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oi is a free digital tool which creates talking avatars. Avatars can be


embedded in student blogs to greet visitors or to represent characters in novels or history, as part of an assignment. Primary teachers will use this tool for joint construction of avatars for point of view tasks in English and History lessons.


• Registration: V i requires registration, using an email address. Students below 13 years of age require parental permission to sign up.


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• Cybersafety: Remind students not to include any identifying details in their avatar’s speech. Find out from school records which students in your classes are under a media ban, generally due to a custody dispute. In addition, check parental blanket media permissions lodged with the school to see if any student is not covered or if any parent has refused permission. Provide alternative tasks for these students.


• Create: + Create a new voki – Customise your character. Click on the dice symbol until you have a character you like. Tweak its face. Give it a voice by typing in text, loading up an audio file or recording your message. Choose from available Backgrounds and Players. Preview the avatar by pressing the play button in the player.


• Publish the avatar – share the URL or embed the avatar in a blog. • Sample student avatar: http://emilysblog3s.edublogs.org


Other worlds: To infinity and beyond with digital tools in the middle years by Lizzie Chase with S Bowes, D Ivanek, Y Liu, J Riley, J Starink


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