{"id":484,"date":"2026-05-08T16:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringwrdsb\/chapter\/making-avatars-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:27:04","slug":"making-avatars-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/discoveringwrdsb\/chapter\/making-avatars-2\/","title":{"raw":"Making Avatars","rendered":"Making Avatars"},"content":{"raw":"\nNow have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/mediasmarts\/chapter\/avatars-online\/\">Avatars Online<\/a> and use the Avatar Creator game on Level 1 to create an avatar whose gender most closely matches theirs.\n\nThe options in Level 1 are limited, so they will need only 5 or 10 minutes to do this.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Now have students talk about their experience creating their avatars.<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\n<span style=\"color: #339966\">What was fun?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #339966\">What was frustrating?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #339966\">How was this similar to or different from the avatar creation in the games and virtual worlds they play?<\/span>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNext, have students go back to the home screen and choose the other gender. (If you made a girl avatar first, make a boy now; if you made a boy avatar first, make a girl.)\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHow was it different this time?\n\nWhat was fun or funny? <em>Why <\/em>was it funny?\n\nWas it frustrating? Why?\n\nHow were different students' experiences different?\n\nAsk students if they have ever done a similar exercise, in class or elsewhere. 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(If you made a girl avatar first, make a boy now; if you made a boy avatar first, make a girl.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How was it different this time?<\/p>\n<p>What was fun or funny? <em>Why <\/em>was it funny?<\/p>\n<p>Was it frustrating? Why?<\/p>\n<p>How were different students&#8217; experiences different?<\/p>\n<p>Ask students if they have ever done a similar exercise, in class or elsewhere. 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