Planning an "Interview" Podcast

As you discovered in my previous post, I'm a bit behind on these two podcasting assignments. But that's not to say I've been doing nothing. Hardly. I've been obsessing. I've been reading. I've been worrying. I've been reading. I've been frustrating. (Just ask my wife!)

And, as I mentioned in my previous post, I'm not only trying to figure out all the technology, but I've been trying to focus my attention and efforts on PC applications, rather than Mac applications. So, in this case, for an interview podcast, I've been focusing on Gizmo, rather than Skype, along with Camtasia Studio and Sound Tap.

I've read the U of MN's "position" on Skype, since I was warned about Skype ahead of time by my wife (a U of MN employee), and I was swayed by the arguments. I do not at all like the idea of Skype "using" my computer to "route" other people's "calls" while I'm online. I also do not like Skype because, currently, Skype offers no way to record conversations.

Thus, I've found a reference in the Hendron book (p. 86) about Camtasia Studio for recording Skype video -- if I decide I need to use Skype for video -- and I've found references in the Podcasting for Dummies book (pp. 71-72 and 95-99) about using Sound Tap to record "any" audio being played through the computer. And, Gizmo, a Skype competitor (?), seems to be similar to Skype but it has the capability to record audio. I still need to check into Gizmo about video capabilities.

But my planning for the interview podcast is nearly complete. I plan to interview a friend from graduate school who is also my "adjunct" colleague at my college and who teaches English at Irondale High School. He is currently using a PBWiki in his classes -- after talking to me about them, and, after actually learning from me about them -- and I'm going to talk to him about how it's going, how he's using it, how his students are responding to it, etc.

So, again, stay tuned! I hope to have that podcast up soon!