Here are some ways to use Voki in the classroom and a ton of Web 2.0 resources!

1. VOKI:
Voki
is
a
great
way
to
have
students
share
their
knowledge
of
a
topic
in
60
seconds
or
less.
Makes
students
organize
their
thoughts
to
focus
on
key
details.
www.voki.com
Lesson
Examples:
Lesson
Title:
Composers
Subject:
Music
Grade:
5th
Grade
Author:
Stephanie
Bushman
Brief
Description:
Fifth
graders
begin
a
journey
into
classical
music
in
this
lesson
plan.
Each
student
is
assigned
a
classical
composer
to
research.
Students
will
then
create
PowerPoint
presentations
answering
questions
about
their
composer
and
presenting
them
to
the
class.
Then,
students
turn
to
Voki
to
share
an
interesting
fact
about
their
composer.
Lesson
Title:
Homonyms
Subject:
ESL/
ELL...
Grade:
5th
Grade
Author:
Ashley
Chaney
Ortiz
Brief
Description:
Students
will
discover
the
subtleties
of
the
English
language
by
familiarizing
themselves
with
the
5
categories
of
homonyms.
Utilizing
various
homonym
jokes,
Voki
avatars,
and
formal
instruction,
students
will
become
more
attuned
to
the
details
of
English
and
hopefully
never
write
'to'
in
place
of
'too'!
Lesson
Title:
Prompt
and
Response
Subject:
Writing
Grade:
5th
Grade
Author:
Ashley
Chaney
Ortiz
Brief
Description:
The
teacher
writes
one
prompt
a
week
as
part
of
an
ongoing
lesson
and
students
have
to
respond
thoughtfully
to
the
prompt
using
Voki.

2.
Lesson
Title:
The
Meaning
of
a
Poem
Subject:
Reading
Grade:
5th
Grade
Author:
Ashley
Chaney
Ortiz
Brief
Description:
The
teacher
assigns
each
student
a
short
poem
that
is
relevant
to
their
personality
and
interests.
Students
then
give
a
brief
presentation
on
Voki
Classroom
about
what
the
poem
means
to
them
as
a
supplement
to
a
short
essay.
Lesson
Title:
What
is
your
New
Year's
Resolution?
Subject:
Public
Speaking...
Grade:
5th
Grade
Author:
Ashley
Chaney
Ortiz
Brief
Description:
A
new
year
can
bring
a
fresh
start
to
your
class.
With
this
New
Year's
lesson
plan,
you
and
your
students
can
reflect
on
the
last
year
in
class
and
how
this
year
can
be
better.
Students
will
learn
about
resolutions
and
be
introspective
in
order
to
bring
out
the
best
from
within.
Lesson
Title:
Who
was
Christopher
Columbus?
Subject:
Social
Studies...
Grade:
5th
Grade
Author:
Ashley
Chaney
Ortiz
Brief
Description:
Early
European
explorers
and
the
"founders"
of
the
Americas
are
often
surrounded
by
myth
rather
than
fact,
which
has
made
American
history
an
eclectic
mix
of
fantasy
and
truth
that
can
often
prove
confusing
for
students.
Although
we
celebrate
Columbus
Day
in
the
U.S.,
the
reasons
for
celebration
are
obscure
yet
remain
unquestioned
by
majority
of
elementary
social
studies
and
history
classes.
This
lesson
plan
is
based
on
rediscovering
the
early
history
of
the
Americas
and
specifically
focused
on
rethinking
Christopher
Columbus
and
his
exploration
of
the
"Indies."

3. Web
2.0
Resources
TESTMAKER
http://www.easytestmaker.com/
Here
is
an
easy
way
to
create
online
tests.
Makes
life
a
little
bit
easier!
TYPING
Keyboard
for
kids:
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/jumping.swf
Good
Typing:
http://www.goodtyping.com/

4. WEB
2.0
The
List
of
Links
• Glogster
Great
way
to
share
posters
and
images
you’ve
made
with
friends
• Edmodo
Social
learning
environment
and
one
of
the
best
ways
to
teach
with
tech
• Bubbl.us
Free
application
to
brainstorm
online
• Twitter
The
micro
blogging
service
that
many
love
or
hate.
• WordPress
Content
publishing
system.
It’s
gone
way
beyond
just
blogging.
• Prezi
Innovative
way
to
share
presentations
without
PowerPoint
• Wallwisher
An
online
notice
board
maker
(or
bulletin
board
if
you
choose)
• Animoto
Make
beautiful
videos
from
images
in
a
snap
• Blabberize
Make
your
images
talk…that’s
right.
• Weebly
Create
your
own
website
or
blog,
very
easy
to
use
• Flickr
Popular
photo-­‐sharing
site
now
lets
you
print
• Slideshare
Don’t
waste
your
presentation
after
it’s
over,
share
it
with
millions!
• Audioboo
Easily
record
and
share
audio
• GoogleDocs
The
top
real-­‐time
document
creating
and
editing
cloud-­‐based
system
• Diigo
Popular
social
bookmarking
site
• Wordle
Create
a
beautiful
aggregation
of
any
amount
of
text
• Wikis
Crowdsourcing
at
its
finest.
Like
Wikipedia,
Wikispaces
is
very
helpful
• Primarypad
Web-­‐based
word
processor
• Spicy
Nodes

5. Innovative
way
to
organize
your
web
visits
• Delicious
One
of
the
top
social
bookmarking
sites
on
the
web
• Myebook
Virtually
publish
your
book
and
sell
it
• Voki
Get
your
own
avatar
and
even
have
it
talk
with
your
voice
• DoInk
Create
animations
using
this
simple
website
Bitstrips
Make
and
share
your
own
comic
strips
with
thousands
of
others
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