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Create a narrated slide-show story to demonstrate the understanding of new vocabulary. •  Use a video or screencast (a recording of interactions on a computer or iPad display) to explain a complex scientific concept. •  Create an audio or video interview of your grandparents for a family history project. •  Create a historical narrative of a pivotal event using images and audio. •  Create a first-person audio journal of a person who lived during a significant event in history. •  Explain a mathematical concept by creating a screencast tutorial. •  Use audio podcasting to practice reading and speaking in a foreign language. •  Demonstrate a portfolio of work with personal narrative describing each piece, its objectives, and development. •  Narrate a character story or a personal journal with a musical soundtrack.

Children can take photos on a field trip, add text to demonstrate their learning, and annotate their voice to pages to bring learning alive in real time.

Memrise is a language learning program that extends beyond vocabulary and language to things like history and science, but at its core it's a flashcard-style program that's augmented with memory tricks, images, and other useful tools to make learning a new language easier.

Duolingo takes a different approach to learning a new language than just memorizing words and phrases.

The Pimsleur Method is an audio-based method that focuses on participation in speaking and sound exercises than strict memorization and flashcards.

Livemocha is an extremely comprehensive language learning community and program, packed with native speakers

Step 3:  Create your student blogs

Step 4:  Add Class blog widget to sideba

The class blog widget provides a handy link to all student blogs attached to My Class.  Students just need to click on the link to easily go to a class mates blog.

Step 5:  Check student posts and comments