Weemees

= Avatars, Weemees, Digital Stickers = =I use Weemees as an avatar. These avatars go on my blogs and wikis. I also use them for when I am marking students work and I want to make a comment. They are my 'digital stickers and stamps' !=
 * =For a variety of Avatars click here=

Group them and then right click on the sticker and choose Save As. Save the stickers to a sticker folder.
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= Take a Screen Capture of your Avatar = = Macs = = Press Shift -Command 4, click and drag around what you want to keep, the picture will be on your desktop = = Windows = =(Win 7)=

Open Snipping Tool (click in the search box below All Programmes, type in 'snipping tool') click and drag around the part of the graphic you want to capture, choose to save or copy
= Vista and XP = Press Fn and PrtScn keys together, go to Paint and Press Ctrl V

**( Vista )** Click on the **Square Selector** button **( XP )** Click on the **Square Selector** button
 * click and drag around the part of the screen you want
 * go to **Image - Crop**
 * select jpeg from **Save as Type**
 * click **Save**
 * click and drag around the part of the screen you want


 * press Ctrl C to copy the selection
 * Open up PowerPoint
 * Press Ctrl V to paste
 * click on the picture then right click on the picture
 * select Save as Picture
 * name the file and save to your Pictures folder

Reading Activity Idea Make a character Weemee.

Vocalise your Weemee

This is an idea I got from Dave at Somerville Intermediate (who by the way has a great class wiki). Create your Weemee and then put it into [|Blabberize] to make it speak media type="custom" key="11099348" Ways to use this tool
 * students introduce themselves on their blog or wiki
 * make a character from a book and speak from their point of view
 * students record their speech