1. edtechtrain.com/NECC Podcasting - Scarlet Letter Style Example of Technology Infused Instruction

2. Objectives: After reading The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, students will Read about a modern-day judge who has handed-out many punishments and compare his punishments to the type ordered in The Scarlet Letter. Record a podcast, expressing their opinions about the appropriateness of this type of punishment in today’s society.

3. Related Standards: NETS for Learners 2007 – Creativity & Innovation, Communication & Collaboration, Digital Citizenship, Technology Operations & Concepts Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised 2001) – Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing, Applying, Understanding, Remembering

4. Background: Judge Ted Poe, a former Texas judge, garnered national media attention for his “Poetic Justice” in sentencing criminals. Among his innovative punishments, Poe ordered: thieves to carry signs in front of stores from which they stole required men who abused their wives to publicly apologize on the steps of Houston’s City Hall commanded sex offenders to place warning signs on their home after serving jail time directed murderers to hang a photo of their victims in their prison cells as a daily reminder of their crimes.

5. Process: 1.Students create a podcast, using Audacity, to express their opinions related to the types of punishment described in the Hawthorne novel and in the Judge Poe letter. 2.Students upload their completed podcasts to Podbean (http://www.podbean.com) and include their podcasts in a multimedia presentation that compares Hawthorne’s version of justice to Judge Poe’s interpretation.http://www.podbean.com Sample Podcast

6. Wrap Up: Demonstrated one use of podcasting in the classroom A great way to archive student learning and progress in the form of an audio portfolio. An opportunity for students to contribute meaningful work to the ever expanding World Wide Web

7. Questions: 1.What academic standards are embedded in this lesson? 2.What other educational applications might there be for podcasts? 3.How might the requirement of publishing to the web affect the quality of students’ work?

8. edtechtrain.com/NECC With professional development from ETT, we will teach (and support) educators to integrate tools like podcasts into their classroom instruction to increase both the efficiency of their instruction and its application to 21st century learning.