screencasting best practices

Now that I've completed a few screencasts I think there are a few important to things to remember:

• It's ok to use the mouse as a pointer, but try to move it around the screen too much; I found myself often partially covering words or links b/c I was involving the mouse too much
• Pausing the screencast recording while waiting for pages to load; that way you don't have to fill too much space with talking
• Have an idea of what you want to say but also try and be natural (definitely not easy!)
• Have your computer all set for the screencast; don't have unnecessary windows or tabs open and have links or files easily accessible