The above e tool is called an avatar. An avatar is a character that can be designed by students and/ or teachers to enhance the learning experience within the classroom. Teachers can provide students with an avatar to deliver lesson instructions to the students in a fun and interactive way consequently engaging them in the learning experience. This is congruent with the three components of Kearsly and Shcniederman’s 1999, engagement theory. Students can create avatars to introduce themselves and express their thoughts through story writing using a character that resembles their personality thus averting shyness. In the context of students with special needs, a field that I wish to per sue, avatars can assist with the enhancement of speech , reading and writing skills. I found the voki site appealing and relatively easy to use however one of the weaknesses I found with the Voki site was the fact that unless you have joined the site, the avatars that you create will change characters each time and therefore if you make a mistake you will have to choose from another set of characters.
The above e tool is called an avatar. An avatar is a character that can be designed by students and/ or teachers to enhance the learning experience within the classroom. Teachers can provide students with an avatar to deliver lesson instructions to the students in a fun and interactive way consequently engaging them in the learning experience. This is congruent with the three components of Kearsly and Shcniederman’s 1999, engagement theory. Students can create avatars to introduce themselves and express their thoughts through story writing using a character that resembles their personality thus averting shyness. In the context of students with special needs, a field that I wish to per sue, avatars can assist with the enhancement of speech , reading and writing skills. I found the voki site appealing and relatively easy to use however one of the weaknesses I found with the Voki site was the fact that unless you have joined the site, the avatars that you create will change characters each time and therefore if you make a mistake you will have to choose from another set of characters.
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