I have been fiddling around on the Voki site making my own Avatar that I can give a voice to also. It allows people to express themselves through an avatar. I can see how this could be useful for younger students, but most probably not older than middle phase. I have attached my Voki that I created on my Blog!
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I agree with you. I can see how this may be used to insight younger students into learning but I belive that older students will find them immature and as a result will not learn through them.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea that you put forward about letting people express themselves. I have found that a lot of the middle phase learners do not like putting an idea forward if it is different to what the rest of the class is saying. By using a Voki they can put their idea's forward and it will almost feel like the idea came from some one esle, some one that they are a lot more comfortable with. This would make them feel quite secure and as a result we may be able to get more students to start voicing their idea's.