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Tammi, Tuure; Rautio, Pauliina – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Because of their mostly upbeat everyday presence in most people's lives globally, Internet memes have gained attention as tools in spreading information and enacting attitudinal change in the face of environmental troubles. The reappropriation of memes for classroom purposes is not straightforward, however. We focus our exploration of Internet…
Descriptors: Internet, Cartoons, Humor, Animals
Mary Rice – English in Education, 2023
As digital technologies increase in their capacity to generate, display, and disseminate visual materials via spaces like social media, there is a need for pedagogical practices that support meaning making with visual texts. The purpose of this paper is to present a pedagogical framework for teaching visual literacies with social media memes using…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Social Media, Visual Literacy, Internet
Duggan, Jessica – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2023
There is a great deal of misinformation and stigma surrounding abortion, even though it is a common reproductive health service. Teaching about abortion encompasses many things: managing the beliefs of students and teachers; state regulations around teaching or talking about abortion in schools; available resources; and the cultural miseducation…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Teaching Methods, Social Media, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Harvey, Lauren; Palese, Emily – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2018
As our students' consumption of internet memes through social media increases, a critical perspective toward these memes becomes increasingly important. Memes present teachers with a powerful and relevant way to approach critical analysis and discussion in the 21st-century classroom. In this article, the authors present a framework for…
Descriptors: Internet, Social Media, Cartoons, Information Dissemination
Lester, David – Death Studies, 2012
This article is intended to engage others in a dialogue about the role and meaning of jokes about suicide. Types of jokes involving suicide are examined to distinguish the different types of humor involved. A sample of 118 recent political cartoons in an online website was downloaded, of which 73 concerned suicide bombers. Examples of suicide…
Descriptors: Suicide, Cartoons, Humor, Role
Theamishaugur – Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 2009
In a remix of the infamous Hitler meme--taking a scene from the movie, "Downfall" (2005), and adding subtitles appropriate (in this case) for "Kairos" readers--theamishaugur makes a pointed, humorous (to some) commentary on the status of multimodal composition scholars in English departments during job market season.
Descriptors: English Instruction, Writing (Composition), Multimedia Materials, Writing Instruction
Tate, Marcia L. – Corwin, 2012
Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K-12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
Phenix, Katharine – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Summarizes and discusses the highlights of the American Library Association's Library and Information Technology Association's (LITA) third national conference, which was held in Denver, Colorado, September 13-17, 1992. Included many sessions on the Internet implications--changes in library role, strategic planning, building relationships among…
Descriptors: Conferences, Electronic Mail, Humor, Information Technology
Falsetti, Julie – 1995
One segment of a computerized adventure game system (Multi-User Dimensions, or MUD) designed for learners of English as a second language (ESL) is described. The acronym MOO refers to MUD Object Oriented, the programming language used for the system. The system allows for individuals in different locations to communicate directly with each other,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, English (Second Language), Games

Feld, Paulette – Library Mosaics, 1997
Highlights events of the 1997 conferences sponsored by the Wisconsin Library Association Support Staff Section. Discusses keynote presentations on attitudes of library personnel and the importance of working with change and presentations on the areas of diversity, communication, the Internet, and humor. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conferences, Cultural Pluralism