Ideally, to get through the district filter the YouTube video should be tagged for educational use.
But with the help of the Internet you can download that cool video at home and still show it during your lesson. Unfortunately in my district YouTube is blocked. These come in handy when you are teaching a concept and need a little additional information to enhance that lesson. It seems like everyone has a lesson, how-to, demonstration, or other exciting video that they've posted on YouTube. I included headphones for all of the crew so they can hear the broadcast just like the school would hear it.
It helps brighten up the whole studio so it appears better on screen. I decided to purchase a light kit similar to this one.
One runs the teleprompter software for the anchors (#2), another runs videos (opening sequence, closing credits, and any other special videos) (#3), and the third (#11) runs the teleprompter software for the weather/interview person as well as playing background music (Radio Disney). Computers - I use three laptops in our studio.I have it installed on two computers, one for the anchors and another for the weather/interview person. I'm interested in trying out something different like AquaPrompt or PromptDog.
Teleprompter software - I currently use a free program called Microscript Pro.The main audio out on this goes directly to the Video Furnace device. I have two microphones for the anchors, one microphone for the weatherperson/interviews, a laptop playing videos, and another laptop providing background music. Behringer XENYX X1204USB 12-Channel Mixer (#8)- The video mixer can handle basic audio mixing, but I decided to go with this audio mixer because it can handle more inputs and different types of inputs.My crew is able to select the different video sources at the push of a button. The main video out connects directly to the Video Furnace device. It has several outputs so I can connect a monitor to it to see what I'm capturing. All of my video sources (two cameras and one laptop) are connected to it.
It has 4 inputs (two RCA and two S-Video). It's one of the cheapest video mixers out there at less than $500 and does an excellent job for my purposes.
Sima SFX-11 Digital Video Mixer (#1)- I picked this mainly for the price.It captures the video and audio feeds, sending them down to the district run PBS station where they are encoded and sent back to the school through the Cable in the Classroom program. Video Furnace - this device (#7 in the picture) was provided by the district.