This course uses student-created audio projects to meaningfully engage students in writing, reading, researching, collaborating, speaking, and audio editing. Students will create a variety of original podcasts for real purposes and real audiences. Students will use a variety of audio editing and Internet technologies and learn to apply the legal and ethical principals associated with research, Webcasting, journalism, and copyright. All audio projects will have correlating written assignments; these will be scripts, reflection papers, and research reports. There will also be a structured and supportive peer editing component and several collaborative projects.