Wow! My daughter and I enjoyed Voki so much, so I chose it to share over the other options. We played around with the characters, backgrounds, and loved the different voiceover options. I would use this in my media center in a variety of ways. Students could create a character from a book and share a summary of the book to share with others. My second graders have a biography research project that they do every year. Voki would work well to use in the presentation part of their project. I like how it gives the option to record your own voice or text to talk. This would be helpful for shy, apprehensive students. I am envisioning using Voki at the beginning of the upcoming school year with my upper elementary students to create an All About Me presentation. I just love this tool!
I also liked the Online Voice Recorder audio tool. While it only allows you to record voices, it has editing tools such as auto silence trimming, cropping options, and the choice to add text or an image to your creation. This would be good to use for podcasting, digital storytelling, or giving feedback to students in a quicker way than written feedback. I look forward to sharing this tool with my teachers and staff.
The possibilities are endless with Chrome Music Lab. What fun! I have already shared this tool with the music and art teachers at my school. I imagine us collaborating using this awesome tool with the Kandinsky option. I could read a book, students could create art using Kandinsky’s method that supports the book, and then the music would be added. I also enjoyed playing with the Spectogram tool and could see my students enjoying this as a center option in the media center or during my tech classes.
Audio tools have so much to offer students, especially in the virtual learning world. While I hope we never have to experience virtual teaching and learning as we have these past two school years, audio tools offer an engaging and fun alternative to the normal virtual learning activities. Audio tools are another great way for students to discuss their learning in a way that focuses on ideas and creativity without the stress of spelling and grammatical errors. I could see these tools building confidence in students as well.