voki

VOKI

MFL & SPEAKING CHARACTERS

VOKI• What is it?:

• Age: 13-17 needs parental consent first

• Email: real

• Pupil access: c2k-ok (although images may be blocked)

VOKI• Can be accessed at home and

school.• Necessitates computer-pupil

interaction = motivation• Pupils have ownership – a

unique creation.• Facilitates the transition from

teacher-centred, class-based learning.

• Quieter pupils are heard.• Provides a “mask” – a

distancing effect.

José Picardo, www.asísehace.netI was very careful to introduce the idea of using Voki to my pupils so that they would be immediately engaged and enthused by the prospect of using it. I therefore decided to plan for serendipity and cheat slightly by making them think it was their idea to use Voki all along: I purposefully showed them a Voki during a lesson which had been recorded by my three year old son speaking in Spanish. I then waited until one of my pupils suggested that they could use Voki in their Spanish lesson, what a brilliant idea!From this moment on, I deliberately tried to become a facilitator or a collaborator:

GETTING STARTED• Go to www.voki.com

• Click on “Register”.

• Choose your character by clicking on the dice.

• Change the look and style by clicking on “Customize your character”.

• Choose a background by clicking on “Background”.

• Give your Voki a voice by clicking on one of the options.

• If choosing text to speech, type in your text, choose your accent / language and choose your voice.

SAVING & SHARING• Click “Publish”.

• Click on “For most sites use this code”. Copy the code.

• Paste the code into an email and email it to yourself or others.

• Use this code to upload it to your wiki

PUPIL USE• Remind pupils not to use their full name,

when registering• Get them to click “Publish”, then click on

“For most sites use this code”. Copy the code.

• Paste the code into an email and email it to you

• You can then use this code to upload it to your wiki