This was my least favourite this week! I first used Audioboo but I couldn't find a way to link it to my wiki or my blog! Then I tried to create a voki for the first time. I recorded my voice and created my character and then clicked publish. I was able to save the voice recording but there was no embedding code to post it on my blog and I was unable to email the link either? I have spent far too much time stressing about how to use this type of technology this week. I understand how it can benefit learners but there needs to be more of an explanation on how to actually use the software that is recommended in order for us to create them. I have found the downfalls in using multimedia and that is there is far too many complications with most of them.
This is the transcript I used when trying to create my voki:
This week’s engagement activity was to record a short audio
clip, I decided to create a voki, for the first time. Podcasting in education
gives children the opportunities to express themselves using multimedia. A
podcast is an audio recording that can be uploaded, saved and accessed online.
It can also be embedded onto a blog. There can be safety precautions as a
podcast can be accessed by anyone. The best way to ensure your recorded files
are readily accessible is to also download them and save them to your desktop.
Hi Mel,
ReplyDeleteIt is hard isn't it?
I have spent hours working on these and although I enjoy them, these hours are very hard to find. Luckily for me I had to make vokis last year for my prac class so I was comfortable working with these little gems. They are very good in the classroom once you get the hang of them. I used them to engage students with poetry and they worked a treat. GREAT INCENTIVE!!!
Write a short poem (there were set requirements they had to reach) and teacher (me) will make a voki for you which will say your poem. The first time I set this task only a few students wrote poems...after the rest of the class saw these poems read by cute vokis..they all RAN to write their own!!!
Hi Debbie,
ReplyDeleteIt's very hard! I really want to embed the voki but it's not letting me! When I click the publish button a small box pops up telling me to 'Name your scene' and once I give the voki a title it goes back to the same page again.. Very upsetting :( I feel as though my experience this week is not even worth reflecting about because I have nothing nice to say!
I think using Voki in the classroom would be so much more engaging than using traditional materials to publish poetry! I can just picture them all running back to their seats to write out their poetry :)