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To maintain safety and privacy you will not be posting a photo of your self on your blog.  Instead, you can create an avatar.  An avatar is a created image that you can place on your blog site instead of a personal photo.   Once you have uploaded a user avatar to your blog.  Go to your dashboard, click on user, and then add blog avatar.  When added, this will appear wherever you make a comment on other blogs.  Once created, write a post about your avatar and why it represents you.  Create a link to the site where you created your avatar.

Visit the sites below and create an avatar.  Save your image as either a .gif, .jpeg or .png.

Portrait Illustration Maker: create your avatar using the options available.  When completed, right click on the image and click on ’save picture as’. Save to your pictures folder and then follow the instructions below to upload your avatar onto your blog.

Avatarmaker: Similar to above. Follow same directions.

Build your wild self: you can create a fun image using creature body parts.  To save your image, give it a name, save as ‘Get a Wild Desktop’, then, right click ’save picture as’ and save it to your picture folder, giving it a file name.  Go to your picture folder to access your image and open it up.  It will open up in Paintshop Pro.  Your Wild Self image will need resizing to an avatar size: Width and Height approx 0.480cm.

DoppelMe: you need to create an account first using a username and email address. When created you can design an avatar which will be emailed to you.

Mini-mizer: create a lego avatar.

Follow these instructions to add your avatar to your blog.

• Login and go to design>widgets and add the avatar widget to your sidebar. Save. Re-position the avatar widget to the top of your blog sidebar.
• Go to settings link (on RHS)>blog avatar>upload avatar (you may need to resize the image)>upload (This adds it to the widget on the sidebar).
• Go to users (on RHS)>your avatar>browse for image>upload. (This adds your avatar to any comments that you make).

Thanks to Technology in the classroom which is where I obtained the links above.

Thanks to ejourneys with technokids for instructions on adding to avatar blog.

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