Voki

Voki

Introduction  media type="custom" key="22609718" width="110" height="110" align="right" Ever feel like you are being watched? If so, you've probably been on a web-page with a Voki. Vokis are great when you have a speaking task for students, particularly if you have privacy concerns. With a Voki, there's no concerns about publishing of student images and yet it is still personalized. Vokis are also a great way of leaving voice comments! Vokis can be embedded in any HTML box, making them great for blogs, wikis and websites. Vokis can also be emailed as a link. Very versatile.
 * Voki- Creepy, but useful **

Some ideas for using Voki in the classroom:

 * Students give a description (verbal or written) of a voki for another student to (re)create (e.g. "Wanted" poster descriptions, "perfect date" etc).
 * Students create a voki who describes him/her/itself with false information included (e.g. "I have red hair" when the voki actually has black). Another student then listens to the description and figures out the lies.
 * The teacher can record a homework task with a difference!
 * Presentation of oral assignments on a blog without fear of identifying images of students being used.
 * Students can create an avatar that resembles a character in a story and have it read dialogue from the text.
 * Students who are uncomfortable reading aloud in front of other people often don't have a problem voki-fying themselves!
 * For those teaching ESL, students can compare their own voice to that of the computer-generated one (voki has a machine voice for reading out what you type in!).
 * Vokis can be emailed directly to parents. What a great way of doing a greeting message in the target language!

Discovery
 * ‡ HELP Videos: ** -Getting Started with Voki
 * ‡ HELP Resources: ** The Voki Blog

 Class Introduction Voki in the Classroom <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">More on Voki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Voki Resources: **

<span style="color: #a000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px; line-height: 1.5;">Task
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO BEFORE YOU CAN TICK OFF Thing 20. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sign up for an account with Voki (use your gmail) at [|http://www.voki.com] (Don't sign up for Voki Classroom! The emphasis for this course is on FREE tools.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Follow the instructions to create a Voki of your own
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Save your Voki in your account
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Open another window or tab in your browser (ctrl-t or ctrl-w or file-new window) with your blog in it.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copy and paste the embed code Voki provides into the "html" tab in Blogger. The voki will then appear in a blog post!- <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Here is a video link to embedding HTML code in your Blog

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Thing 21 Animoto <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blog post for this week will come after Thing 21