Literacy Voki, a tool to Support Literacy Improvement
Voki
http://www-vs.voki.com A voki is an avatar created online. What's with the name? Voki is a combination of "vox", which is Latin for voice, and "Loki", which, is a prankster character in Norse Mythology. Free
Opportunities Content friendly - can be integrated in any curriculum area. Preparing for a Voki creation enables students to carefully organize their thoughts Provides students with the opportunity to practice their speaking (and pronunciation) skills Provides a new method of student presentation (can be viewed outside the classroom) For world language teachers, Voki is a great tool for recording auditory monologues.
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Creating Character Style Select a character from one of our many styles: Classic, Animals, Oddballs and more! Customization Change the look, clothing and accessories. Voice Add your own voice via phone, microphone, text to speech or upload a file. Background Choose a background from our library or upload your own. Publish to email to a friend or get code to take your Voki avatar anywhere.
Story Telling
ď‚› Story Telling: Create a Voki and start telling a story and ask the children to write the end of the story.
ď‚› They can also create Voki at home and record their voices by telling the end of the story or retell a story you did in class.
Journal
Children can create their own avatars and keep a journal by recording their own voices or again using text-to-speech application. You can place (embed) all the avatars on one page and you can ask the kids to change the recording of the avatar every day and talk about what they did on previous day. Each child can listen to each other. It's a good speaking activity and a good way for kids to hear their pronunciation.
Treasure Hunt Treasure Hunt: You can play treasure hunt with your students. Your Voki avatar can give the directions to the kids to find the treasure that you have hidden in the classroom. You can write the directions at the same time by using text-to speech activities or you can record your voice beforehand.
Character Study Role play Sterotypes Show the Voki avatar to the kids and write some questions about the avatar such as, Who, What, Why… "How old is she?" "What is her favorite color?" etc. Ask the children to write down their guesses to those questions. When they finish writing, they can read aloud their predictions.
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