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Today we are going to create a talking post. You can upload your voice as a an mp3 file (easier) or, if you are ready for more of a challenge (but not too difficult) you can create a voki, or a talking avatar. First you will have to go into the applications folder to find the audio recording application, audacity. The icon looks like this:Once you open it you can record your voice directly from the built-in mic on the computer. There are many effects, too, so play around and explore, but remember, your final sound file, the one you post on your blog, should be appropriate, not silly, and should communicate something of interest to your readers. When you have recorded something that you would like to post to your blog, you will have to export the file into an mp3 format, so that it can be uploaded to the blog. Then you upload the mp3 file similarly to the way you upload an image. If you want to make a voki, you should then go here. You create the voki by choosing from the options. Then you upload the mp3 file directly into the voki by clicking on the folder, choosing the file, clicking upload and then click done. Then click publish and it will give you some code to add to your blog. Make sure you choose “wordpress” to get the right code for edublogs.Here’s mine:Get a Voki now!