Lisa Mims is a 5th grade teacher who has been using Voki, an avatar creation tool, in her classroom for a few months. She got interested in Voki after seeing another teacher use it for communicating with pen pals. Her goals in using Voki are to engage students, foster a love of learning, and integrate technology to promote critical thinking. Some of the ways she uses Voki include communicating with pen pals, giving directions, and having students create projects like a student's African American history presentation on Oprah Winfrey that received positive feedback. Lisa enjoys how simple Voki is to use and the endless possibilities, and has not discovered any tricks yet.

1. LISA MIMS, VOKI LOVER Pleasantville Elementary New Castle, DE 5th grade teacher

2. I have no idea how long I’ve had Voki. I started using it a couple of months ago, The teacher of the class my class is pen pals with Used Voki on our Edmodo page. I was hooked! I came into work the next day and showed my students, they were hooked!

5. Research projects

6. Give directions and reminders on our class bogs

7. Send jokes to our pen pals in New Jersey

8. To give Book Reviews

10. STUDENT PROJECT This is one of my student’s African-American History projects! I was very proud of the worK they did. They posted it on Kidblog, and received a lot of responses from kids asking them, “How did you do that?” Oprah Winfrey African American History project

12. The kids love it!

14. WHAT WOULD I ADD? My Voki