It was nice to talk with the ESM staff. Mike and I enjoyed the experience. Maybe we can all get together again and find a way for a long distance project. I did see your Voki's the day before few spoke to you all. They are cool. As this blog notes, Hanna showed me I bet in November this, I made one for my blog, but have not really used them in an assignment until now. In the Middle ages webqeust, their blog has to have a voki to show who they are and speak a few main lines about the different blog topics. Kids love using them. As for the note cards, so what. They use the right terms and the guided help will be good for next time you do it and helping them find the key terms to use. Well, keep Mike and I up on what is happening in Syracuse. I know you are getting some snow today...we have a snow day about 1 inch of ice. Off to get the driveway cleared.

Voki's are an interesting classroom tool, and student's really seem to enjoy them. I would probably have my students create a Voki about a historical figure, instead having them write a report/ biography. It would really help engage my students a lot more than just writing a report.

So, when I first read this post, I thought this was a stupid idea. I couldn't figure out how a Language Arts/Science teacher could incorporate Vokis into their classroom-- history, I can see. Well, just hours after reading this blog, I was doing a paper about how I would have students respond to different literary texts and thought-- Vokis!! Students could make Vokis about characters in novels they are reading (especially novels that have similar characters, like The Outsiders) or they could create them about the authors of the stories they are reading. In the same way, students could create famous scientists for science classes to learn and/or teach others about their scientific contributions. In essence, I judged this program way too quickly because I think Vokis will be an awesome idea to teach students about people and characters much more easily than papers and lectures.

I cannot wait to let my students create Vokis of characters from their assigned readings. Literature can be stuffy, boring and seemingly unrelated to high school students, so this is an excellent way to help them take a closer look at the reading and also connect it to them. They can take their response to the character descriptions and use their creativity to build a Voki that reflects their understanding and vision of the character.

I think these are pretty cool. You can have students do a simple mini biography about them and have them present it to the class. something simple, fun, and educational for them to do that will get them involved with the content!

This is like creating your own avatar! I love this idea! What a fun, creative way to engage students in learning. This program will allow students to create a profile picture for their blogs. As an English teacher, I could have my students read about a character and through the use of adjectives they can create this character through Voki. What a wonderful idea! Once again thanks for the great ideas!

Just made my first VOKI!