Technology Project – Harri Yr10
Throughout the past couple of weeks we as a class have been trying, exploring and experimenting with different technology to see how it could improve learning languages at the school.
We started off trying out our language laptops which took a long time to start up. By the time we had logged onto the various web-sites half the lesson had gone and soon after we had to take them back. So the laptops aren’t really a safe bet but once up and running there wonderfully easy to use and very light and portable.
[Note from Miss Hardman: we have discovered a weak link in the wireless connections in the corridor outside this room – we are looking into it over the summer]
After the laptop trial we had a look at “Voki’s” the wonderful animated characters with voices and background pictures! We spent time playing with our various Voki’s first getting to grips with the various faces, cloths and features available. Then we moved onto the more technical aspect… uploading the background and sound. We used photos of the school to upload as our Voki backgrounds. For some students the uploading process happened immediately, for others it took a long time which was a downside to the technology. Finally we wrote French scripts and recorded them using two hand-held easy to use microphones! The voki’s were defiantly fun to use and most of the class had good fun creating rats and elves as well as our final characters.
Now we have moved onto looking at 2D characters called wee-mee’s however due to firewalls at school and various web-site bans we are having problems getting onto the relevant web-site so for now we are just experimenting with Kar2ouche.
Note from Miss Hardman: This is a shame re www.wee-mee.com as this would enable each student to have a 2D virtual identity on this blog without having to use photos. We will investigate further options]
Thank you Harri for a balanced critique of the project so far.
Miss Hardman
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