Avatars

An avatar is an icon or virtual representation of yourself that you will use on your blog. It is a make-believe picture of you. When you are dealing with an online community, you may meet people that you will never see in person. An avatar just gives a sense of who you are or at least some aspect of yourself. For instance, if you like to hike, you might choose a mountain or a park for your background. If you play guitar, you might include one as an accessory for your avatar. If you like dogs, you might include one. Or you might find just the right background.

You can choose where you create your avatar. Here are some sites that you might experiment with. Some of the sites will require that you set up an account. Everyone has an email address and passwords that you can choose from.

Voki: http://www.voki.com/ (To save your voki, you may have to type in something for the Voki to say. Later, you can record your own voice saying whatever you would like to say.)

Portrait Maker: http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml

DopplMe: http://www.doppelme.com/

Scholastic Stacks: https://my.scholastic.com/sps_my_account/accmgmt/FlashLogin.jsp?finalSuccessURL=http://kids.scholastic.com/community/my_profile.htm