Thursday, 21 November 2013
Audio Voki
My voice on a Voki (my tool of choice this week)
It took me a while to figure out how to use a voki and then embed it into my blog. The voki tool has so many options including various audios, characters and backgrounds to choose from when creating one. It makes the process exciting and fun, therefore this is definitely a tool I will use within my classroom and this is my tool of choice to reflect on further. The audio options are great as you are able to type in a voice over or record your own voice through your microphone. Students would be able to use this tool for assessments and presentations. It allows those students who possibly feel anxious about public speaking to present their talk through a voki. It also allows students to self reflect on their public speaking abilities. Voki caters for visual, auditory and kineasthetic learners in the classroom. The use of a voki within the classroom would be considered legal, safe and ethical as it uses character's faces rather than student's faces. It is also a safe option because it allows you to create an account whereby you need a username and password. Therefore only the account holder can access the voki's made within the account and can monitor who sees them. A drawback of the voki tool is that a voice recording can only go for 1 minute which often is not long enough. However it is possible to sign up to 'voki classroom' which opens up more opportunities to voki users. Although this upgraded feature does come at a cost, but I believe it would be money well spent as it gives students more options to work with. Another reason that I believe this is a great tool for the classroom is that it promotes higher order thinking. This is because it allows students to work within the transformation phase of the SAMR model. The teacher could set a task for the students whereby a voki would be used for modification, to create something new and improve efficiency. A voki could also be used for redefinition, through students designing a response to a task in a way that would not be possible without technology. Ultimately this tool is a fun and creative way for students to learn.
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Hehe, loved hearing your voice Bels! See you in a couple of weeks! x
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