cobannon Any suggestions for a kid-friendly avatar creation site that does NOT require you to sign-in?

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  September 26, 2008 at 16:55 visionsbyvicky says www.reasonablyclever.com/blockhead/index.htm - not easy to save though
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  September 26, 2008 at 16:55 visionsbyvicky says www.reasonablyclever.com/mini/kidsafe.htm - same as above but full lego people; also not easy to save
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:00 visionsbyvicky says www.doppelme.com/ - you do not have to sign in though some options aren't available if you don't.
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  September 26, 2008 at 16:57 visionsbyvicky says Doppelme allows right-click and save as once you say you're done.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:01 visionsbyvicky says On doppelme the characters start out "naked" though not inappropriately so but for some grades it can lead to giggling.
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  September 26, 2008 at 16:59 visionsbyvicky says used these with Middle School: www.moeruavatar.com/index_en.shtml avatarmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml www.abi-station.com/iconmaker/index_en.shtml
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  September 26, 2008 at 16:59 visionsbyvicky says above sites allow right-click and save as but they're somewhat slow at times and have some accessories that aren't completely appropriate
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:03 visionsbyvicky says www.buildyourwildself.com/ - this is really cute and if you choose the Print option at the end you can do a right-click and save as.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:05 visionsbyvicky says www.planetcreation.co.uk/createpic/ - I think this one has the hard to save issue also
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:06 visionsbyvicky says www.messdudes.com/ - lots of download options on this one.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:03 visionsbyvicky says oh yeah - characters start out in underwear on messdudes which can cause issues for some classes.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:07 visionsbyvicky says can you tell I just did avatar creation with my kids?
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:09 visionsbyvicky says www.quickflashgames.com/other_stuff/avatar_maker/ - I like this one but didn't use it because the ads are inappropriate IMO.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:15 KarinB says WOW, thank you for sharing Vicky!
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:23 visionsbyvicky says you're welcome. Since we just finished creating our avatars I've had some recent experience with many of these sites.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:41 cobannon says Holy smoke!! I step away to grab food and come back to this?? Thank you!!
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:40 cobannon says I received one response on Twitter for www.makewee.com and use Jing to capture image.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:44 visionsbyvicky says oh that one is really cute. I hadn't seen that one before. You could use Jing on any of the ones I noted as hard to save.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:45 visionsbyvicky says I actually teach the kids about the Print Scrn button and paste into a graphics program and teach cropping and saving from there.
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  September 26, 2008 at 17:54 pelgin says I love to use Build Your Wild Self with little ones...easy and fun!
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  September 26, 2008 at 18:30 cobannon says I'm out of district office and am not in position to teach the kids, but I could show teachers about Jing and kids could use it, too.
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  September 26, 2008 at 18:31 cobannon says Thanks again, so helpful. We need avatars for wikispaces. Kids have figured out how to put up pics and are using real ones.
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  September 26, 2008 at 19:32 KarinB says This thread is precisely why I LOVE plurk!
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  September 26, 2008 at 20:50 cobannon says You said it KarinBeil!!
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  September 27, 2008 at 03:37 suz219 says interesting, I haven't done avatars, yet. Cool!