The Tragic Path of an Elt Student

Voki is a free collection of customizable speaking avatars for teachers and students that enhances classroom instruction, class engagement, and lesson comprehension. Voki gives you as a teacher the opportunity to engage students in any topic area through a simple to use and free resource available anytime and anywhere for almost any purpose.  Getting students to share their learning Getting feedback from students Getting students to add a more human feel to their blog or wiki Foreign language speakers to express views and opinions easier Engaging and hooking students into a subject or topic Interacting with students on a global level (e.g. quad blogging) Practising and listening to their presentations (e.g. pronunciation) CHECK MY VOKI CHARACTER FROM THE LINK BELOW! My Voki character!

Socrative helps teachers engage & assess the class with educational activities on laptops, smartphones and tablets. In the background, they track student performance and provide real-time data to help teachers, parents, schools and districts personalize and improve learning.  What are the benefits of Socrative? It has a very simple, straightforward app, You can create games (team, races etc.) out of your questions, Students can respond from wherever they are, You don’t need hardware (e.g. no clickers), Socrative is good for concept checking and gaining a feeling of class understanding before and after the lesson, Results can be made immediately available to both the student and the tutor, Socrative is free. What are the cons? There is a lack of question diversity; only multiple choice and single answer are available, Socrative does not integrate with presentation software (e.g. PowerPoint). Socrative Tutorial Here is my first So...