Voki Oki Oki, Oi! Oi! Oi!

I am completely hooked on voki.com. For engaging learners it is an excellent tool that can be utilised in a multitude of learning activites. See below:

• Learning activities can be introduced in a fun, interesting way. See my Tiddalik posting.
  
• Teachers can direct specific assessment questions to the class, in an engaging way.
• Voki is an excellent tool for students who have lower level reading and writing skills.
• Through the use of Voki students can listen to the teacher's instructions as many times as necessary.
  
• Voki will assist ESL students, who can hear the instructions from the teacher in English as well as in their native language.
  
• Students can be set a series of questions to be answered periodically throughout the unit of work, perhaps on a weekly basis, to which they must respond.
• Students can learn how to create their own voki, and make their response through a voki of their own creation.
  
• Students can also use voki to stay connected to busy parents, by sending voki messages direct to their parents..
• Greetings can be sent by students for special days. Mother's Day is coming up soon.
  

As a tool for the classroom, Voki's potential is unlimited. Students will enjoy creating their own voki's for fun, or for assessment purposes. It is another way to engage learning through procedural knowledge to display declaritive knowledge. It involves Active Learning and supports Engagement Theory. Voki's lead to the pinnacle of Maslow's pyramid, Self-actualisation and fulfillment, by providing students with a simple, yet effective means of expressing their identity and their ideas. It is a creative process with a purposeful outcome, and it is great fun... even for grownups!

To Get You Own Voki! go to www.voki.com and follow the prompts.