I gave my year 9, who have only started Spanish this year, the option to hand in their homework in Voki style and these are some examples of what they came up with:
From all accounts, they preferred doing this type of homework to ordinary homework. They certainly enjoyed it more. As their teacher, I can see that they have put greater effort into the task than I would have normally expected and, in the classroom, they have shown that they are proud of their work and can’t wait to show it off. What I really like about using Voki is that the kids who are usually shy come to life using this kind of tool and, for me, their teacher, that is wonderful to observe.
These is just a selection of the work submitted in my students’ forum. You can see and hear more of their Vokis by clicking here.
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This post is tagged assessment, flash, Media, modern languages
[...] The exercises that I have created for the website include authentic discourse with listening and reading interactive exercises, as well as video extracts from Spanish news bulletins and other, more enjoyable things like songs or interviews with authentic Spanish speakers. Unwittingly, it would appear that I fall straight into the category of 21st Century Integrative CALL outlined by Warschauer in his paper, where multimedia technologies are used alongside the Internet to provide content based language learning and authentic discourse, in which accuracy and fluency are the objectives, as well as the ability to interact with mentors and peers and create content that can be shared by all (see my previous post on Vokis). [...]