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 __**Podcasting with Research Papers!**__ A great idea for a technology based lesson that I just completed was to have the students create Podcasts based on their research papers revolving around Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible". The research project was the building ground for the students to gain background knowledge of the following topics: McCartyism, Arthur Miller, The Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Witchcraft, Life in Salem Mass. in teh 1690s. After the research project was complete, the students collaborated in groups and decided what information from their topic should be taught to the class prior to reading "The Crucible". The students had a blast finding jingles for the Podcasts and recording their voices. The Podcast project (from creating a script to read to recording each group member) only took one week to complete. Each group was also required to create quiz question from the content of their Podcasts. All questions were then combined and a Podcast quiz was easily created. The students were required to take the quiz while listeing to each Podcast! This has put a great spin on creating background knowledge and the students were engaged through every step of this project! ~Rachel Stevens