Voki

Students create an avatar and create an audio message for their avatar to speak. They can record the message with their computer microphone, call their message in with a phone, type it in, or upload a prerecorded message.

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Educational Uses for Voki
Foreign language learners can practice vocabulary and pronunciation. Users can type a message in one language and hear it read in a different language. Place on a wiki, blog, or website as an introduction or to provide directions for users of the site. Math: Students can create word problems and challenge classmates to solve them. Poetry: Students can read their original poetry aloud. Literature: Students can create an avatar that resembles a character from a story. Then they can read a quote from the story aloud tha demonstrates characterization. They could also speak a quote to demonstrate that character's point of view. History: Students can choose a historical character and record a famous quote by that person. They could embed this in a wiki and go on to report on this historical figure. Writing: Students could write a series of instructions to complete a process. They could then record the instructions or upload the list. Another student would then follow all of the instructions to the letter to see if they are complete. Current Events: Students could create a newscaster to provide information about a current event to share with their class.