What’s an Avatar?
You have probably noticed that some of your fellow challengers use cartoon pictures to represent themselves on their blogs and flickr accounts. These are known as avatars, and while the original meaning of the word “avatar” (according to wikipedia) refers to the symbolic representation of a divine being, the avatars we’re talking about are a bit more down to earth. Avatars are amusing tools for of self-expression, and there are many websites you can use to create them. Why do you need an avatar? To use on your blogs, websites, social spaces, games, message boards, Instant Message windows, or as wallpaper for your mobile phone of course!
Discovery Resources
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Visit South Park Studio, a flash game for creating avatars, for South Park fans.
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Take a look at Avatars Everywhere: 27 of the best avatar makers. You might want to try some of these sites.
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Check out the Avatar Fashion Show that was created using avatars from School Library Learning 2.0 blogs http://bookladyspeaks.blogspot.com/2007/08/fashion-show.html .
Discovery Exercises
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Create a Yahoo! Avatar. Many of you created a Yahoo! account in Lesson 4, so you can sign in with your Yahoo! ID at http://avatars.yahoo.com and get started. You’ll see how easy and fun it is to create your alter ego in the virtual world. You can even create and save a few different avatars to suit your mood and purposes.
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Export your avatar (look for the link in the blue box at right on your avatar home page). Choose a size and format. You can download and save the image on your computer for later use or you can use html code to embed the image on a webpage.
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Try using your avatar on your blog profile or as your buddy icon in your flickr account (in your profile).
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Share your avatar on the Montana Libraries photo pool on flickr http://www.flickr.com/groups/montanalibraries . Maybe we can have a fashion show of our own!
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