Philosophy Audio Project

My audio project was to have my Introduction to Philosophy class record their responses to the daily philosophy quote rather than to record them in their journals.  The quote for January 31:  " An improper mind is a perpetual feast" by Logan Pearsall Smith.  Students were allowed 10 minutes to go into the hall or outside to record their interpretation of the quote.  We played a few back (much to the chagrine of the recorders) and discussed their initial reactions.  I also printed out their dictated responses from Google Voice to show the students how they had been "interpreted" by Google.  Some of the interpretations were extremely far off from what the students had actually said.  I took a show of hands and no one wanted to continue recording their daily responses to the philosophy quotes since they felt that writing their responses in a journal allowed them to get better feedback from me! (We also had a firedrill during the time they were supposed to be recording their responses so this might have prevented the class from fully enjoying a more creative way to be "philosophical.")