One of the issues I talked about in Teachers' Guide to Digital Footprint is the use of students' pictures while creating profiles in social networking ( or any other ) platform. There are several alternatives students can use and one of which is to try creating and uploading avatars. These web tools are ideal for creating avatars. There is also the possibility of creating a cartoon out of one's own pictures.
Creating a cartoon out of your real picture is a good way to disguise your real identity while in the same time preserving your own feel and touch. The web tools below are really helpful for cartonizing your pictures. Try them out with your students a.
( Please note that there are several other websites to create cartoons but I personally do not recommend them for students and that's why I limited this list to only 5 tools )
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Chuck Sherwood, Senior Associate, TeleDimensions, Inc