Podcasting will be implemented as a method of content review and provide a platform for online discussion in the Year 11 European History honors course. This plan will be implemented for the unit “The Rise of Europe”, the first unit of the course. Due to the nature of this action plan, it can easily be adapted and applied to each unit of the course, as deemed appropriate. This plan will provide students with a valuable review of the extensive content covered in the course. Traditionally, in the European History Honors program, little time can be devoted to revision, as the deadlines are very strict. By allowing review outside of class via podcast, more time can be dedicated in class to qualitative educational practices. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to comment or ask questions regarding the podcast review sessions, making the review session truly interactive. Therefore, this action plan will use technology to free up one-on-one lesson time with students for higher quality teaching and learning, while providing students with an additional means of communication with the teacher as well as between them. The action plan can easily be applied to all content areas, it actually applies to Pennsylvania State Academic Standards 8.4.12 A–D. These are all World History standards. The podcasting action plan is not a content-specific plan and therefore can be applied to all content areas of the study of world history. The action plan directly adheres to the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S) with particular emphasis on four substandards. Standard 2.b is obviously implemented. Since podcasting is an additional method of c...... middle of paper ...... the main resource is the Learning in Hand blog, which has episodes dedicated to teachers using podcasting in the classroom. In order to evaluate the success of the plan, three separate plans can be used to acquire data and then make informed decisions. Student surveys would provide direct feedback to the teacher. Such surveys would ask students to indicate how they used the podcast and how often they listened to it. To support this data, web statistics from the site where the podcast is published would definitively indicate how many visitors are watching it. Finally, the most undeniable data would come from the test results themselves. If there is an increase in student scores, adding a classroom podcast for content review would likely be the cause. By integrating all of this data, a proper assessment of the success of the action plan may be possible..