I made the case last week that we owe it to our Suzuki community to start teaching teaching on YouTube.

Today I’m listing all of the ideas I have for YouTube videos. These are videos a Suzuki Teacher could start posting tomorrow.

I might see a few of these ideas to reality, but honestly there are so many that I don’t have time to pursue. I hope you take the ideas and run! This is such an underutilized tool for teacher development. I actually frustrates me how little we are using this platform. Let’s change the future of teaching training by getting our stuff online, distributed, and accessible.

My ideas…

SELF ANALYSIS

1. Just post your lessons on YouTube! Just do it. So simple.
2. Post lesson footage with multiple angles and action shots. Actually cut to the camera that has the best angle (parent, student, teacher, closeup, etc. (example: Ed Kreitman’s real violin teaching and Nick Bare triathalon prep)
3. Videos that break down the teaching segments with labels or graphics (example: Vox episode, Colin and Samir)
4. Video where the teacher has a thought bubble letting you know what they are attempting to do or options they considered (example: Virgil LV behind the scenes)
5. A reaction video where the teacher records themself after the fact explaining what they were trying to do (example: Bo Burnham, Anthony Fantano)
6. Show a couple of similar teaching segments with different students, show repetition and the difference between each rep (example: Ryan Trahan)
7. Show different approaches with different learning types
8. Show yourself playing the same game with many students
9. A video compilation of you following through on a sequence from start to finish (like my vibrato video). One for tuning, vibrato, shifting, bow arm development, 4th finger development, etc.
10. A compilation of 100 games (real lesson footage)
11. Compilation of 100 group class activites (real footage)
12. Footage of zoom teaching
13. Footage of masterclass style teaching
14. Tour of your teaching space (example: MKBHD studio tour, my studio tour)
15. Your favorite teaching tools (example: Peter McKinnon gear cage)
16. Break down (using footage) the template you use for each lesson. For example: tuning, bow, reading, review, scales, working piece, previews. (example: Never Too Small, or Van Neistat)
17. All of the strategies you use to work on one challenge (footage from a variety of lessons, different ages).
18. A progress video– show where students were 5 years ago and where they are now. What changed?
19. Record your students’ performances
20. React to your students’ performances, walk through what you loved and what you would change (ex. Elizabeth Faidley)
21. Have parents get actions shots while you are in the lesson– what are they paying attention to?

PRACTICE ANALYSES

1. Actual footage of you practicing.
2. Footage of you practicing with a reaction explaining why you practiced that way.
3. A talk through practice where you practice on camera and explain what you’re practicing as you go. (example: Peter McKinnon editing photos)
4. A compilation of your favorite practice strategies (talking/demo to camera).
5. Record your students practicing! (example: Tinman elite track workout videos)
6. Reaction commentary video to your students’ practicing (you could even do this livestream style)
7. Most effective practice ideas (footage of your parents with their students)
8. Practice party. Gather all of your students to practice in public with each other and cheer each other on. Video like a blog. (example: Tinman)

TEACHING ANALYSIS

1. Create educational videos on your own ideas and why they work
2. Breakdown other teachers teaching with footage and structure stamps
3. Reaction video to other teachers’ teaching.
4. Doing a Suzuki style teacher observation with screen capture
5. Q&A with questions from the Suzuki community
6. Interview other Suzuki teachers and build a video around their insights (example: Colin and Samir)

TEACHING LIFESTYLE

1. Show the prep you do for the week of teaching
2. Screen capture how you take notes post lesson (example: Thomas Frank or Ali Abdaal)
3. Vlog the preparatory ‘outside of teaching’ self care you do to stay sane (example: Daniel Simmons)
4. Talk through the sort of texts and emails you get from parents and how you respond to them
5. Desk set up and work flow (example: Matthew Encina)

COLLAB’S/COSIGNS

[any opportunity you have to work with another teacher/creator who either has social media capital or Suzuki notoriety]

1. Interview a notable Suzuki teacher (example: Colin and Samir interview Mr. Beast)
2. Visit and tour another teachers Suzuki situation. Take a trip just to observe lessons and document the process. (example: Casey Neistat and Van Neistat, Peter McKinnon and MKBHD)
3. Launch a project with another notable teacher, document the process (example: Mr. Beast and TeamTrees)
4. Subscribe, Comment, and Follow other important creators in this community. Ask meaningful questions and spark conversations. Encourage people with status to contribute to the conversation you start on your channel.
5. Host a collaborative analysis video with many Suzuki teachers (example: Bliss Foster Virgil Group Analysis)

RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

1. Record your version of the Suzuki Repertoire. Best to keep them unlisted.
2. Make your own version of these types of videos. Best to keep them unlisted.
3. Explain and illustrate technique through graphics videos (example: 3d modeling and gym form)
4. Letters to students– inspiration or important messages (example: Bliss Foster, Tinman running, MKBHD race)
5. Transparency report. How you do what you do. How much money you make. How many students you have. How many students you lost. Updates to your methodology and philosophy. Your plans for the future. (example: Colin and Samir YouTube payment, MKBHD announcements)