Avatars

An avatar is a digital cartoon-like representation of a real person. Thanks to many free web services, you do not have to pay an artist for your cartoon illustrations. All you have to do is upload your photo, or perform some mix and match.

There are several websites that allow you to create avatars.  Visit our class wiki site to view websites where you can create avatars.

Students can create avatars to use with their logins in VoiceThread, Google Apps, and other web tools. They can also incorporate their avatar into a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation.

If you are not comfortable using real photos to represent yourself in any online profiles, you can create a cartoon character of yourself.  It’ll definitely be fun and unique to others when you are representing yourself in a cartoonized way in any online profiles.

Get a Voki now!

Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character (avatar). You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters… animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone or you
can use the text to type function.

Record up to a 90 second message.

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile and in email messages.

Create and customize your speaking character to express yourself, communicate and interact with your friends.

Also very useful to upload your digital voice recorder files to or podcasts!

Features: Change background - can be animated or still. You can upload your own picture for the background. Avatar speaks. Can use your cell phone or microphone to record your own voice.