VOKI

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**Voki is a free Web2.0 tool that allows users to create a speaking character using their own voice. Users have the opportunity to customize their character by changing facial features such as the eyes,nose, mouth, hair, etc. to match their own features or take on the identify of several types of characters such as dogs, cats, politicians, etc. ** **Step by Step Voki Directions: **
 * www.voki.com **

**[|Voki for Education]provides several different resources for getting started with Voki. Use this link to read about different ways of using Voki in the classroom and to access additional classroom resources. **
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have students guess who the character is. || their opinions and concerns. || the content area. ||
 * ~ Subject ||~ Lesson/Activity - Share how you used this tool in your classroom (What worked? What did not work? ||~  ||
 * < Any/ESL |||| Allow students to use this tool to read/present short presentations. ||
 * Any |||| Beginning of the year - Have students create a Voki to tell classmates about themselves. ||
 * LA/Reading |||| Students create a Voki based on a character from a book or short story the class has read. After presentations,
 * SS |||| Have a debate in the classroom regarding different topics in history where students create a Voki to voice
 * Any |||| Allow students to choose a vocabulary term they have to explain in their own words and how it applies to