Voki

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Vokis are widgets & avatars, and are available to create free of charge when signing up at [|www.voki.com]. My middle years students have been especially interested and engaged when creating them. They have the potential to give students a voice to express ideas and opinions. My students were asked to use them to introduce their wikis. Here are some examples

http://superturtwig.wikispaces.com/VOKI http://wiki890.wikispaces.com/ http://uleh68plus1.wikispaces.com/Vokie http://deetee.wikispaces.com/ http://bbyace101.wikispaces.com/

Vokis can be made and stored on the site [|www.voki.com] or embedded elsewhere including wikis. This is done by a process: 1. Getting the code for the voki - choose `other' as a destination then click `get code'. Copy this code, usually done by clicking once on the code. 2. Embedding a widget - go on to the wiki page where you want and go into edit mode. Click on the blue tv screen icon on the toolbar and then click on the left menu `other HTML'. Paste the voki code into the white box on the right. 3. Save your page and it should be there.