Voki: Math

  

by Dena Mawlawi

 

What is Voki? Click the play button below to find out!

 

 

 

 

 

What is an avatar?

An avatar is a computer representation of a person/character. You can create an avatar that looks similar to you, or create a new character to represent your thoughts online.

 

Voki is a site that specifically allows you to create avatars that can talk!

 

How do I create a Voki Avatar?

 

     Follow these directions below, or check out this great YouTube video on how to creat and alter your voki!     

 

1. Create an account at voki

 

2. Click on the Create button at the top of the page

  

  

 

 

 

 

  

3. Customize your character

A. You can select from: Male/Female and/or animal characters, holiday characters, people

B. Then add clothes and aessories to your character

C. Using the color option at the bottom of the page, adjust your voki's mouth, make-up, eye, skin, and hair color.

D. "Tweak" the width of your characters: mouth, nose, body, and height

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Give it a Voice (Click Play below) 

 

 

 

5. Set a Background: You can either chse a background designed by voki, or upload your own!

 

6. Publish!

Once you hit publish, you will see the page below.

From here, you can select how you want to publish your voki: on a website, sent to a friend, or to your phone.

You can also choose what size to publish your voki as: small, medium, or large.

You just select the code from the box, and paste it onto you webpage!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* All above images are taken from the Voki website  

 

How Can Voki Help My Math Students be More

 

Successful?

 

  

 

Problem: I've found in my student teaching that I often teach a concept to my math students in a way that is different from the "traditional" method of which the student's parents learned. For example: traditional addition vs. partial sums addition. As a result, when students go home to work on their homework, their parents are unable to help them learn and understand this new method.

 

Possible solution: Voki

 

I can create different math voki that can review the "new" methods of solving problems on my website. In class, I would teach the lesson and then show my students how to see my lesson's review/tutorial online. I would also show the parents on back to school night how they could access the lessons so that they can better help their children in my math class. This way my students (and their parents) can go online to listen and see how their homework should be done and get help  studying for tests.

 

SAMPLE MATH PAGE USING VOKI:

 

 

Ms. M's Math Page!

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 1: Partial Sums

    

     

 

 

 

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voki is an Education Friendly Site:

 

Click here to visit Voki's Educatr's Homepage

 

Click here to check out Voki's FAQ specifically for teachers!

 

Click here to view Lesson Plan Ideas for grades K-College in subject areas ranging from Art to Science!

 

Click here to check out the Voices of the World project! Scroll to the bottom and click on the 2010-2011 year, their challenge this year is to communicate globally through voki!

 

Click here to see how a UK Spanish teacher is using Voki (along with many other online resources) to enhance student learning in the classroom!

     She's using Voki as a way for her students to see growth in themselves, and to also be able to speak in front of peers without feeling self conscious because they're speaking through an avatar!

 

More Ideas for using Voki in the classroom!