Giving+Voice

Giving Voice
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Voki
Voki allows you to create an avatar and give it a voice. Check the Voki Blog for great ideas and examples!


 * Middle School Math examples
 * French example
 * A French Voki Poems Group on Ning
 * A teacher of Japanese created this voki
 * Vokis in science using the text to speech
 * Words of encouragement to students via Voki
 * Wonderful world of Voki prezi with embedded student examples

Here is a page with instructions on how to create a voki (without registering for an account) and submitting that information via a form to the teacher for subsequent embedding. This project was for middle school language arts, where students had the avatar speak their poems. Voki can also be useful for English language learners.

Voki has an area for educators called the Voki Classroom and lessons plans online.

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Link to Susan and the red car.

[|Audiopal] is the same company, and has voice only, no avatar.
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[|Blabberize]
Bblabberize allows you to bring a photograph or graphic to life, identifying a mouth which will move in time with your audio.

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Here are some additional examples: Amelia Earhart report Teacher introducing a research project Student Juan Ponce de Leon report

fotobabble - no moving mouth, only an accompanying audio file.
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**Audio-only Environments**
Audioboo allows you to easily create audio files and allow others to leave text or audio comments. This service also has a mobile device environment for iPhone and Android devices. Vocaroo is a super simple interface, no frills, simple audio file creation tool - with the ability to download the mp3 file. Voxopop **-** think of this as an audio only discussion forum - start a group, and then start threads. vozMe is a simple text to speech reader

CLEAR'S Audio Dropbox - can be an embeddable interactive audio activity. An account is needed and is free. Try this sample:


 * What plans do you have for the summer?** You have 30 seconds to respond to that question prompt. Be sure to include //what, when, where, why, and with whom.//

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 * What are your learning goals for spring?** You have 30 seconds to respond to the question prompt. This is a video prompt, so you will be prompted to grant your webcam permission to operate.

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CLEAR has several other tools that allow for video, mashups, and online interactive activities.