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Disappearing Voki scenes

Disappearing Voki scenes

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Several Voki educators have reported “disappearing Voki scenes” recently. The scenario goes something like this:

You planned a great lesson using Voki in your classroom. Come class time, you have all of your students log on and create their Voki scenes, and then save them. Or, perhaps you had your students log on from home and create a Voki as part of a homework assignment.

You’re excited to see what they came up with. So, you log in to check their Vokis, and nothing! All (or most) of the Voki scenes that should be in your account, aren’t! What happened??

What happened
Well, we found out that this was due to special characters being used in the Voki titles. The less-than and greater-than characters (<, >) were actually causing all (or most) of the saved Voki scenes to disappear! (Note: although you could not see them, your saved Vokis are always saved in your account…)

What we’re doing about it
We’re happy to say that this issue has been resolved. When you log in to your account, you should see all of your scenes (if you don’t make sure to clear your browser’s cache and then refresh). Any new Voki scenes that are created can have the less-than and greater-than characters in the title. For the existing Voki scenes, we have replaced those characters with a space. So, a scene named “I just ❤ this” is now named “I just  3 this” – you can go back and rename these scenes however you like.

If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a comment or drop us a line in the Teacher’s Corner.

Interviews with Educators | Lisa Mims

Interviews with Educators | Lisa Mims

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Welcome to another edition of Voki Interviews with Educators. This time, we have a very creative interview with Lisa Mims. Lisa created a PowerPoint interview about her use of Voki.

Some of Lisa’s goals using Voki are

  1. To engage her students in the classroom
  2. To instill a love for learning, and
  3. To integrate new technology into her classroom in order to promote critical thinking.

Check out her interview in this brief presentation!

Interview:

Links:

Check out Lisa’s blog: Diary of a Public School Teacher

Follow Lisa on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BriteEyes49

Want to be interviewed for this section? Send us a note and a link to your blog/ twitter: submit@voki.com.

We Couldn’t Have Done it without You!

We Couldn’t Have Done it without You!

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We have finally launched Voki for Education and could not have been more pleased with the results! We’d like to thank you for “hanging in there” and for taking the time to share with us how you would like to see Voki improve.

Thanks to you, Voki is now simpler to use, includes more features, encourages community engagement, and is more reliable and classroom-friendly than ever! We hope you enjoy Voki for Education as much as we do. Here are some highlights:

  • You can now post your Voki to Facebook! You asked for it and we delivered. You can now share your Voki with all of your Facebook friends by easily posting it to your wall.
  • We’ve made posting to your blog or site as easy as clicking on an icon. Just click on the icon, log in, and your Voki is posted automatically!
  • Don’t have a blog or site? No problem. We now offer a Voki link! Copy your Voki link (URL) and paste it into your browser … or email it to a friend … or paste it into your PowerPoint … or … well, you get the idea. There’s never been an easier way to share Voki!
  • Got a question or want to share a tip? Join the Teacher’s Corner community, where you can engage with other educators, ask questions about Voki.com, and share your Voki tips and tricks.
  • To further the use of technology in the classroom, we now offer a Lesson Plan Database where educators can browse and use new Voki lesson plans. And we’re always looking for more great Voki lesson plans from great educators!

Again, thank you for sticking with Voki and for helping us spread the word about our free online educational tool!

The Voki Team

Hello world!

Hello world!

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Yes, Hello World!

Welcome to the all-new (and much improved) Voki for Education Blog! We’re thrilled to have our blog up and running. We have a ton of great content to share with you and we’re excited that you’re here!

Some of what you can expect to see on this blog includes:

  • News: The latest from the new Voki for Ed.
  • More news: Our take on, and links to, developments in educational technology.
  • Interviews (text and video) from Educators about how they use Voki. If you’d like to be interviewed (and featured in our blog), email us.
  • How-to’s: Ideas, tips, tricks, and new ways to use Voki. If you’re new to Voki and want to learn the basics, visit the Newbie’s Corner.
  • Guest bloggers: Exclusive posts by influential education/ ed-tech bloggers. If you’d like to contribute as a guest blogger, email us.

If you’d like to stay in touch, we’d love it if you joined us on Twitter and on Facebook, where we post regular updates.