Students in seventh grade drama recently completed their radio drama project. Using Orson Welles’s infamous 1938 broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” as a basis for our radio plays, students worked in groups and wrote brief scenes that demonstrated their knowledge of vocal expression through the voice. Acting without being seen was definitely a new challenge! Playing several different parts and adding in music, sound effects and commercials, students were hard at work putting all the pieces together and finally recording them in class. We used an iPhone to record the radio dramas, and our Chromebooks to write our scripts and find sound effects online. iPads were also used to record the sound effects. Producing radio dramas has certainly come a long way since 1938, but the students’ talents in vocal techniques – combined with their technological skills – led to some excellent final products!