Images are very powerful and they are great tools to practice visual literacy. Social Networking in the Classroom. It is very important to deleve deeper than apperances when judging whether a web site is credible or as in this case, simply a hoax.

Invented the idea of the meme. Examples include any idea that catches on and is replicated or copied. These phenomena are sometimes cultural icons or inside jokes. Examples include shorthand typing like O RLY. Incidentally, LOL is a palindrome. The same forwards as it is backwards. Examples of memes may also include a reference to an online video, like Leeroy Jenkins. Which is still an ongoing joke reference in my household. So what about the offensive and.

com a meme is a unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. The video above is only one of many of the videos that he has made as an openly-gay youth and to date the video has had 2,210,103 views and 16,932 ratings.

Instead of just the boring old journal topic.

Language how funny it is. Memes are great for students and teachers because it can help each group relate toeach other. Memes can also be used for educational purposes and discussion starters. I found a meme of Jesus holding a dinosaur.

Responses to things discussed in ENG 3241.

Thanks to my neighbor Lindsey, I now understand what memes are. The internet phenomenon is anything that catches on as an inside joke or part of pop culture. It seems that memes are taking over our lives. From our facebooking addictions to our at home reading of Twilight and other popular novels. What I am wondering is what happens when memes ultimately fail? March 23, 2009.