Voki
Voki is one of the most interactive technological tools I had the opportunity to use. Teaching a foreign language can be interactive, funny, interesting, and special at the same time using this tool. It allows teachers to work on the four skills. It is free to use. It requires a good service of internet but it is a worthwhile tool. Teachers are able to create interactive lesson by using cartoons as avatars to teach. Students may create their own avatars to perform the language through writing and speaking. It has many interesting applications for teaching.
Types of Activities using Voki
1. Teachers can create a presentation of a topic using an avatar to present vocabulary in an interactive way (regarding slides also).
2. Students can choose their favorite type of avatar (Voki provides different types of avatars) to tell a story using the vocabulary viewed in the class.
3. Students may create a short presentation using slides with images and an avatar to explain the target content (avatars produce the words demanded by the person who is writing or saying the words).
Tips about Voki
1. It is necessary to have a computer and some programs already installed in the computers (adobeplayer for instance)
2. Voki requires a good internet connection to run.
3. I consider Voki a tool for working in specific stages of the lesson plan ( warm-up, presentation, post-activity, consolidation, and even at home)
As a conclusion, Voki might become more a tool for students to entertainment themselves, but, if teachers plan very well prepared activities Voki can become a really useful tool for teachers during the class.
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