An avatar is a virtual image that represents someone on a website, blog, chat room, etc. Someone might use an avatar in personal life by creating it at a avatar website then posting it to the website you want it on. You might want to have it so you can represent yourself to your friends or family, or just for fun. In an educational career you might want to use one to show students what to do in a more entertaining way. You could do that by posting it on a class blog or class website. You could also use a avatar in business by showing customers what your business is about by posting it to your business website. Prior to this class I had never used a avatar. Out of all three websites, voki.com, goanimate.com, and clayyourself.com, I liked voki the best. For me voki was the easiest and fastest to use. The avatars also look a lot more realistic on this site then on clay yourself or Go animate. Voki also alows you to give your avatar your own voice or an animated one, which I like.