Voki : a fun and free animated avatar tool for educators

Voki is an animation website. It is “ a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profiles and in email messages”. This web2.0 tool is very important in education as It enables teachers and students to express themselves on the web in their own voice , using a talking character. A voki can speak using your own voice , an uploaded file or by typing in a message. The vokis you create can be posted on your class blog, website or anywhere online” read more in Voki : a fun and free animated avatar tool for educators

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Permalink Reply by Bradley Dutchcot on January 31, 2011 at 6:46pm

The French teacher in my building was using this last week with speaking French. It was a really neat idea and the first time I heard of or saw this tool. We did have a problem uploading the recording. She was using a brand new Macbook cart (first teacher to use it) and she had the students record in garage band then try to import. The problem came in the fact that it looked as though the file was uploading but it would never show up.

The technology integration coach and myself (technology advisor) spent 3 periods trouble shooting this problem. We pulled a macbook from each of the 4 carts as well as our own. I had to go to class so I didn't see the conclusion but from what I was told the problem was with using Safari. I'm told that Firefox worked fine.