Trish Early is an Instructional Technologist and Language Lab Coordinator at Georgia State University, in downtown Atlanta Georgia. Her areas of interest include using digital recording to ameliorate the affective barriers to oral production in the second language, using rich multimedia to address individual learning styles and multiple intelligences, and the reasoned and effective application of technology tools within the language curriculum. As a complementary activity, she consults with institutions on the design and construction of learning environments and student-support multimedia labs.