ACS Colloquium 2016: "Avatars - Educate, Engage, Enjoy"
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Students advance more quickly technologically and possess a variety of skills and competencies. We are no longer living in a world where we go to the Internet for information, but instead we go to the web to participate in the creating of information. This is why new ideas and technological tools need to be introduced for a variety of projects. Students need to be taught how to use technology effectively to communicate and in turn they are more engaged in their learning. Voki Character Development Getting Started Bibliography Character Development Brainstorming Character’s Name: Gender: male/female Age: young/ middle aged/old Occupation: job of that time Body: Tall, short, muscular, petite, skinny Hair: color, style Typical expression on face: joy, anger, sadness, fear, contempt Family situation: Life process: Wishes/ Dreams: . 1. Sullivan, S. (2010). “Introduction: What’s on the Other Side When You Finally Cross the Digital Divide.” Lesson Plans for Developing Digital Literacies. M. T. Christel and S. Sullivan (Ed.). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. Create a detailed and accurate color drawing of your character. The last step is to take the most important parts of their soliloquy and create a condensed dialogue. Customize the look of your avatar with a click of a mouse. Simply, choose your head, clothes, and accessories. Give your avatar a voice, and then add a background. All this taking in consideration all the research completed beforehand. Customizing your Avatar • Character Style: Select a character from one of the many styles • Customization: Change the look, clothing and accessories • Voice: Add your own voice via phone, microphone, text to speech, upload a file or pick one from the already provided. • Background: Choose a background from the library or upload one of your choice. Program used: www.voki.com Abstract • Increases student engagement • Increases student motivation • Accelerates learning • Builds creativity • Creates critical thinkers Research Soliloquy Paraphrasing Wri5ng Process Note-Taking Proofreading Character Development Appearance AVATAR Untitled-1 1 16/04/16 22:07
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ACS Colloquium 2016: "Avatars - Educate, Engage, Enjoy", by Eleftheria Maratou - ACS Athens Faculty
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Students advance more quickly technologically and possess a variety of skills and competencies. We are no longer living in a world where we go to the Internet for information, but instead we go to the web to participate in the creating of information. This is why new ideas and technological tools need to be introduced for a variety of projects. Students need to be taught how to use technology effectively to communicate and in turn they are more engaged in their learning.
Voki Character Development
Getting Started
Bibliography
Character Development Brainstorming
Character’s Name: Gender: male/female Age: young/ middle aged/old Occupation: job of that time Body: Tall, short, muscular, petite, skinny Hair: color, style Typical expression on face: joy, anger, sadness, fear, contempt Family situation: Life process: Wishes/ Dreams: . 1. Sullivan, S. (2010). “Introduction: What’s on the Other Side When You Finally Cross the Digital Divide.” Lesson Plans for Developing
Digital Literacies. M. T. Christel and S. Sullivan (Ed.). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Create a detailed and accurate color drawing of your character. The last step is to take the most important parts of their soliloquy and create a condensed dialogue.
Customize the look of your avatar with a click of a mouse. Simply, choose your head, clothes, and accessories. Give your avatar a voice, and then add a background. All this taking in consideration all the research completed beforehand. Customizing your Avatar • Character Style: Select a character from one of the
many styles • Customization: Change the look, clothing and
accessories • Voice: Add your own voice via phone,
microphone, text to speech, upload a file or pick one from the already provided.
• Background: Choose a background from the library or upload one of your choice.
Program used: www.voki.com
Abstract
• Increases student engagement
• Increases student motivation
• Accelerates learning
• Builds creativity
• Creates critical thinkers
Research
Soliloquy
Paraphrasing
Wri5ngProcess
Note-Taking
Proofreading
CharacterDevelopment
Appearance
AVATAR
Untitled-1 1 16/04/16 22:07
