Avatars are great to create a unique identity on the web.
1. Using one of the following programs create an avatar that you will use for your personal portal site.
It is hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the New York Zoos and Aquarium. Students can choose their gender, their skin tone, and add eyes, hands, feet and 'backsides' that are all animal parts. To use this as an avatar, students would have to click 'I'm Done' and then save the image to their desktop to use. It is free and does not require a login account.
With DoppelMe you can create a cool graphical likeness of yourself, your friends, family or any group of people for use as an avatar in forums, instant messenger, blogs and almost anywhere else on the web.
Become the super hero you always new you were. It creates a downloadable .jpg file of a comic book cover that can be uploaded to a site.
You can use this site to create a Lego avatar. Just choose your hair, clothes, etc... and then you can save the image by selecting it using Shift-Command-4 (Mac) or a screen capture software/Print Screen (Windows). The directions on how to do this are on the site.
The Simpson's Movie Avatar Creator
Create your own Simpson's avatar here!
Turn yourself into a cartoon!
Turn yourself into an icon.
2. Once you create your portal class site, you will use your avatar as your identity. In a short paragraph introduce your avatar. Why did you make the selections you did? How does this avatar represent you or what you aspire to be?