I have always found it interesting to read juvenile and young adult fiction. I choose to listen to the Podcast “Books Between Podcast by Corinna Allen (Allen, 2019). This episode was a review of her top twenty books that year. This is a great informational tool for parents and students to determine what book would be their next read.  I was familiar with the titles; however, she did give a brief overview of each book. Coincidentally one of the books was one of my top circulated books this year.

I explored Voki’s tools first, I watched the introduction video which gives an overview of the tools you can use. I think this tool can be used in a variety of lessons that would allow the scholars to explore using different avatar’s that can represent themselves.  

Here is my Voki: https://tinyurl.com/2dpzekbp

I choose the above voice, because it was the only one who pronounced my last name correctly. This is a statement I use to calm my scholars down when they are too loud, works like a charm.

Clyp has a basic membership of two dollars a month. I think is better to find a tool that is free. I did view a tutorial and listened to the sample on the site. The directions seem simple with how to record the sound. I am unsure how this tool would benefit my students and how I could incorporate it into my lessons.

AudioPal was like Voki, you needed to type your words in the text-box and then it would be translated and spoken. The instructions are simple, I believe scholars could use this with little instruction. I think this a great tool for when you have a substitute and can email your students their assignments with verbal directions. The textbook only gives 600 characters so the directions should be short and concise.

Allen, Corina (2019, July) Books between Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/books-between-podcast/id1139651110?mt=2