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Podcasts pep up college writing class curriculum.

Byline: Kristen Chick

Mar. 6--Producing podcasts is not a typical assignment in college writing class, but it's what Heather Schell requires from her students at George Washington University.

Miss Schell, assistant professor in the school's University Writing Program, asked her freshman writing class last year to produce a weekly "radio show," a series of podcasts they wrote, recorded, edited and posted on the Web.

"I really enjoyed it," said one of the students, Kirsten Gilbert, who began the class as a "technophobe" and ended as a podcast pro. "I learned a lot about podcasting. It taught you how to write pieces to be heard, not to be read."

Miss Schell is ...

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