The Electronic Pencil

Today, we are talking about avatars, and how you can create a representation of yourself for an online environment. Your task is to create an avatar, and then upload it into your Glogster account. There are a few ways you can do this. You can:

Go into Bitstrips and use your avatar from there (or, create a new one)

Use one of these avatar sites to make your own.

• Portrait Illustration Maker
• Picassohead Portait Creator
• Lego Mini-Mizer
• Caricature Creator
• Claymation Yourself
• Hero Factory
• DroppelMe
• Marvel Superhero Creator
• Wimpy Kid Wimp Yourself
• Simpsonize Yourself
• Build a Robot
• The Muppet Whatnot
• Cat Cartoonizer
• Mutt Maker
• Create a Dragon
• Make a Pony

When you are ready to save your avatar to the laptop, and then move it up into Glogster, here is what you do:

• If the site has a download image link, use that to download your avatar.
• If not, then use the screenshot capture option on the Mac.
  •  click press Command-Shift-4.
    • A cross-hair cursor will appear.
    • Click and drag to select the area you wish to capture.
    • When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop.

Go to Glogster.edu, and sign in.

• Go to your Dashboard
• Click on “Edit my Profile”
• Use the “Change Photo” link
• Upload your avatar