This is a post I wrote about using Bricapic to make avatars for the SchoolNet blog in 2016 but it is still relevant in 2018. My classes have joined the 2018 blogging challenge so we are busy with making avatars.
You can use avatars for various purposes such as uploading a profile picture to their Edmodo profile, Google classroom profile, Gmail profile, blog profile etc.
Today we look an interesting avatar site called Brick-A-Pic found at http://me.brickapic.com/. This is a site where you upload your image and turn it into a brick mosiac. This is a web-based site where you simply upload an image to the site and follow the prompts. Very soon you'll see your image changed into a stunning LEGO® brick mosaic. You can view your image from different angles and then you can save your image to your computer. I used this in class with very pleasing effects. Let me show you how it works.
Getting started with Brick-A-Pic
Before the lesson starts make sure that you have taken a portrait photo of each student and that these are uploaded to a place where your students can access them easily.
1. Open Brick-A-Pic and upload an image
3. View the result
Try using Brick-A-Pic. Your students will enjoy the lesson.
You can use avatars for various purposes such as uploading a profile picture to their Edmodo profile, Google classroom profile, Gmail profile, blog profile etc.
Getting started with Brick-A-Pic
Before the lesson starts make sure that you have taken a portrait photo of each student and that these are uploaded to a place where your students can access them easily.
1. Open Brick-A-Pic and upload an image
Go to http://me.brickapic.com/. When Brick-A-Pic opens on its landing page you'll be asked to choose and upload an image. The preview box underneath will give an idea of the image. When you upload your image you'll see how it looks.
2. View your image from different angles
You can bring your image in closer or move it further away
I saved a close-up version and a distant version of my image.
To save your image all you do, if you are using Google Chrome, is right click on the image and save it in your chosen destination.
4. Image options
Brick-a-pic does give some save options underneath the image, which will probably come into effect if you are using a browser different to Chrome. (I am not sure how other browsers work with this site.
Examples of my student's Brick-A-Pic images
This was a simple easy-to-use site. No sign-in was needed. The class had a lot of fun creating their lego-like avatars in this lesson. We are using them on their blogs as profile pictures
Try using Brick-A-Pic. Your students will enjoy the lesson.
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