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An
Interview with Janie Lynn Panagopoulos
If you have students that are interested in conducting an interview, I am happy to oblige. The more prepared we are for an interview the better.
Some of the student interviews I have conducted range from phone calls, videoconferencing calls, Skype, Oovoo, Blogs, emails and personal snail mail. I am happy to work with the student, at no charge, in any way possible to help them complete their assignment. Preparation is the key.
1. Please make sure the student is really interested in the interview. I have had some very sloppy interviews, in the past, that have really turned out to be a bad situation.
2. Please make sure the student has the parents support in the interview. I have had phone interviews that the parents had no idea that it was a long distance phone call and the students found themselves in trouble at home.
3. Make sure the teacher is aware of the interview and will help guide the student in the process.
Contact me in advance.
1. The student needs to email me and set up an interview time and date. Please make sure the student knows what time zone they are located in. I am located on the Eastern Seaboard in Virginia and I am in the Eastern time zone.
2. At least three days before the scheduled interview, I will need an emailed list of interview questions. Also included on the list, I need the name of the student, the name and location of the school, and the name of the teacher and class the interview is for.
If it is a phone interview:
1. I will share my cell phone number with the student. 2. I will wait for the student to call me at the appointed time.
If an Email Interview:
1. I need to be alerted when the email questions will be available and I will respond within 24 hours, as long as the interview has been scheduled.
If a Videoconferencing, Skype, Oovoo interview:
1. This makes for an easy International connection for an interview. 2. A test time must be schedule before the interview to make sure our equipment is compatible, the firewalls, filters and ports are set correctly. 3. When the interview is scheduled, I will share with the student my IP address or my name connection for Skype or OoVoo and we will proceed from there.
If a Blog Interview:
1. I have a blog on this web site that we be able to connect from. Your school tech. person can best tell you that information. (Sometimes administrative port, firewall or filters need to be changed for access to your school. This is a simple procedure but is something that must be completed before you students can connect.) 2. I can visit your school blog, but I will need the url address, the blog location and any password or user ID that is necessary. If a Snail Mail Interview:
1. All the above procedures concerning time and schedule must be arranged ahead of time. After the interview is scheduled, I will send the student my office address in Virginia and they can mail the questions to that location. (The reason the scheduling is so important is that I am often on book tour or research trips and can be out of state for months at a time.)
If you have more questions concerning interviews, please contact me at: Pandex@prodigy.net
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