Friday, June 30, 2017

Dank Memes for Education

I have two things I must admit:

1. Two-thirds of the text conversation that takes place between my husband and I, on a daily basis, involves the sharing of memes.

And

2. It is my dream to one day create a meme that goes viral.

Now that I've shared my soul with you all, let's talk about memes and education. If you're not familiar with memes, they are those (usually) funny, one-lined pictures you see shared on social media.

While memes have traditionally been used for entertainment value, a few forward-thinking teachers around the world are already applying memes to their lessons to garner student interest:

         
Number types can be fun!
        
    I'm laughing and learning!

For great tips on creating and using educational memes, check out this article from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) .

Welcome to My Blog!

As a long-time lurker on other people's blogs, it is quite a change for me to have assumed the role of blogger while I take this course at the fabulous Florida State University. Welcome to my page and say "Hi" to Cooper, my doggy and blog background model!

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