Digital Audio Session 5

And it's off to the races . . . as students meandered in around 12:10-15, Paul started off another day of Storytelling with Digital Audio! And what better way to begin than with a learn@UW quiz?

After the quiz, Paul gave a brief overview of how to render files as a reminder - then, he set the students to work on their Behind the Wheels. After a bit of trouble getting freesound.org up (Jaylah and Taylor thought that it was freesoundS) the students began diligently working on their scripts, the end result and goal of the day. After their scripts were completed, students were free to start searching for sounds and recording. Soon the room echoed with intriguing noises students were checking out, while Paul and Elizabeth looked on fondly and discussed old Christmas TV specials. Students were so enraptured with their work, that they didn't even take their first break.

As she was going around checking on students to see how they were, Elizabeth discovered Carrie was in a lot of pain with a toothache - apparently, she'll have to have some dental work done tomorrow. It was difficult for Carrie to concentrate, so Elizabeth set her up on some comfortable chairs in the smaller partitioned part of the room. Feel better soon Carrie! AJ came in later and told her to head on home.

Promptly at 1:20, Paul introduced the permit test, explaining that today was the first attempt.
The room fell silent as students stared intently at their computer screens, weighing their options. Towards the end, Malibu asked when we were doing blogs. Good call Malibu! Though originally planned to be at the very end of the session, it seemed to make the most sense to use the current post-PT silence for blog writing time. Paul and Elizabeth switched the schedule around slightly so students could complete their blogs immediately. This way, the instructors already had a captive audience and didn't have to gather the class's attention from something else!

The students were very on top of things today! As they commenced blog writing, Diana asked if there needed to be a picture this? Excellent work Diana! Artifacts are always required for ITA blogs, though today Paul and Elizabeth forgot to mention this!

Class ended early at around 2:00 in order to allow plenty of time for the students to make it to community hour in the basement, escorted by Paul as per the new rules of ITA

When Paul returned, as this blog is unnaturally short considering the shorter day, he wrestled the computer away from Elizabeth . . . . ahhh!!! Paul - no!!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

And then some other stuff happened. A long, sinewy creature descended from the sky in a cloud of mist, sunlight flashing on its golden scales. It was Tianlong, the great and powerful celestial dragon of China. With a voice like a hundred thousand cheering soldiers, Tianlong whispered to us the secret of Creation, granting us a all a brief glimpse of the eternal wonder of the universe before breathing salient vapors on us and making us forget what he had said. Though we no longer remember the secret which he told us, the moment of awareness left an indelible mark on the heart of each and every one of us, manifesting as a subconscious joy that accompanies each passing moment.

But, maybe I just imagined that. Still, it would have been cool, right?