How to Create and Use Student Avatars in Your Classroom
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Written by Holly (Teach Starter)
We can’t hide from it. Digital life is here to stay and children love it! Avatars are one form of digital life that is becoming a popular tool in classrooms and can serve in a number of capacities.
Teach Starter has recently added a Student Avatar Creator to our selection of Create Your Own Teaching Resources tools. Using this tool, teachers can create stylised avatars to represent their students. A great, fun way to ensure each student feels included, welcomed and comfortable within their learning environment.
How can you use avatars in the classroom?
Here is a list of ideas for how you may utilise student avatars in the classroom:
Use the avatars when creating and writing stories – using the students’ avatars will engage them immensely in the writing process.
Use the avatars on the classroom welcome sign – make your students feel special and welcomed.
Use them on a job chart to show who is responsible for what each week.
A cute ice breaker activity – shuffle and distribute the pictures of avatars. Students then need to find the person their avatar corresponds with.
Create avatars of characters from books/stories the children are reading. Use these images for role plays / character profiles or to write another story.
Use the avatars to show progress on classroom goal boards.
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