So happy after sharing with Heike Philp the online tool called Voki (www.voki.com).

So happy after sharing with Heike Philp the online tool called Voki (www.voki.com). We had fun and learned together the different opportunities that this platform provides to teachers, especially languages teachers.

Please note as well the use of ESP expressions that Heike wrote during the trial.

Thank you for your feedback (if any).

Regards,

https://youtu.be/JdA9XHgJsgI

Copy of the Chat:

17:33:01 From Heike Philp : good evening
17:33:41 From Carolina Rodriguez : www.voki.com
17:34:02 From Heike Philp : create an account which is free
17:34:18 From Heike Philp : you can buy a license to manage your classroom
17:34:31 From Heike Philp : you can log-in and create an account
17:35:53 From Heike Philp : Voki is using graphics/ avatars which are designed for teenagers
17:36:06 From Heike Philp : If I click on create, then I can create an avatar
17:36:36 From Heike Philp : we can personalize the avatar
17:36:45 From Heike Philp : using different assets/ accessories
17:36:58 From Heike Philp : I can change colors of the eyes
17:37:16 From Heike Philp : it does not allow me to use hairstyles, because it is a dog
17:37:37 From Heike Philp : my students can type and can copy and paste their work
17:38:01 From Heike Philp : control C is a shortcut to copy and then I use control V to paste it
17:38:17 From Heike Philp : some of the expressions are underlined
17:38:37 From Heike Philp : as a non-native speaker I use grammarly
17:39:05 From Heike Philp : grammarly is free
17:39:41 From Heike Philp : as a teacher I pay a small amount to find plagariasm
17:39:51 From Heike Philp : I pay extra for that
17:40:20 From Heike Philp : usually you go to grammarly
17:40:36 From Heike Philp : you sign up and then you get a link for the add-in
17:40:49 From Heike Philp : an add-in for Word or an add-in for the browser
17:41:26 From Heike Philp : Now I can choose the voice with various accents
17:41:37 From Heike Philp : I can choose male or female
17:42:30 From Heike Philp : with excellent intonation
17:42:58 From Heike Philp : they hear words which are difficult to pronounce
17:43:21 From Heike Philp : if the punctuation marks are set, then the intonation is very accurate
17:44:29 From Heike Philp : they can play with it
17:44:45 From Heike Philp : they can save the texts and rehearse pronunciation
17:45:22 From Heike Philp : can this be saved, exported or embedded?
17:45:39 From Heike Philp : I can save the Voki
17:45:50 From Heike Philp : this is saved for future reference
17:45:55 From Heike Philp : I can share it then
17:46:11 From Heike Philp : it follows the mouse
17:46:42 From Heike Philp : the ones with the green star is for paying subscribers
17:47:36 From Heike Philp : it is linking the Voki with my Google account
17:49:37 From Heike Philp : when you start screensharing you can either share the desktop or a specific application

https://youtu.be/JdA9XHgJsgI