Voki is a Web 2.0 tool that enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using an avatar, a talking character (Voki 2008) which they can customise to their liking. I decided that Voki would be the ideal tool on which to base the three lessons that I chose to describe and evaluate in this paper because:
it can be accessed both at home and at school;
it necessitates computer-pupil interaction, which, as described above, is a motivating factor;
it facilitates the transition from teacher-centred, class-based learning to one in which the pupil begins to acquire individual responsibility;
it makes it possible for the quieter pupils to make their presence felt and be heard; and
it allows the pupils to role-play and hide behind a mask (an avatar).
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Free internet audio mp3 player for personal websites| AudioPal - 8 views
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A free tool that lets you embed an audio message into your website You can record a message by phone or mic, use the text-to-speech feature, or upload your own mp3 audio files. You can even choose from 25 languages and 100+ voices. Very cool indeed.
100 Excellent Online Tools to Feed Your Creativity | Online College Degree - 15 views
Web 2.0 List Of Web 2.0 Application Links - 13 views
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web 2.0 tools list
100 Digital Storytelling Tools for Your Digital Selves + Natives (Part 4) | Ozge Karaog... - 19 views
Web 2.0 Tools for Kids - 6 views
cooltoolsforschools » Creativity Tools - 0 views
Cacoo - Create diagrams online Real time collaboration - 10 views
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Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as site maps, wire frames, UML and network charts. Multiple users can edit the same diagram in a simultaneous collaboration.
Easy Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - 16 views
Voki : a fun and free animated avatar tool for educators - 5 views
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Voki is an animation website . It is “ a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profiles and in email messages”. This web2.0 tool is very important in education as It enables teachers and students to express themselves on the web in their own voice , using a talking character.
Try It | Digital Tools | Enquiring Minds - 2 views
EFL and web 2.0 » home - 1 views
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A wiki that introduces different uses of web 2.0 tools in the EFL classroom.
Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - 0 views
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Here you can find a collection of recommended Web 2.0 sites for EFL ESL teachers.
Changing Education with Web 2.0 Tools - 0 views
Kathy Schrock's - Google Blooms Taxonomy - 0 views
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Blooms taxonomy with all the google tools placed in it to show wehre they fit in the various stages of learning
Free Technology for Teachers - 10 views
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This is one of my favorite sites to find out what's new in tech for our use. The April 11th blog post discusses typing accents in other languages. It also presents 2 virtual keyboards for WL students. Also presented are links to learning languages, activities, and image-based language lessons. The Pictolang games could help students study languages on their own. The CAPL galleries could be helpful in locating images to use in developing your own language learning activities. You could also have students use CAPL to create language learning games to use to study