We believe that the opportunity for students to interview someone who is just a little older than them and/or are in a career field they are thinking of pursuing is invaluable. Being able to ask questions like "what do you wish you had done differently in high school?", "what are some really hard things you've had to deal with?", "what do you wish someone had told you when you were in high school?", "what is the best way to pursue a career in ______?" can be really interesting and worthwhile for students. Even just the process of a student being in contact with the person he or she wants to interview (calling, emailing, setting up a time time to meet, etc...) is something that can be completely foreign to a high school student. So far we've found that students really enjoy doing interviews, and we really appreciate their contributions to our site and Navigating the Real World. We really want to fill Navigating the Real World with interviews students have done. So please contact us if you're interested!  

Yes, of course. We welcome both text and video interviews. Text interviews can be copied and pasted into the form. This means that interviews could be conducted through email by simply emailing a list of questions to the interviewee. Of course we think the experience of students meeting the person they are interviewing is hugely valuable, but when that is not possible this is a nice alternative. 

All MLTI Macbooks have a camera built in. We have seen several interviews done with the interviewee talking in the direction of the computer and having the webcam record it. It actually works pretty well as long as you disable the screensaver and there isn't too much background noise. 

Many schools will allow classes access to YouTube if it is for a class project. You could also upload the videos from home or a place that does allow YouTube access. 

If your school doesn't have the bandwidth to upload videos there are a few different options: 1. Edit the videos at school (iMovie does not require the internet) and upload them to YouTube from home (or another place that does have fast internet). 2. Have students with access to fast internet at home upload the videos3. Collect the answers to interview questions in text rather than video. This could be as simple as emailing a list of questions to the person you wish to interview and posting the answers on our site. You could also transcribe any video interviews into text right from iMovie.