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Description of Tool: User can create a personal avatar. They can add physical attributes as well as a voice and then add what they would like the avatar to say.
==How does tool apply to your curricular area? For High School English students, this tool would be extremely successful for students adding commentary to a discussion, asking questions, and participating in open forums.==


 * For High School Science classes, this tool would be useful for students to record and tell what they might have to say about real world issues. It could also be used as a follow up for in-class labs and what questions they may have or what they pulled from the lab. Also, for the teacher I think it would be a cool way to give directions at the beginning of class or procedures for a particular topic.**


 * For High School English classes, this tool would be exceptionally helpful when the class is reading literature together. Though students may be at different levels, this tool would allow them to ask each other questions regarding the reading, open up discussions on themes or scenarios, and they can talk to one another about overall ideas and opinions. The teacher can use this tool to see how the students understood the reading and see where there is room for improvement or expansion.**

Where does tool fit in Digital Blooms and why?
It would fit well in the highest level of Digital Blooms, Creating. Simply because you're creating a resemblance of yourself as well as recording what opinions or thoughts you may have.

Extras:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/12/3-ideas-for-using-voki-in-education.html

This educator, Lisa Nielson "Voki in Education", says that Voki is a great tool in education for a variety of reasons: 1. Revision- students can input to Voki their ideas and answers and then have Voki play it back to them, allowing the student to hear what their answer sounds like and revise if necessary or wanted. 2. Embarrassment- students will not have to panic over public speaking, the voki avatar will do that for them, outputting the student's answers and ideas. 3. Foreign Languages- for those students that are not native English speakers, Voki can help them feel comfortable presenting in front of the class and teachers and will utilize this tool in getting their point across in a clean manner.

Science Educators describes Voki as a fun way to get students to provide summaries of text they may read for homework or experiments. The message is timed and they can choose their avatar, so it forces students to keep their answer short and precise (but fun at the same time).