Hi Jesai,
I'll take the challenge to be the first male to post a video, though I am cheating a bit as this was one I had already created. I think it's a good example of what to avoid. It was created late at night (to get some P and Q ) , I had a cold and wasn't feeling well and was really stressed to get it done in order to complete a training session on e-safety I was doing. I was also reading from a script, which is a disaster. Anyway here it is:
The worst thing about it though, is that having done it and uploaded it to the web ( I added it to www.bigthink.com to get teachers discussing it there) is that you can't really take it back! All the more reason to get things right.
I actually hate seeing myself on the webcam, though I do think they are amazingly useful tools. I wrote an article on wonderful things you can do with them at:
http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/11/things-you-can-do-with-your-webcam-1.html (I'm still trying to complete the follow up part 2)
Having said this though, for direct communication I actually prefer using Second Life. I can hide behind an avatar there and don't have to worry so much about these things like lighting and what I'm wearing.
Anyway, once I get a few more lamps I'll have another go at videoing myself. Thanks for the guidance so far.
Best