Teaching Students with Emojis, Emoticons, & Text Speak
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“Although an emoticon may look like a smile, a frown or
any number of facial expressions, it doesn’t
represent a face, as many internet users assume. It’s actually intended to convey
a feeling (“I’m happy,” or “just joking”).”
- Lauren Collister, New Republic, 2015
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How do we humanize our digital
experience?
:-) 1st emoticon in1982 email by Scott Fahlman at
Carnegie Mellon University to indicate
sarcasm in text communication
- Lauren Collister, New Republic, 2015
Translate
Decode
Summarize
Play with language
Create pictograms
Develop an international language
Add emotion to language
With textspeak & emojis, students:
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Culture & diversity!
Blog.emojipedia.org/2015-the-year-of-emoji-diversity
TMTH
SMH
How many do you know?
LOL
🙇
BTW BRB
CU
🙅
👍
IDK
🙌
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Activities
Guess what these emojis reveal about me!
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Use emojis to answer the following:
Current mood: 🤔 How many pets: 🐶 Favorite color: 💙 🚘 💧 🚘 💧 💧 Favorite foods: 🌮 🍕🍣 🍕🍣 Hobbies: ✍ 📚 Dream Job: 🍽 💻 💻
Why should we learn English?(Interpret the emoji reasons)
A
Now write a poem or short story choosing one!
B
C
D
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Controlaltachieve.com/2016/11/emoji-writing-prompts.html
Vote for favorites with Emojireact.com
Quizzes & answers in emoji!
Youtube.com/watch?v=AUpJcMTlf8E
Emoji word problems!
Emoji word problems!
6secondscience.tumblr.com
#EmojiScience Video
Create emoji poetry!
Stories, E. [LOLemojistories]. (2013, Jul 22). [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/LOLemojistories/
status/359362148683616259
Twitter.com/i/moments/754731418010390528
Youtube.com/watch?v=qjycf7h4KZM
Translate fairytales, lullabies, & carols into emoji!
Translate fairytales, lullabies, & carols into emoji!
Latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-christmas-carol-emoji-20161214-story.html
Emojitranslate.com
GoalBook Emoji Exit Tickets, Medium.com/innovative-instruction
Create emoji video lyrics!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUutvkIm61A
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Protect student identities!
Photo by Topher McCulloch, Flic.kr/p/nSaEFf
Twitter
Snapchat
Facebook
Showbie.com/how-to-grade-using-emojis
Edutopia.org/article/using-emojis-to-teach-critical-reading-skills-marissa-king
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Apps, Sites, & Resources
Emo
ji lit
era
ture
!
Emojidick.com
Penguinrandomhouse.com/series/OGS/omg-shakespeare
Twitter.com/NYPLEmoji
Edji.it Emoji Notes
EmojiOne Keyboard Chrome Extension
Create your own emojis with imoji (iOS/Android)
Bitmoji app (iOS/Android)
Emojiapp.net & Guess the Emoji app
www.🍕💩.ws
http://🍎🚵🍖🔥😐🐢🌻🏉.🍕💩.ws
Pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/emoji/id14545749#l751
@ShellTerrell
Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell
Gum.co/learn2go
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