VOKI+-+Activity


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From Carrie:** A. Day 1: Students will spend one class period creating Chef Voki. They will play around with the different tools available for designing their chef and his/her voice. They will save their Voki and e-mail it to the teacher. B. Homework: One student will be in charge of being Chef Voki's voice, so he/she will not have to complete tonight's homework. Each of the other students will be in charge of finding an original crepe (+ filling of their choice) recipe and translating it into French. C. Day 2: All students will compare each of their recipes for crepes and different filling ideas. They will choose one recipe for crepes and one recipe for a filling that is appealing to each student. They will then turn the recipes into a simple typed script for a cooking show starring Chef Voki. The script should be e-mailed to the teacher and to each student in the group. They should make any necessary corrections to grammar and practice pronunciation. Anything not completed in class will be finished as individual homework. (The teacher will also look for any grammar needing to be corrected.) D. Homework: The student who will be the voice of Chef Voki will practice his/her lines until they become fluent and smooth. E. Day 3: Students will compare script corrections, make final corrections to the script, and help the student who will be the voice of Chef Voki with his/her pronunciation. Finally, the student who will be the voice for Chef Voki will make the recording of the recipe script. Students may spend time editing and finalizing Chef Voki. Finally, they will e-mail their finished Chef Voki to the teacher and post him/her to the classroom blog for viewing.
 * __Voki Activity for French (a small class of Seniors): Students will create a Voki (Chef Voki) who will be starring in a cooking show.__**

Students will use the character that they previously created as part of our "imaginary" school in Texas. This character will give other students advice using the __familiar command__ form. Students should use 6 familiar commands (sentences) with at least one negative command. All these commands should illustrate a Spanish proverb. Use <> to find something appropriate. Try to keep your Voki "in character" continuing to use whatever voice (if not your own) that you used previously.
 * From Carol:

Example: Don't buy something just because it's on sale. Pay for things with cash. Save money when you can. Don't leave your wallet/purse unattended. Carry a lunch to school. Don't lend friends money.

Because.... a fool and his money are soon parted.

Or course__DO EVERYTHING IN SPANISH!!!__ LOL---MDR

From Mary H-D:

There are lots of things to do with this technology, but because I teach using TPRS, I would at first have a few volunteers create their voki at home and then retell the oral story of the day using the voki as one of the characters in the story. The story could be told from the point of view of the character if they wanted to show off a bit. Then, students email me their voki. In class the next day as a retell of yesterday's story, I would pull up the vokis on the Smartboard to play them. Eventually, all students would participate in a "voki retell" and that could possibly be used as an oral assessment.**

=** Anneliese - Activity using voki voice tool: **= “Was hast du in die Sommerferien getan?”– “What did you do during summer vacation?” Students in the upper levels of German should be able to do a one minute account of what they did during summer break. I would give students the topic the day before we go to the computer lab to create a voki. This will give them some time to prepare what they will say and be ready to record. They can make something up if they do not want to use what really happened during the summer. __** Instructions to Students: **__ __**Day One**__: You will go to the computer center to create your own voki. This could be either a boy or girl or even an animal but you must speak in German! I will show you a voki so you have some idea of what you are doing. __**Day Two:**__ Today you will record your summer experience into your voki. You must use your German name and start your account with the following: Make your account as factual or as fictitious as you wish. When you are finished, please send your voki to our German Blog.
 * Ich heiße _ _und diesen Sommer habe ich……………….**
 * __Day Three__:** In class we will listen to each voki and try to figure out if this was indeed fact or fiction?

=From Mary T.=

This is for Spanish I when we learn family vocabulary
. I will create a blog for each Spanish I class. For homework: The students will be asked to make up a family for themselves that has 3 generations and at least 8 family members. The individual student will be one of the 8. This is their chance to have Brad Pitt as their father and Sponge Bob as the brother, etc. The family tree needs to be drawn on a sheet of paper and each person needs to have an age written under the name. It should be drawn neatly because it will be hung on the wall for everyone to see. Don't put your real name on the front of the paper. Use the code I will give you. In class: The student will go to a computer and create a voki to represent himself/herself. The student will practice recording their voices (talk about the family) and learn how to paste their voki into the class blog. For homework: Write a description of yourself (your voki) on your family tree paper. Write a script that you will record that describes your family relationships well enough that I can listen and draw your family tree. Be sure to tell me how old everyone is. In class: Recreate your voki if necessary. Record your script about your fictional family. Save your voki in the class blog and identify your voki by an alphabet letter that I give you. Don't use your real name. Give me your family tree with your script. Assignment given next day.(due about a week later so students have time to get on a computer if they don't have internet access at home): Students will be given the blog name of another Spanish I class and be assigned a voki from that class. They are to listen to that voki repeatedly, as necessary. The student needs to draw and label the family tree of that voki. Write the ages under the names. I will collect the family tree drawing. I will be able to show the speaker how well he/she was understood by showing both family tree papers. The listener can also see how well she/he understood. (I can hang up the original family trees by class according to the given alphabet letter and hang up the second drawings underneath.)

  **__ Teacher __**** will teach French-Unit 2, which includes school subjects, school related words, time, parts of the school day and expressing opinions. The day before the lab, teacher will go to []. Using the smart board, the teacher will work with the students to demonstrate how to make a voki. The computer lab will also need to be reserved. ** 
 * __From Jen: __**
 * __Objective:__ Teach French I students how to create a voki in order to discuss their school schedules in French. **
 * __ Students __**** will learn the above vocabulary. The day before going to the computer lab, they will write a one minute script that describes their school schedule--including times and opinions about classes. The students will have the class period to create their vokis and give them voices. Here they will record their scripts that describe their schedules. Students will then email their vokis to me and their parents. **