Voki is a fantastic, easy-to-use website that allows students to create character avatars and talking animations. The students can select a character, modify the character’s physical appearance, and choose a background. The interface is user-friendly and there are thousands of combinations available. Once the user has selected and personalized their figure, they can type in text for the figure to say in a variety of available accents and voices.
Students love playing with this program to create quirky and creative versions of novel characters who can repeat lines from the book or imagined dialogue. This website is great for character analyzes, review of terms, teaching new material, and much more.