Time for Thursday the 8th of April

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> Return to the collaborative document. Work in partners: one person writes, the other helps. Continue to edit and add to the document, but also do the following: choose a paragraph and work on the "writing style." Try to retain the interest of the individual writer's style and argument, but also edit the paragraph to be less of an individual statement and more of a paragraph in an essay. In short, normalize the paragraph style so that it is part of the larger, emerging essay. For example, shift from "My project is concentrating on Facebook" to "Facebook is" followed by a claim about Facebook. Once you and your partner complete editing that paragraph, move to another.

> Sound. Look at Murmur. For finding free audio tracks, along with Creative Commons Search, try Freesound and Open Music Archive.

> Using QuickTime. You can do most audio recording/editing using QuickTime. It's easy. Select File > New Audio Recording. Once the recording is made, adjust audio settings using Window > Show Movie Properties > Audio Properties. You can export the audio using File > Export and you can set the exports options by clicking the Options button.

• Tip: if you want to make a recording for an iPod, go to Edit > Preferences > Player Preferences > Audio Recording and set format to AAC (.m4a). You can set other recording preferences here as well. Why not make a podcast and publish it on iTunes!

> Using Audacity. Audacity is a much more full-featured audio editor, available for free download. Be sure to also download and install the LAME mp3 encoder in order to make mp3s. The encoder is available here. Additional Audacity plugins are here. Use Audacity for multi-track recording and editing, adding filters, and so on. There are also good Garage Band tutorials here, if you want you to work with it.

> Hear about the status of a few creative projects. Questions in general?