Working closely alongside Murch with grade 4/5 I.T. We decided that the students needed custom avatars to individualise their blogs, and show everyone how fantastic and creative they are. The students were given a 15×15 cm square to measure and rule. The idea was to work within those boundaries to allow the completed avatar to still have as much detail as possible when reduced to a thumbnail (tiny) size. The students were also encouraged to use tissue paper collage create a background for their personal image. The other option was for the student to draw the image with a hand drawn background behind the figure. The completed images were photographed digitally at high resolution and then reduced.
