Gabits

I cannot wait to see all of my students' "Gabits."  Gabits are avatars that you can design and make to speak.  The students wrote a paragraph telling what they do on the weekends and then created a Gabit and voice recorded where their "Gabit" went on the weekend. The students felt very comfortable "speaking" in front of the class because they were able to record their voice and self-correct until they got the desired recording.  One can also lower or raise the voice of the Gabit.  They then presented them to the class using a borrowed document cam and connected the speaker jack to their ipod.  We had a lot of Spanish fun listening to and watching the students' projects.  After each student has presented I will sinc the ipods and post a few on our class blog so the Spanish I students can see them.  (purpleinksenora.blogspot.com).