VOKI

WHAT IS VOKI?
Voki is a online tool where you can creat a animated character (called avatar) which speak what you want it say.

http://www.voki.com/
http://tinyurl.com/y6uyelpm

ADVANTAGES:

• You don´t need download the software, it is on line.
• The basic form is gree.
• You can creat an avatar which seems like you.
• You can add a text and the avatar will say it or you can do it with your own voice.
• It is a good idea to learn and practice English (or any other language).
• It is a interactive and funny idea to teach and practice for the students.
• You can post your voki (avatar) in blogs, websites or in a social network.

DISADVANTAGES:

• If you want a premium form for your avatar has more details you need to buy it.
• You can only write 100 words for your voki says.
• If you want to do it with your own voice, you just have 60 seconds to record your voice.
• Only can creat one avatr in each presentation.
• The voices that voki has sometimes sounds weird.

Activities:

Voki is a useful tool into the classroom, as a teacher, you can creat many activities to work with it:

•  You can ask your students to creat their own voki recording their voices.
• You cans chose the topic according to what you can evaluate: vocabulary, pronunciation, use of tenses, use of english, etc.
• They can introduce themselfs, to talk about an important topic as the global warming, rasicm or bullyng in the school, even basic thing like what they are doing right now or their likes and dislikes.
• They can share with their classmates their voki, watch it and talk bout the voki of others in classes (here they will practice the oral comprehension and the oral production).