Voki

What it is/does
Voki is a cloud-based webservice that allows students to create an avatar that represents a character then give the character voice. Voki can be used with or without a login and voki characters can be embedded in other cloud-based websites.

Curriculum Uses

 * 1) Students give voice to a paper or theme that they have written
 * 2) Students can practice the alphabet in the foreign language they are studying and then test themselves on Voki.
 * 3) Students are asked to elaborate on something they are good at or enjoy doing and then create a Voki presentation that outlines the "who, what, when, where, and how" of their preferred activity.
 * 4) Bring a fictional character to "life" by creating an avatar for the character and give the character voice
 * 5) Students create an avatar that represents him or herself in the future