I'm in Dean Rehberger's audio workshop Thursday morning. I feel like I am trying to drink from a firehose. There is a ton of good stuff I need to know. Dean has lots of terrific information, great handout packet, a zillion links, and even a combo mic/earphones set. Way cool.

What lkinds of things are possible? Loads. According to to Dean: Digital history projects, NPR-type documentary, usability studies, a "show", etc. Another idea: have students use Audacity or something like and read their papers into a file, then listen to it. They (and we) can note the ways they revise the paper while reading it aloud, and after they listen to it.

My focus has been in interactivity and visual issues for the last some years. Audio is something we need to look through more than we might already: Computers and Composition is coming out with, I think, a special issue on sound soon.

--bobw