Voki

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Samone Thompson

The Web 2.0 tool that I selected was voki. To create and access voki's visit [|www.voki.com]. A voki is a free online talking voice character. This is an online version of oneself. Using voki's can be exciting and motivating for students and instructors. Students can record their voice for several different assignments while instructors can use voki avatars to introduce and explain new course topics. Voki's can also aid in instruction for audio/visual learners. Using a web 2.0 tool such as this is a great way to involve students in and out of the classroom while allowing them to collaborate or share comments with other students, not only at their school but at other schools also. Students find this exciting because they can select the way they look and sound and because they can add it to their blogs, wikis, facebook pages and even cell phones.

The best part of using the voki in the classroom is that it is user friendly and simple to use.

When creating a voki, the first step to customize your character. When customizing the character you can select the gender of your character, the clothing and other fun characteristics.



N ext, you must select how you want your voice to be recorded; over the telephone, text to talk, a microphone, or upload an audio file.

After selecting your voice option, you simply press done. After you will have the option to add to your site, send to a friend, send to mobile or create more voki fun. Simple as that!

One way that I plan to use voki in the ELA classroom is during a lesson on poetry. After teaching students about the different types of poetry, they can either create their own poem and record it using a voki or find a popular poem and have their personalized voki recite it. In the example I created, I had my smiley face avatar recite, Maya Angelou’s, Still I rise. To view my voki, feel free to use my username: mrsthompson@gmail.com, password: vokivoki

Samone - I love this idea. I used a voki once on a wiki page that my students were working collaboratively on. It said "I am watching you" in this creepy voice. It reminded students that I could see everything they were doing, it deterred them from using the site as a personal message board. I love the idea of having students use it to recite their personal work. ~erin o