Voki

Here is a brief speaking activity that my students enjoyed.

Voki allows you to create a custom cartoon avatar which you can embed on your blog.  Using a telephone, you can record a message, which your avatar will  then utter.

Here is a voki created by one of my students.

Voki Home

Voice Recording

There are several web sites that will allow students to add their recorded voice to their blogs.

For example, Chirbit.  The downside of Chirbit is that it requires registration. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another site is Vocaroo.  Vocaroo does not require registration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, the site that most intrigued me and my students, was AudioPal.  Whereas, the previous two sites require you to use a microphone, AudioPal provides a toll-free phone number that allows you to record your message over the phone.  Your message is then instantaneously available online.