With churches closed down by the Covid-19 pandemic, many congregations have turned to technology solutions like Zoom to hold worship services, meetings, and Bible studies online. Teaching the pilot class of the “Puppet Ministry Pizzazz” course via Zoom last month was a bit of a challenge. But, in the process of learning the ropes, I discovered that Zoom could be a useful tool for puppeteers to broadcast and record their conversations with a puppet pal.
For the following three videos, my laptop’s built-in camera and microphone recorded Moochacha chatting with me in a Zoom meeting window. The laptop did extra duty as teleprompter. After hitting the Record button in the Zoom window, I clicked over to a Microsoft Word document containing my script (in a different window, NOT a Zoom screen share). While I scrolled through the Word doc, Zoom continued to record me in my Zoom window.