Mahara & Voki

Setting up my Mahara account was an experience and a half as I was placed in a new group only yesterday. I have now joined an awesome group called the CQ Raiders and can't wait to get in and work with these great people. I actually got some great advice from my team mate Laura today with regards to creating my Mahara account. This was done via Skype chat. I feel that as time goes by I will get rather familiar with this useful tool and will prove to be rather beneficial in providing myself with many new options in the classroom.

I actually created a Voki early on in the term. This was placed as the first post on my blog and I found it rather awesome actually. The whole idea of having control of what the avatar says is something which left me in awe. I think that this would be a useful tool particularly in the same way as Scott has done throughout this course for introducing topics and gaining the students attention. Students can also use the Avatar for presenting their assignments as it is new and 'cool' technology.