Voki allows the user to create an avatar and give it voice. It is easy to customize the voki, record your voice (up to 60 seconds) or upload an audio file. I created a quick voki to welcome workshop participants back from break. Do you recognize the character?

Does Voki have staying power? Well, I don’t know. It’s cute, it’s easy – like many technology authoring platforms, it is up to the user to give it meaning. Rumor has it that there are some high school students I know creating a variety of political vokis and sending them to each other, just for fun.