1. Let’s Go
Viral!
Exploring Memes
and Culture with
Learners

2. “Imita'on
is
not
just
the
sincerest
form
of
fla4ery
-­‐
it's
the
sincerest
form
of
learning.”
-­‐
George
Bernard
Shaw
sequoia tries to pop his finger like chips - _MG_2092 by sean dreilinger, Flickr

3. What is a meme?
"an idea, behavior, or style that
spreads from person to person
within a culture.”
~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The Last Cult of England By francistoms, Flickr

4. What is a meme?
"an idea, behavior, or style that
spreads from person to person
within a culture.”
~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary
It acts as a unit for carrying cultural
ideas, symbols, or practices that
can be transmitted from one mind
to another through writing, speech,
gestures, rituals, or other imitable
phenomena.
The Last Cult of England By francistoms, Flickr

5. What is a meme?
from the Greek word,
mimeme, “to imitate”
Coined by Richard
Dawkins in 1975
"an idea, behavior, or style that
spreads from person to person
within a culture.”
~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary
It acts as a unit for carrying cultural
ideas, symbols, or practices that
can be transmitted from one mind
to another through writing, speech,
gestures, rituals, or other imitable
phenomena.
The Last Cult of England By francistoms, Flickr
Meme. (2013). In Wikipedia, Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meme&oldid=579602404

6. What is the learning value?

7. I Speak Meme by Nina Jerončič
http://bit.ly/ispeakmeme

8. Can you name these memes?
By Dan Nguyen, Flickr.com/photos/zokuga/5443393115/
Flash Attack By Yahoo, Flickr
ROTFL
“Did I do that?”

9. Can you name these memes?
Photo by Andrew Ferguson / Flickr

10. Present Rules

11. Introduce a Difficult Topic

12. Teach Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

13. Writing Prompts

14. Blog Prompts

15. Give Tips

16. Spark Discussion/Icebreaker

17. What People Think I Do/ What I Really Do….
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
TEACHER
What my students think I do
What parents think we can do
What I think we do
What society thinks we should do
What we really do

18. What People Think I Do/ What I Really Do….
STUDENT,
TEEN,
COLLEGE
STUDENTS,
FOOTBALL
PAYERS
What my teachers think I do
What I think we do
What my parents think I do
What society thinks we should do
What we really do

19. Alessonplanaday.tumblr.com

20. What kinds
of videos
tend to go
viral?

21. What kinds
of videos
tend to go
viral?

22. How to Make a Viral Video - Smash Mouth Parody

25. Create a
viral video

26. Why do
these
things go
viral?
What does it
say about
society?

27. KnowYourMeme.com

28. Noslang.com

29. Meme Face App on Google HangOuts
Shortened from Greek word,
mimeme, “to imitate”
Coined by British evolutionary
biologist, Richard Dawkins, in
The Selfish Gene (1976)

30. Imgur.com/memegen

31. Memecenter.com/memebuilder

32. Pic Collage IOS/Android App
©http://pic-collage.com/

33. Image Chef IOS App
©https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app/imagechef/id330357169?l=en&mt=8

36. ShellyTerrell.com
Bit.ly/ELTLINKs