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It's time to get back into the Screencast of the Week!

I had a chance to catch up with screencaster, Tom Crawford from Visualization Network at CES recently. Tom helps people communicate more effectively plus use art and visuals to solve problems and sell ideas. Tom and I hopped in a gondola (Hey, only in Vegas!) and he shared how he's using Camtasia to help in his classes and also some of his tips and tricks. I have to say, making a video in a gondola is a first for me! It's a quick video - just over 2:30. You'll have to watch to see if we get seasick or not! :-)

Tom has several screencasts made with Camtasia Studio on his blog here. I like Tom's screencasts for several reasons. Tom uses a screencast to respond to a blog post. What better way to get your point across and share your knowledge than with a visual screencast. I also like the style of Tom's screencast. It's like I'm looking over his shoulder and that's how I like to learn.

Equipment and software used to create the gondola video:
* Kodak Zi8 camera
* Y-splitter (something like this one)
* 2 Lapel Microphones
* Camtasia for Mac
* Gondola

Any nominations for next week's Screencast of the Week? No gondola required...