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Bbc: Think Draw: Picture Creation
A creative picture creation tool to create animals, avatars and faces. Register requires an email address, but is free for all users.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: James Cameron
A biography of James Cameron, a Canadian-born filmmaker whose movie The Titanic won an astounding eleven Academy Awards. More recently, he has explored the depths of the ocean in a specially designed submarine. Includes a profile,...
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Lesson: Representing Ourselves Online
In this lesson plan, young scholars talk about dressing up and taking on identities that are similar to or different from them. They are then introduced to the idea of avatars as a kind of "dressing up" inside video games and consider...
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Brief Biography of Jaron Lanier
A brief biography of Jaron Lanier, including links to other biographies and interviews.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Give That Character a Voice With Voki!
This instructional activity fuses fictional literature with technology through a project-based experience. Students will use the free online resource Voki to bring a fictional character to "life" and deepen their understanding of...