Avatars and online identities - March 2

Read the two articles below.


http://digitalis.nwp.org/resource/1949

Avatar and Identity
http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/gateway_identity.html

As a group deliberate on the ff:

1. How do you define an avatar? Enumerate the consensus definition.

2. Does definition of what character or personality your avatar has would only be defined in the role-playing games? Explain your answers.

3. Do you want to be defined as an individual or entity virtually based on your avatar or online name? Why or why not.

4. Do you find any significance of having a purposeful avatar or online identity? 5. Does having multiple characters imply negative or positive impact to the person? Give at least two examples and explain your answers.

6. If you will be asked to make an avatar for yourself today as a Social Being in the #Socmed class, how will you draw your avatar? And what #onlinename will you use?


Assignment for Monday--

Use any web drawing tool/application to draw an avatar of yourself? Label/name your avatar. Explain the choice of your avatar.

Post this image and discussion of your avatar in your blog. Tweet and share your avatar as well.