Copyright+and+Creating+an+Avatar

1. Today you will be selecting an image to use as a avatar.

In this case, your avatar will be a graphic representation of you while you are commenting or creating pages on a web 2.0 program called Voicethread. It is important when you select your avatar image that you represpect both copyright and trademark law.

2. Instead of using Google try some of these links to images that are mostly copyfree. U.S. Government Photos and Images [|[[http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtmlWikipedia|http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml]]] Yotophoto [] Common Content [] Creative Commons [] Open Photo Project [] [|Pics4Learning] [] Flickr Creative Commons [] [|FreeFoto].com [] Free Photo 1 [] Open Clip Art Library []

3. When you find an image that you want to use. Save it in your Library Folder within your MY DOCUMENTS. Make certain that you have saved an .jpeg image.

__4. For Extra Credit__:

To learn about copyright, click on the link to the website titled, Copyright Kids. []

Click on the link for Copyright Basics& FAQS. Read the information about copyright..


 * Take The Copyright Challenge: A Quiz.
 * Print out the certificate and show it to Ms Haskell.