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Plus—then in seconds, it analyzes your footage to find great moments, adds beautiful
transitions and effects, and syncs everything to the beat of the music. You can customize your
story with text, filters, music and more, then easily share it with friends. Editing has never
been this fast—or this fun.
VokiEd: Voki is an Education Technology (EdTech) tool for the evolving 21st
century classroom. Using Voki, teachers, educators and students can create amazing speaking
characters using the power of their own spoken voice. You can choose from hundreds of
customizable cartoons, animals, historical figures and world leaders just to make each
character your own! Customize the body, background, clothing and accessories of your Voki.
The possibilities are endless. The you can give your Voki a voice! Once you’ve created your
Voki, you can make it speak with your own spoken voice!
Educational Benefits:
- Increased student retention, engagement and comprehension
- Great for developing student speaking skills & abilities
- Great way for students to develop confidence in public speaking and presenting
- Powerful student and teacher tool for students with disabilities
- Incredible tool for foreign language learning (over 25 languages supported)
- Great for teacher lessons, presentations, assessments and more
- Creative way to foster student introductions and bios
- Convenient tool for stay at home educators and homeschool parents
Possibilities:
- Voki Presenter - Advanced tool for creating multi-slide Voki Presentations
- Voki Classroom - A convenient tool for managing Voki students and assignments
- Voki Teach - A Common core / ELA aligned, pre-curated and fully customizable library of
Voki presentations (created by teachers)
BuddyPoke: this is another attractive and funny application for creating
talking avatars.
How does BuddyPoke work?
1. Design your avatar.
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