Later...

OK. Feel much better now. Went back and read the rest of the blogs; most of the bloggers for this course are not technostars, just folks spread across the learning curve. So interesting to see the different avatars and the varying styles of blogs. I have come up with many ideas already, but then reality hits: our district blocks A LOT of sites and most of the faculty at my school can barely get their grades posted online, let alone maintain a blog. Oh well, Rome wasn't built in a day and this is all very exciting to me. What a super idea for a course and (so far) amazingly well crafted.

Avatar

It was very simple to create an avatar; there was even a "plus size" option for the body (well, more of a 'womanly-shaped' option). My only complaint is that there is only one shoe choice per outfit: obviously, this code was written by a man... ;) The whole exercise was fun - from dressing my avatar (Colorforms and paper dolls) to uploading her to my blog. I was a bit surprised to see her on the page when I signed in to my Yahoo e-mail this a.m., hadn't put two and two together. OK. I have a question. I thought that this was a class for techno newbies. I started trolling around the blogs of other participants last night, and one fellow's blog looks likes tech central. What gives?