Voki is an application that creates
speaking avatars. Voki is a tool that can be very useful to teachers as it can
motivate students to learn, improve message comprehension and make learning
fun! To create a Voki, you first have to either create a customized avator or
pick one from a large variety ranging from animals to holiday figures such as a
pumpkin. After the avator is chosen or made, a voice is added once again
through various methods. A voice can be added by recording, uploading or typing
in what you wish your character to say. Once the voki is created, it can be
shared or posted to any blog, website or profile.
The
grade level that I think voki would be appropriate for is between 4th-5th
grade. Creating a voki requires the knowledge of spelling and sentence
structure. Also, the user will need to be able to read and follow directions
while navigating through the various steps to create a voki.
The
application voki could be beneficial to both teachers and students. Teachers
could create a voki to get information across to their students in various
subjects. Having an animated character opposed to a teacher teach to students
will keep them much more engaged and interested. A voki character could be used to simply tell students
directions or teach a small lesson in addition to instruction given by the
teacher. Students could create a voki for a project to present information to
their class. When creating a voki, students will feel they have more freedom
with the many different options voki provides. A possible lesson that could be
taught using voki is the students could read a book such as Hatchet and pick a character to portray
trough a voki character. They could then have the voki character describe how
they felt throughout the novel.
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