I've always wanted to make Avatars with the Students, but have never found the right programs...until now. I found two that work very nicely and will be easy with 2nd through 5th to create their own for projects we have throughout the year.Photos-Share.com (http://photos-share.com/) gets you started right away. Select gender, hair, skin color, accessories, clothes, back grounds and more. Once you have a final product you can either share it through the various social media outlets or download the image to your computer....and it's all FREE!
Pick A Face (http://pickaface.net/create_avatar.html) is another nice and FREE program. It too gets you started right away. You select all the ingredients and it is a snap! The only difference is that you have to create an account to download the image on this one, but I do like the looks of the avatar, so this was a consideration worth making for me.
One thing I appreciate about both programs is that they have window advertisement that is both limited and friendly.....THANK YOU!!!! I'm glad I can take the Students to these sites and not have to worry...more programs should follow their lead!
Ideas for AVATARS this year: "Me" Projects....profile pictures in their Schoology accounts, email accounts....add audio for 'Digital Citizenship' projects....and more!
Avatars are people too!
Elana Moore
