As I reflect on my podcast episode, I can say that I am pleased with the way it turned out. We used a Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone, and that experience alone was very cool. I'm also proud of our music choices; they're quite varied, and we chose to do that in order to convey the diversity of the contexts in which we discuss our topic.
If I had more time, or the guts, I would have asked my downstairs neighbors to keep it down. After spending so much time padding the walls and appliances in my kitchen (to avoid sound bouncing back into the microphone) it was a little irritating to deal with their noise. Perhaps this was in part due to the fact that they were partying, while we had to work. Oh well...
I have two things to say to the student just beginning this course:
Start your research early and don't get overwhelmed. Speaking as someone with a full (overflowing) course-load, you don't want to get stuck with a topic you don't care about, and have this unique experience become a chore. Working with a partner definitely helps, in all kinds of ways, so if you can work with someone else, do it.
Practice early- both recording yourself and using recording software. The blog prompts help to keep you on the ball but nothing really prepares you for all of the problems you will run into the way starting early will. If you start early, you can resolve your questions early.
As they always used to say, friends: this concludes our broadcast day.
Contributing to this course and to this course blog has been an unforgettable experience; thanks WRIT 2300.
Jessica
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