What an impressive learning tool. When I set my voki avatar up, I couldn't wait to show my son Alex. Even I got excited to hear my own name on the computer. Alex was just as excited, if not more. I played around with the different ways of adding voice to the character. I had to change a few words, for example G'day, to Good day as the computer was saying it in a way you couldn't understand, unless you knew what it was meant to say in the first place. I can see how the avatars that you or your students make would bring excitement and interest to any lesson. This tool would be good for the students to be actively involved. I think I would allow the students to spend the first few lessons on just having fun creating their personal avatar, as I think the excitement of creating them could take the children's thinking away from the actual subject they are supposed to be learning about. I also loved how you can use animals, and actual pictures of real people, not cartoons. Using the mouse to move the characters heads and eyes is quite funny. It could brighten any ones day if you were having a bad day. The educational gains with using avatars are great, you could introduce a subject, encourage the students to create their own voki, which would enhance their knowledge in computers, the list goes on forever.
This is my attempt to include my voki into my blog I hope you check it out and make some comments.
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Haha Peck-Peck got a mention!! I bet Alex loves your VOKI!!
ReplyDeleteThe only problem is like you said you have to change some of the words so it sounds better. Otherwise you can always record your own voice onto it. Imagine all the young children at school recording their own VOKI, they would just love it. Obviously they would be using it for educational purposes, maybe to post onto their class blog or as a presentation!
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