Memes, Raining Like Chocolate. April 6, 2009 in Uncategorized. Memes become so popular that they even become marketable. Breathe, Tay, and take in the 15 minutes.

The metaphor I chose to write on is something that I have been interested in recently dealing with food. While exploring the CarpSoft Corporate Solutions wesbite.

Musings, Otherwise Known As Thought Blurbs. My Philosophy of Writing Instruction. April 26, 2009 in Uncategorized. Perhaps one of the most popular memes. Some posters even reference current political and pop culture references with the 2008 presidential candidates. These posters even reference Digital Hubris. For example, Chuck Norris. Of the actor circulates over the web. April 5, 2009 in Uncategorized. There are several uses of podcasts.

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.

In a true tribute to Web 2. 0 it took me about an hour to read just seven pages of the Wikipedia article. Every link he provided, I followed. When something in the article caught my interest, I, almost ironically, looked it up on Wikipedia. It can raise some questions about the truth of the information. Who, by the way, is delightful to follow on Twitter.

So really, anything that has a huge popularity online is a meme, whether it is a MySpace. I think memes, such as the one above, can be utilized in the classroom to promote critical analysis and prompt reflective writing. What do you think? Podcasts in the Classroom.

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.

Not sure what a twitter. Yes, I am a twitter-aholic. I have twitter on my phone and my computer and I check it several times a day. My tech-savvy husband first introduced me to twitter a year ago. I grudgingly joined about nine months ago and I have not regretted one day.

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.