I love Voki.

Voki is a creative, easy-to-use tool that helps motivate students and improves lesson comprehension and student participation. You can see and listen to one of my Voki at the top left of this blog. It is so much fun! Create unique Voki characters that speak in many languages or record your own voice. Customize their appearance and what they say, and share with others! Voki Classroom is a management system for Voki - enable your students to do classwork and homework. Voki Presenter is a tool to create and project exciting presentations and increase student engagement. An alternative way to teach lessons! I have previously used Voki for Year 5 students to add an avatar to their blogs. The task was to discuss school values, and this activity made it fun. Here's the link: Voki

Another productive week in grade 5T

Even though it was the last week of term and students were ready for a break, 5T was productive with many students completing narratives and all blogging tasks as required. Students also created a voki, an online talking avatar, using the text-to-speech, on the topic of the school's 5C's values....caring, courtesy, cooperation, consideration and contribution. Fantastic results! All year 5 students also attended a musical theatre production at a nearby secondary college and participated in Footy Pie Day activities! On the subject of footy, after living in Melbourne for 9 years, I thought it was about time I chose an AFL team to support. I am now a Carlton supporter!

Other highlights included the 11s circle game, the Write Right homophone activity, the Name that Student Quiz, the Art of Conversation activity (TAOC), Mad Libs, and short, imaginative iMovie videos created on iPads teaching about fractions and Auslan. It was a pleasure teaching in 5T for two weeks. I learned a great deal and students also experienced new learning activities. I'm now looking forward to a break before term 4 when I will be teaching in the Art Room for 5 weeks, as well as doing other casual relief teaching at several nearby schools.

The Art of Conversation or TAOC is a valuable teaching and learning tool that builds children's skills in speaking and listening.