PE5 – Voki

Voki.com - Becoming An Expert - Part2

I am continuing to explore Voki.  Voki is very user friendly.  There are only a few things about it that I would change.  I am still using the free version so I can only create 60 second presentations.  This should be enough time for my students to present their assigned fact.  I used the voice recording option for the first time.  It is very simple.  I don't know if my students will be able to speak clearly enough and fast enough to complete their facts in the 60 seconds.  I will have my students use the text to speech feature for my RILS assignment.  The computers in my classroom do not have microphones.  There are headsets with microphones in the computer lab, however, they are require to work on a program called SuccessMaker while they are in the lab.  The text to speech should be easier for the first attempt at making a Voki.

Click video Voki for multiplying by four.  I used the voice feature to record it.  You can also use the phone to add voice or you can upload a file.  Recording was easy but again you need to remember not to hit cancel.  Cancel makes you start over.  I will make sure the I emphasize that with my students!

Multiplying by four is fun with Lucy.

I visited the Voki blog.  That provided me with more information.  Voki classroom was launched in May 2011.  I didn't know it was that new.  I will definitely be following this blog.  It seems that the Voki people rely heavily on user feedback and make changes based on that feedback.  One issue that they resolved due to teacher feedback was that student log in names included the teacher emails, which teacher were not thrilled about.  So Voki now allows teachers to create a user name.  The user name will be part of the student ID in place of the teacher's email address.