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Video Recording Tips and Tools

Candidates may find the following resources helpful as they plan for their video recordings:

  • Recommended Equipment, Video Formats, and Settings PDF
  • Shooting Gallery Level One opens in a new window at slideshare.net, to learn basic video-recording tips
  • Vimeo Video School opens in a new window A series on video basics to learn how to make better videos

Preparing Your Videos for Upload into the ePortfolio System

Review the following resources to help you prepare your files for uploading to the system:

  • Tips for Mac Users of the Pearson ePortfolio System PDF
  • Compression: Video compression guide for: Mac PDF | PC PDF
  • Exporting: Video exporting guide for: iMovie PDF | Photos PDF

Using the ePortfolio System

  • Candidate Guide to Using the Pearson ePortfolio System PDF
  • Video Annotation Tool Guide PDF
  • Using the Video Annotation Tool: Online Tutorial opens in a new window

California Department of Education (CDE) Standards and Frameworks

  • Content Standards (K–12) opens in a new window
  • Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Materials opens in a new window
  • Expanded View of the ELA/ELD Framework Resources opens in a new window

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) Standards and Performance Expectations

  • California Administrator Performance Expectations (CAPE) PDF document
  • California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) PDF document

Educational Technology Resources

  • CUE opens in a new window, a non-profit professional association whose mission is to inspire innovative learners by fostering community, personalizing learning, infusing technology, developing leadership, and advocating educational opportunities for all. CUE membership is free.
  • CUE Craft opens in a new window, free personalized lesson tool kits designed to offer engaging, edtech infused learning experiences that create greater work efficiency for teachers and can improve student learning outcomes.
  • CUE Craft video presentations opens in a new window, eight curated videos featuring educational technology teacher/leader experts demonstrating strategies and resources you can learn from as you develop your own activities where students are using educational technology to enhance their learning.
  • International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) opens in a new window, a passionate community of global educators who believe in the power of technology to transform teaching and learning, accelerate innovation, and solve tough problems in education and home to the ISTE Standards for Students, Educators, Education Leaders, and Coaches opens in a new window.
  • Flipgrid opens in a new window, a digital message board website that allows teachers to pose topics and students to post video responses
  • Mentimeter opens in a new window, an easy-to-use presentation software that can help teachers create fun and interactive presentations
  • Padlet opens in a new window, an online virtual "bulletin" board, where students and teachers can collaborate, reflect, and share links and pictures in a secure location
  • Quizizz opens in a new window, an online student engagement and assessment tool that allows teachers and students to create and use one another's quizzes
  • Screencastify opens in a new window, a Chrome browser extension that records your screen, face, voice, and more
  • Seesaw opens in a new window, a student engagement platform that allows students to take pictures, draw, record videos, and more to capture learning in a portfolio
  • Socrative opens in a new window, a cloud-based student response system that allows teachers to create simple quizzes via classroom computers or their own smartphones

Community Resources

  • CalAPA Playlist opens in a new window, a series of online teaching and other support webinars on the CTC's YouTube Channel
  • CDE Distance Learning Playlist opens in a new window, a series of distance learning support webinars on the CDE's YouTube Channel
  • Online Teaching Channel opens in a new window, a series of online teaching tutorials created by Lara Ervin-Kassab of San Jose State University

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