01《Information Technology》 PPT教学课件(第2课时)

Why did you choose it?
a cute animal avatar an avatar in fancy clothes a cartoon character avatar a photo of myself
to express myself freely to trick others to create a real / digital identity to avoid online safety risks to protect myself
are a key part of how people use the Internet to communicate and express
themselves.
Definition
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Paragraph 2: The first simple 2D avatars appeared in role-playing computer games in the 1980s. Yet, very few people knew that future avatars would have such a wide variety of forms and uses. By the late 1990s, they had been used in web chats like instant messenger.
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When you are online, you can be anyone or anything. You can create your own image and a new personality. These digital identities, known as avatars,
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Make predictions and write down your questions.
Avatars
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Questions collected from students: 1. What is the definition of avatars? 2. When was the first avatar invented? 3. What are some interesting avatars or some interesting stories about avatars? 4. What is the function of avatars now? 5. What’s the relationship between one’s avatar and his/her personality? 6. What influences us to choose or change our avatars? 7. Will avatars play a more and more important role？
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Read the article. Check how many of your questions are answered. Underline the answers in the article.
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Purposes of using avatars
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Paragraph 5: Nowadays, avatars are everywhere. In most web chats, people choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images, or create their own images. You can also use avatars that move around and talk when you type in your message. The avatars in online worlds can talk, walk and fly around, meet people, go shopping and attend classes.
Concerns and hope
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Read again and complete the information.
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Avatars
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Paragraph 6: The use of avatars has also caused a few concerns. Some users worry that they are spending so much time in virtual worlds that they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. The use of several avatars can also be a risk, as people can use avatars to cheat others online. However, other users view avatars in a more positive light. They look forward to a time when their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds.
History
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Paragraph 3: When people started creating their own avatars, they discovered that they were going to have the power to create new identities that did not look or act like their real selves at all. They could dress their avatars in fancy clothes, or they could try being someone of the opposite sex, and call themselves “Andy” instead of “Anna”!
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What kind of avatar do you use online? Why did you choose it?
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What kind of avatar do you use online?
Information Technology
第2课时
Avatars Reading (1)
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What is an avatar?
a digital identity; in computing, an image which represents you in online games, chat rooms, etc., and which you can move around the screen using the mouse or keys
Purposes of using avatars
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Paragraph 4: Of course, the avatar you choose says a lot about your personality. If your blog avatar is a picture of a cute cat, your message is “I like relaxing and having fun”. ... However, nearly all avatars are tall, young and nice-looking, so people obviously make their avatars look better than they do in real life. They also experiment with things like different hairstyles—which says a lot, perhaps, about what they want to look like.
Something interesting about avatars
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Paragraph 3: When Internet users realised that their avatars would be seen by many people, not just their friends, they started having more than one avatar: a sensible one for work; a friendly, good-looking one for meeting people; and a silly one for having fun. Avatars let you express yourself and they give you lots of room for creativity.
Questions collected from students: 1. What is the definition of avatars? 2. When was the first avatar invented? 3. What are some interesting avatars or some interesting stories about avatars? 4. What is the function of avatars now? 5. What’s the relationship between one’s avatar and his/her personality? 6. What influences us to choose or change our avatars? 7. Will avatars play a more and more important role？
Functions / uses of avatars
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Questions collected from students: 1. What is the definition of avatars? 2. When was the first avatar invented? 3. What are some interesting avatars or some interesting stories about avatars? 4. What is the function of avatars now? 5. What’s the relationship between one’s avatar and his/her personality? 6. What influences us to choose or change our avatars? 7. Will avatars play a more and more important role？