NECC 2009

Give online students a boost. Engage them with audio.
This session provides how-to's and examples for using Vokis and VoiceThreads.

Voki (www.voki.com)

Resources

	Adding a Voki to your blog
	Directions for students

Examples

	Using the keyboard for text to speech
	Third grade biography reports
	Teaching online
	AP Biology with Mr. Royer

Issues

	Site requires a login and password
	60 second limit for audio
	Students need access to mics
	Authors need to copy and paste the code to embed into another web source
	Email the Voki to yourself to get the web address for linking

Ideas

	Foreign Language practice
	ELL practice
	Alternative for public presentations for shy students
	Demonstration of understandings
	Posting of homework assignments and directions
	Impersonations in character for English, History, science (discoverers, explorers, etc)
	Introductions for online collaboration
	Create several speeches to illustrate point of view
	Discussion in online environments

VoiceThread (voicethread.com)

Resources

Examples

	100 Days in Kindergarten
	Spanish VoiceThread
	Computers in our Past and Future
	Poetry VoiceThread
	13 Colonies VoiceThread
	Using the Big 6 with Technology: A Study of Water Erosion

Issues

	Cost ($20) for continual use; register for an educator license
	Students need a login and password

Ideas

	Foreign Language- discussions of images
	Science - records of science experiments
	Social Studies - reports, historical reenactments, debates
	Language Arts - literature circles, poetic expression
	Higher Education - Discussion of issues
	Debriefing for field trips

Presentation Evaluation

BYOL evaluation