Blabberize

Blabber may no longer simply refer to incessant idle chatter. In today's digital environment, a blabber is a talking picture. Blabberize is an online tool that allows you to choose a picture/image, record a voice track, and animate the mouth of the character to make it appear that it is talking. Blabberize is free, easy to use, and allows teachers and students to enhance speaking and listening skills. However, since it is a public site, many of the examples provided are not educational, and according to its terms of service you must have parental permission if under 13 years of age. In the classroom, Blabberize can motivate students to share poems, stories, speeches, knowledge of a specific topic, scientific observations or even mathematical story problems. It can also provide a fun way for students to practice oral language skills and proper speech. Have fun exploring blabberize.com!