look at the battery life of the selfie lights though - mine comes with a very very short

Charging cord and it doesn't last a super long time

So if you're a teacher who teaches all night or a long morning of classes

Really, really look when you're shopping for selfie lights if that is your classroom

lighting for the whole day or the whole night or the whole session

Decide whether you need to have two on deck that are always charging

Or if you could upgrade to a model that has a longer battery life - another great option to warm up your classroom

Just tweak the lighting a little bit and fill in some of the shadows can be Christmas lights

I've seen some teachers that are able to hang Christmas lights in their classroom, and it just really

Cancels out all of those little pesky spots that were left that had shadows

So again, you might have Christmas lights already on hand

If you have nice white Christmas lights, those can really warm up your classroom and provide a homey warmth all year round

So maybe go down to the basement, up to the attic, out to the garage, wherever you keep them

Bring them into your online classroom regardless of what time of year it is

Hang them up and see if they can help you out with your lighting if it all possible

We'd like to use things that you already have on hand. So if you are still with me at Step five, it's possible

You don't have anything in your house that is going to work to properly light your online classroom

And maybe you're off to Amazon to go shopping. I totally get it.

I had to invest in some lighting in my classroom as well

So one thing that I didn't shop for but that I've seen a lot of teachers have a lot of success for is a professional

photography kit and I would have assumed that would be much more expensive than actually this umbrella kit can work really really well because

They already have a built-in diffuser. So I'll show you what I use for diffusing my lights in a little bit

I do not use the umbrella style photography kit, but the idea what diffusing light is that it's not pointed straight at your face

But it's spread out over a larger area

So that's much less harsh for your eyes and creates a much better final product

So the umbrella lights take up a ton of space which is why I can't use them in my personal classroom

But if you have the space for it

and it's a dedicated area for teaching the lighting from these can be excellent and

The cost really isn't that great. Step 6, these are gooseneck lamps. This is the personal choice that I made in my classroom.

In my classroom

I have a very skinny space. You've heard me say this on this channel before it's about the dimensions of a bathtub

So what you see is what you get

This is pretty much my entire classroom

But I have an IKEA table right underneath my computer that goes back to the wall and that is the end of my space

it's like a mini college sized dining table and there's about two inches on either side of my desk where I can fit a

really skinny gooseneck lamp

So that's what I have is I have one on the floor

Coming up on both sides of the little teeny space next to my desk and I love the gooseneck

lamp because I can turn it many different ways and I do adjust the lighting in my classroom a few times during the year

Based on the window that I have behind me - windows are not helpful in your online classroom

But the space that I have does have a window so I keep the blinds closed

365 days a year and try to limit that lighting coming in and further

Messing up my perfect lighting that I have. You don't want overhead lighting on you don't want window light

You don't want natural light at all

You really want to be able to keep the lighting in your space consistent

Especially from the first class you teach to the last one and sometimes I teach at night - sometimes I teach in the morning -

I don't want the lighting in my classroom to change - right now

I'm filming in the middle of the afternoon while my daughter takes a nap and

If I was to set up my lighting right now and get it just right

But then come into my classroom tomorrow morning when it's dark

The lighting isn't going to be the same if I'm using the window as part of the equation

So that's a quick side note that's relevant about windows, but I use two gooseneck lamps because they're so flexible

And anytime my lighting is not just right

It's just a simple twist of the light that I can do in my classroom

particular gooseneck lamps that I bought also have light bulbs that don't ever need to be changed and although that's a tall order and I'm

Not sure if I believe it it sounded very appealing to me as an online teacher

Because I don't want my lighting to go out in the middle of class.

If you are using regular light bulbs

please make sure that you have an emergency kit next to you for either a backup lighting source till class is over or that you

could change those light bulbs super super fast while you're teaching

I have two different lights and I can reach them from where I am. So here's number one. And here's number two

so right now all I have is that light that we talked about on our bedside table and

This is not sufficient to be hired. This is not going to get me a job as an online teacher

this is not going to get me students if I film my profile video like this and

Parents are not going to come back to my classroom. It's way too dark

So just know that when you see some of our example videos

This is not the lighting you're looking for

If I add one lamp

Which I did when I started, it's better,

But there's definitely still a bright side to my classroom and a super, super dark area over here

So it's not right - if I turn that light off and I turn this one on

It's just a little bit of light because these lights have multiple settings - is it better than it was?

Absolutely. Is it ready for Showtime?

It's not and I also have a lot of shine, a lot of glare, and a lot of shadows

So we're not there just yet. I have the lighting off - just a little brighter again. We're getting there

I have a fill light on my bedside table. I have light on one side of my classroom but angles for the win

I really do need to create the X to have a bright warm classroom.

I promised I would talk more about diffusing. I do not have fancy photography umbrella lights. I have these gooseneck lamps and right over them

They have shopping bags - regular grocery shopping bags and some parchment paper

Inside and that's what I use for my diffuser

It does make a big difference in how long I can stay in my classroom lighting in terms of my eyes - Step 7

You must be getting really close - if you haven't already done, so please take a picture of your current setup

Take a picture in the classroom if at all possible

as close a picture as your actual online teaching

Dimensions and lighting that you'll be teaching or interviewing in and send that picture to the teacher who referred you to go locate

They are ahead of you in this journey. They have fought the struggles. They have ridden this struggle bus

They have been through this journey

They have tips and tricks and if they look at your lighting they can help troubleshoot what's left for you?

So get it as close as you can do your homework, do the hard work, but please use that referring teacher as a resource

They are usually very happy to help you

So if you are going through the hiring process and you don't have a referral teacher yet

Know how to reach me

my referral code is down below and my email address - send me pictures of your classroom after you've signed in with my referral code

And I'm happy to help you troubleshoot your lighting and get it across the finish line

So you're ready to go through the hiring process?

If you didn't choose me as your referring teacher, and you used another teacher

Make them earn their money and go ahead back and ask them send them a picture of your lighting

Sometimes you're not sure what you can ask them for help with - you can ask them for help with anything on the way to getting

Hired most teachers that I know are happy to help other people

Troubleshoot and get set up an online teaching because it's just such a rewarding career

Steps eight and nine are related

If you can't get your lighting right another thing that often improves lighting is that lighting might not be the problem at all

It might actually be the quality of your camera

so I personally teach on a MacBook Pro and I have my built-in camera is what I use for teaching I own a

Logitech external camera. I personally have chosen not to use it. So

External webcams are all the rage - people show before-and-after photos all the time of how they magically transform their lighting

It might be the best solution for you

My laptop moves all over the house all the time. And so me having to plug in an external camera every single day

It's like a last resort for me if my lighting can't be fixed in any other way

I will move to an external webcam if I need to - I'm glad to have it as a backup option

I was curious to see what a difference it would make in my lighting. So I did purchase one but

Personally since my laptop moves a lot

I was not comfortable with having an external camera as my final solution

Also, I feel like every time you plug in one more thing to your computer

It's one more thing that can be loose or go wrong or malfunction

And when I'm troubleshooting in the online classroom

I want to have as few things to check that could possibly be the root of the problem as possible

So my logitech external camera is something I have in my bag of tricks that I do use

Sometimes but it's not my day-to-day online teaching camera. It is just a backup item that I've explored and tried

This is the logitech external camera that people really, really like so I'm sharing that out to you

You might want to try it people rave about this camera

If you are going to invest in an external for online teaching, this is probably the one seems to be unanimous in the teacher community

Officially speaking,

gogokid does not recommend using digital software in the classroom - many cam cam twist - webcam x - sparkocam

all of the things in the genre are not officially recommended by gogokid

They can cause lag in the classroom. They can cause an additional level of teacher IT risk

So let me say that first - that being said if you are a Mac user

You might wish to dabble in cam twist - cam twist has some built-in lighting features as well and cam twist is free.

There are teachers who are able to run digital software in the classroom

We are not prohibited from using it

But if you are going to go live with digital webcam software in the classroom

You need to have a plan B ready to go. There's any lag in that classroom

There are any problems going on you need to change back to your regular camera.

You need to go with the slightly darker lighting and you need to continue that class

but if you're a Mac user, what a great time to download the free software and sit in your classroom with your regular lighting and

Adjust the couple of settings that there are and just see what a difference it makes for your lighting.

Your students may not even know that you're using cam twist as your webcam that day - you are using it to improve your lighting and

You don't need to do all the things you can still use your regular 2d 3d props your same friendly reward system

You can still use all the things that you're used to you

Don't need to go down a giant rabbit hole and become a 100% digital teacher

But a lot of people don't think all of that is for them

But they don't realize that cam twist can be really helpful as one way to upgrade your lighting

So in this video, I gave you some tips to explore in your lighting

I hope that there's something in here for everyone whether you're setting up your online classroom

Or you're an established online teacher looking to change your setup and upgrade it in some way

Step 10 is to share with the community as you're looking for solutions to your lighting

You love to see before and after pictures of other teachers

And so I encourage you to kind of pay it forward for the next generation of online teachers the next people that are searching lighting

Facebook group show them a before-and-after with your webcam take a picture of your favorite light - drop an amazon link if this video was helpful

Share it in a Facebook group

There's always someone with a silent struggle with lighting who's afraid to say something about it

But every time they can see what is working for you what you finally got working and what your solution was

It is encouraging and it helps them go back to their online classroom and fight the good fight and try again to get their lighting just right

so our student base is the strongest when all teachers have the best lighting and when all teachers have the best teaching

We want all students to be getting the best class experience they can so they stay at our company

And continue to take classes with all of us

So anything you can do to pay it forward after you get your lighting

People love seeing before and after pictures of your lighting and if you don't want to share before it's fine

but share a picture of your classroom share a reward system share your seasonal background share something and

Often people will say hey your lighting is fabulous

How did you do it? and you can share out with them and give them some tips

People will be so grateful if you take the time to share

But you have worked really hard if you're still watching this video and applying all of these tips

You've worked really hard to get your online classroom

Just right - you are a tremendous resource to other teachers - consider sharing out. What did work for you?

So other teachers can reflect on their setup

I'll leave some of my favorite Facebook groups down in the description box below as great places to share

I love when you share your lighting on Instagram and you tag me. I love to celebrate the journey

you've been on. share this video with anyone who might help and don't forget to subscribe to this channel for future online teacher content

Thank you so much for stopping by for lighting tips today. I appreciate all of you. Happy teaching!