Avatars

Avatars

It seems that some people try to look good, some don't want to show their face, and some look kind of scary. I'm wondering, how do you choose your profile picture? Were you concerned about who might see you? Did you care?

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.

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.

You can create avatars to use with your logins in VoiceThread, Google Apps, and other web tools. You can also incorporate your avatar into a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation.  If you have a wiki, a blog, a website or participate on a Social Networking site, chat, you can create an avatar to represent yourself.  Below you will find a few websites that I have collected where you can create an avatar.

Click on the links below to explore Avatar websites.  You can search for other avatar sites as well.  If you find another avatar site, please make a comment on this post so that Mrs. James can add it to our list.

ASSIGNMENT

Create a post showing the different avatars that you created!  Take a screen shot or download the picture and add it to your post.  You should have several examples.

Add the link to each avatar site on your post.

Describe each website.

  AVATAR WEBSITES - CREATE YOUR OWN!

Avatars

 Build Yourself Wild - Avatars are created using a variety of animal body parts.

DoppelMe 

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.

 

 

 DoppelMe

 South Park Studio

For South Park fans, now you can become one of them.

South Park Studio

 

BeFunky

OSOQ

OSOQ Avatar Creator

Zui

Resolution

Shrink Pictures

Wednesday, April 3rd -- Stykz

Frame-based Animating Done Right

• Stykz is frame-based, letting you work on individual frames of your animation to make it just right. Onionskins let you see what was in the previous frame so you can make adjustments to your current frame easily. 
• Stykz is completely free to download and use to create animations that you can show off to others or import into other applications.
• New frames can be created by clicking on the "Next Frame" button in the Frames palette, or by simply hitting the Enter key... in fact, you can use the Enter key while you're manipulating a figure! It's kind of like taking snapshots of the current frame while you're moving or pivoting segments... this feature makes it very easy to get smooth animation.  Click here to see what animations others have made!

Activity:

• Create a frame-based animation using Stykz. Be creative! Export your final animation to be posted on your blog!

Claymation

Create a Claymation Avatar to represent yourself in today's post!

Monday April, 1st

Today you will visit at least 5 of your classmates blogs and play their game(s).

Leave a comment for each game that you played.

When told to do so, you will create a post about the games that you played and your thoughts, as well as the game(s) that you created - include a link, etc.  

NEW TOPICS

•  Claymation - you will create an avatar

Wednesday March 27th

Welcome back from Spring Break!!!!!


Today's Topics:

• Compare Anything - you will compare to items
• Creating online games

You will create a post about each website today that we explore.  We will begin with exploring the Compare Anything website. You will do at least two comparisons, include all blog post elements.

You will then create 3 games using proprofs at least one needs to be a hangman game then you can create two games of your choice.

Again make sure everything is school appropriate!

Compare Anything

I came across a website where you can key in two items - and it will compare them for you.  I teach  a renting realty unit in Business Law, so I wanted to compare a Lease vs Rent - see my results below!

Let's compare Dog and Cat

Try it out for yourself by clicking here!

I compared rent and lease

Creating Games

Hangman

Class related hangman game » hangman game

I created this game on proprofs! Have fun

Activity

Explore this website! Create a hangman game to add to your blog.  Create other games as well!

Google Jobs

Google Job Search

So what does it take to work for Google?  Where are jobs located?  Today you are going to search jobs at Google.

Click Job Search  - just click the magnifying glass.

With over 70 offices in more than 40 countries, chances are Google has opportunities near you. Browse through their offices to learn more about their  openings and get a look at Googleyness around the globe.

If you want to search by location:  Click  - Job Search by location

Are there any jobs in Kansas?  If so, what is it and what are the qualifications that potential applicants must posses - what are some of the responsibilities if one obtains this job?

Find 3 more jobs that interest you?  Answer the following questions for each.
1.  Name of Job
2.  Location of Job (city and state)
3.  Job Description
4.  Qualifications
5.  Responsibilities

6.  Job Details

7.  Team or Role

8.  Work Schedule:

Full-time or part-time

9.  Date Posted

Create a post - call it Google Job Search - include the link and answer the questions for each job found.  Make sure that your information is organized and easy to follow.

Google Drive Assignment

Google Drive. Keep everything. 

Share anything.

Google Drive is everywhere you are—on the web, in your home, at the office and on the go. So wherever you are, your stuff is just...there. Ready to go, ready to share. 5 GB free.

Google Drive is available for:

• PC and Mac
• iPhone and iPad 
•  
• Android devices

Store your files in a safe place.

Things happen. Your phone goes for a swim. Your laptop takes an infinite snooze. No matter what happens to your devices, your files are safely stored in Google Drive

Go beyond storage. Collaborate.

Google Drive lets you do more than just store your files. Share files with exactly who you want and edit them together, from any device.

Google Drive gives you instant access to Google Docs, a suite of editing tools that makes working together better—even when your teammates are miles away.

 


ASSIGNMENT 1 - Wednesday, February 13

Today you are going to create a Spreadsheet using Google Drive to help you keep track of all of your accounts that you create in this course.

Mr. Niehues will demonstrate first.  Please wait for directions.

1.  Open Google Drive
2.  Create a new spreadsheet
3.  Key in accounts that you have created
4.  Share your document with your email
5.  Check the post for the link of the shared document
6.  Create a page linked to Google Drive on your blog so that you can access your account list quickly. (only you will be able to access it, so no worries about others seeing it on your blog)
7. Explore the options of Google drive, the different types of documents you can create,  the apps you can connect, etc... Be creative and detailed with this post, this could be a lengthy post and should be considerably bigger than previous posts. This is due to the size and options Google drive offers its users.
**Again, be sure to meet all post requirements, These can be found on the post requirements page. This assignment will be graded on grammer, fluency, spelling, originality, creativeness, and etc...

Class Google Drive

Google Drive

*	Google Drive: Access and organize your files

What is Google Drive?

Web-based communication and collaboration tool - Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Drawing

Use Google Drive to store and access your files, folders, and Google Docs anywhere. Change a file on the web, your computer, or your mobile device, and it updates on every device where you’ve installed Google Drive. You’ll always have the latest version of your files and Google Docs at your fingertips. Read, edit, share, and collaborate on your files wherever you are!

Google Drive lets you store and access your files anywhere -- on the web, on your hard drive, or on the go. Here’s how it works:

1. Go to Google Drive on the web at drive.google.com.
2. Install Google Drive on your computer or mobile device.
3. Throw your files in Google Drive. 

Now your files go everywhere you do. Change a file on the web, on your computer, or on your mobile device and it updates on every device where you’ve installed Google Drive. Share, collaborate, or work alone: your files, your choice.

Store the first 5 GB of your stuff for free.

When your Google Drive grows, get another 25 GB of space (or more!) starting at $2.49 per month.

Access everything in your Google Drive from all your devices.

Your files are always waiting for you at drive.google.com, but you can also get them straight from your computer, smartphone, and iPad. Install Google Drive on multiple devices and Google Drive makes sure they’re all the same. You can even get to your files after you go offline.

Keep files synced. Just connect to the web – it's pretty much automatic.

Any time your device has Internet access, it checks in with Google Drive. That ensures your files and folders are always up to date. Change something on one device and it changes everywhere.

Stop emailing attachments. Start sharing.

Google Drive lets you choose exactly who – friends, family, colleagues – gets your files. You don’t need email attachments anymore. Just share your file, folder, or Google Doc from any device.

Visit Google Drive!.