The Blog of Mr.Q - Homeschool and Educator Resources for Science » free http://eequalsmcq.com/blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:18:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Homemade Avatars – Voki http://eequalsmcq.com/blog/2010/01/homemade-avatars-voki/ http://eequalsmcq.com/blog/2010/01/homemade-avatars-voki/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:48:32 +0000 eequalsmcq http://eequalsmcq.wordpress.com/?p=83 Let’s face it, science is rooted in communication.  If scientists could not work together to share their ideas or discoveries, the fields of science would slow down to a crawl.  But how do we encourage young scientists to share their knowledge and discoveries with the world and still provide a safe internet environment?  I give you… Voki.

Voki  www.voki.com is a free service that allows you to create your own talking voice character.  These animated characters or “avatars” enable people to express themselves on the web with a voice but as a talking character.  You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters–animals, monsters, anime etc.  You can even have your Voki speak with your own voice by adding your voice with a microphone, upload, or by phone.

Click on this link to check out a simple avatar I created for this blog post:

http://www.voki.com/php/viewmessage/?chsm=14bd9b1099342ee7e1061c4d446bc27e&mId=400764

What can you do with Voki?  Check out a number of cool uses here:

http://www.squidoo.com/voki

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