Vocki

@http://www.voki.com/ The Voki home page. Go here to register, log-in, look at voki videos, visit the form and create your avatars. || @http://seanbanville.com/2010/05/21/voki/ An account of how easy it is to use Voki and 16 ideas to use Voki avatars in the classroom. Shawn's Blog gives great ideas about how to use many Web 2.0 sites. || http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/Voki Very informative page on Voki giving a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis of the software. Also has good ideas for the classroom. || @http://cegsa.editme.com/voki Excellent page or Voki resources. It provides information on Voki's developmental history, its features, its uses in education (with excellent playable avatar examples), challenges, pros and cons and further resources. || @http://technology4kids.pbworks.com/Voki-Talking-Avatars Fantastic wiki with students examples of Vokis and examples of dialogues between avatars, character development of avatars, videos and more links. || @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssGHaNX3O4g A 3-minute video on how to add a Voki to your blog. || @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD04GHzB5Dk A 9-minute tutorial. || @http://www.slideshare.net/boxoftricks/using-blogs-and-voki-to-increase-motivation-and-oral-participation-amongst-boys-in-modern-foreign-languages Fascinating research paper written by Jose Picardo for his Master's Degree in ICT and Education on Using blogs and Voki to increase motivation and oral participation amongst boys in modern foreign languages. || @http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2010/05/02/character-development-using-voki-speaking-avatars/ An interesting blog post on how to introduce character development in the classroom using Voki avatars. || @http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=voki&aq=f The TouTube page listing hundreds of Voki tutorials. || @http://encouraginglearnerautonomy.blogspot.com/2007/09/creating-voki-characters.html Ideas for using Vokis to practise pronunciation, particularly sentence stress and intonation, and all question forms. || @http://www.cilt.org.uk/secondary/14-19/training_zone/creating_a_voki.aspx Tutorials on using Voki to promote speaking and listening. || @http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/2009/12/03/looking-at-tools-1-readthewords-voki/ In this blog post, Marisa evaluates Voki in compariosn with the ReadtheWords and xtranormal text-to-speech software. || @http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/creating-vokis-%E2%80%93-online-animated-characters-speak A lesson plan from the British Council / BBC website using Voki to practice speaking and pronunciation. || @http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:EazUbcOasL8J:www.hltmag.co.uk/apr10/sart02.rtf+voki+pronunciation&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk Interesting article on using Voki in the classroom, with practical ideas. || @http://www.elatewiki.org/index.php/Voki Great source of Voki info. What is Voki.com? The history; how it works; applications using Vokis; references... || @http://helenotway.edublogs.org/2008/01/19/voki-avatars-in-the-classroom/ A nice blog post on Helen's experiences with Voki, and some classroom uses. || @http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=104 Interesting account of using wikis in a three-lesson sequence. || http://taffkids.wikispaces.com/4H+Alien+Friends+talking This fun wiki says: "We made vokis of the aliens we met on our journey and asked them to describe their planets. Listen and see if you can imagine them too. When you have listened to these aliens, click the links to hear them talking." || @http://www.slideshare.net/digitalmaverick/voki-presentation-649297 A 15-slide user guide on Voki. || @http://twitter.com/officialvoki The official Voki Twitter site. || @http://creativenglishlab.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-voki-speaking-avatar-activity.html A very nice post introducing Voki, with tips for using it in the classroom. || @http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=92 Interesting account of Using Web 2.0 to motivate boys to speak in the target language with Voki as an example. || @http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/02/engaging-students-with-voki.html Shelly explains how Voki can engage adult and young learners. || @http://thefive.tie2.wikispaces.net/Voki Ideas on how to use Vokis for ESL, Foreign Lanuage, Collaborative Projects, Science, Music, First Grade Spelling and Kindergarten. || @http://instructify.com/2009/09/17/voki-trailfire-mashup-special-needs-education/ Interesting account of using Voki with visually impaired ESL learners. || @http://www.schooltube.com/video/577ab91ab4e646629f3b/creating-a-voki A 54-second tutorial on creating a Voki avatar. || @http://techcrunch.com/2008/04/28/i-want-my-mtvvoki-playground/ "MTV has partnered with Oddcast to provide avatar-centric Voki Playgrounds for some of their most popular shows." || @http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2007/08/24/voki-a-fun-way-to-introduce-yourself/ A blog post on Voki and how to use it to introduce yourself. || @http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/thread/1975467/Placing+a+%22Voki%22+Onto+a+Wiki%3F A discussion on a wiki about Voki. || @http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2533982241 The application to use Voki on Facebook. || @http://cegsa.editme.com/vokihowto A how-to guide on embedding a Voki in edublog websites. || @http://theedublogger.com/tag/voki/ A tutorial on adding your Voki to a website or blog sidebar. || @http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/inspiration/modules/meet_your_partner_through_a_vo.htm A cool idea for using Voki avatars as ice-breakers. || @http://mccvesl.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html A classroom blog with Voki introductions from the ESL students. || @http://www.slideshare.net/creativeict/how-to-add-a-voki-to-your-wordpress-mu-blog Twelve slides on how to add a Voki to a WordPress blog. || http://getthemtalking.wikispaces.com/Voki A short introduction on how to use Vokis in the classroom. || @http://usermanual.pbworks.com/Voki-Speaking-Avatar-Plugin A tutorial on how to add a Voki to a PB Works wiki / discussion board. || @http://www.howtospoter.com/web-20/get-animated-with-voki Information on Vokis. || @http://www.squidoo.com/voki Some information on Voki. ||
 * 1. || **Voki.com**
 * || See a grad student's reflection on a UbD assignment using video in a video journal. UbD Video Journal ||
 * 2. || **Sean Banville's Blog**
 * 3. || **Teach Web 2.0 wiki**
 * 3. || **Teach Web 2.0 wiki**
 * 4. || **The Computers in Education Group of South Australia (CEGSA)**
 * 4. || **The Computers in Education Group of South Australia (CEGSA)**
 * 5. || **Technology4kids wiki - Shelly Terrell and Ozge Karaoglu**
 * 5. || **Technology4kids wiki - Shelly Terrell and Ozge Karaoglu**
 * 6. || **YouTube tutorial**
 * 6. || **YouTube tutorial**
 * 7. || **YouTube tutorial**
 * 7. || **YouTube tutorial**
 * 8. || **Jose Picardo - Research paper**
 * 8. || **Jose Picardo - Research paper**
 * 9. || **Teacher Reboot Camp - Shelly Terrell**
 * 9. || **Teacher Reboot Camp - Shelly Terrell**
 * 10. || **YouTube - Voki search**
 * 10. || **YouTube - Voki search**
 * 11. || **Encouraging Learner Autonomy blog**
 * 11. || **Encouraging Learner Autonomy blog**
 * 12. || **CILT - The National Centre for Languages (UK)**
 * 12. || **CILT - The National Centre for Languages (UK)**
 * 13. || **Marisa Constantinides' blog**
 * 13. || **Marisa Constantinides' blog**
 * 14. || **TeachingEnglish.org**
 * 14. || **TeachingEnglish.org**
 * 15. || **HLT Magazine**
 * 15. || **HLT Magazine**
 * 16. || **elate wiki**
 * 16. || **elate wiki**
 * 17. || **More Than Just Knowing Stuff - Helen Otway**
 * 17. || **More Than Just Knowing Stuff - Helen Otway**
 * 18. || **Box of Tricks.net**
 * 18. || **Box of Tricks.net**
 * 19. || **4H Alien Friends Talking**
 * 19. || **4H Alien Friends Talking**
 * 20. || **digitalmaverick**
 * 20. || **digitalmaverick**
 * 21. || **The official Voki Twitter site**
 * 21. || **The official Voki Twitter site**
 * 22. || **Creative English Lab**
 * 22. || **Creative English Lab**
 * 23. || **Box of Tricks.net**
 * 23. || **Box of Tricks.net**
 * 24. || **Free TEchnology for Teachers - Shelly Terrell guest post**
 * 24. || **Free TEchnology for Teachers - Shelly Terrell guest post**
 * 25. || **Technology and Innovation in Education**
 * 25. || **Technology and Innovation in Education**
 * 26. || **Instructify**
 * 26. || **Instructify**
 * 27. || **SchoolTube.com**
 * 27. || **SchoolTube.com**
 * 28. || **TechCrunch**
 * 28. || **TechCrunch**
 * 29. || **Generation Yes Blog**
 * 29. || **Generation Yes Blog**
 * 30. || **Discussion: Placing a "Voki" Onto a Wiki?**
 * 30. || **Discussion: Placing a "Voki" Onto a Wiki?**
 * 31. || **Facebook**
 * 31. || **Facebook**
 * 32. || **The Computers in Education Group of South Australia (CEGSA)**
 * 32. || **The Computers in Education Group of South Australia (CEGSA)**
 * 33. || **EduBlogger**
 * 33. || **EduBlogger**
 * 34. || **eTwinning**
 * 34. || **eTwinning**
 * 35. || **Mira Costa College**
 * 35. || **Mira Costa College**
 * 36. || **John Sutton**
 * 36. || **John Sutton**
 * 37. || **Get Them Talking wiki**
 * 37. || **Get Them Talking wiki**
 * 38. || **PB Works**
 * 38. || **PB Works**
 * 39. || **WordPress HoToSpotter**
 * 39. || **WordPress HoToSpotter**
 * 40. || **Using Speaking Avatar or Voki for Teaching**
 * 40. || **Using Speaking Avatar or Voki for Teaching**