Period 7:
Please look at the following video projects. Leave a COMMENT about what you thought about the video in the COMMENT section of that peer's blog. You might comment on:
A meme (coined by the social critic/author Richard Dawkins) is an idea, behavior, style, video, pop cultural something or other that spreads from person to person (usually through social media). To learn a little more about the evolutionary history of the meme, click on and watch the video below. Note the various types of memes you might create (because you will have to create one...):
The Evolutionary History of the Meme
A video blog is called a vlog. Some writers make a good living working as bloggers (writers for a blog--usually for a company) or create their own video channels with their vlogs.
Some early memes:
Please look at the following video projects. Leave a COMMENT about what you thought about the video in the COMMENT section of that peer's blog. You might comment on:
- The thoroughness (effectiveness) of the information...was the video informative?
- The creativity of the filming/design...was the video VISUALLY appealing? (Why or why not?)
- The development/length of the video...was the video too long, too short, too slow, too fast?
- Comments/advice about how to make the video more interesting to a viewer next time...What could your peer do differently in the future to improve their online videos?
For full credit, make sure you leave comments for at least 3 of the 4 bullet points.
Student Blogs:
These students have not yet uploaded their projects/videos yet. Complete the required 6 video critiques above. Then, choose 4 more of the following when they have completed their videos before the end of class today and add comments for these 4 in the COMMENT section of their blog.
If you are done with your video critiques...
Take a look at the Meme projects:
Period 8:
Video Content for Entertainment Purposes: Memes!
A meme (coined by the social critic/author Richard Dawkins) is an idea, behavior, style, video, pop cultural something or other that spreads from person to person (usually through social media). To learn a little more about the evolutionary history of the meme, click on and watch the video below. Note the various types of memes you might create (because you will have to create one...):
The Evolutionary History of the Meme
A video blog is called a vlog. Some writers make a good living working as bloggers (writers for a blog--usually for a company) or create their own video channels with their vlogs.
Some early memes:
- Peanut Butter Jelly Time
- Dancing Baby
- Llama Song
- Charlie Bit Me
- Leroy Jenkins
- Advice Animals
- I Can Haz Cat
- Dat Boi
- Honey Badger
Cat/Dog memes:
- Space Cats
- Cats vs. Children
- Cat video compilation
- Dogs compilation
- 2 Dogs Dining
- Farting Dog
- Fainting goats
- Horse & Reporter
- Best Kittycat Song
- Nyan Cat & the History of Nyan Cat
- Bongo Cat
Entertainment Memes/Vlogging:
- Slenderman: Know Your Meme
- Charlie the Unicorn
- The ice bucket challenge (with Kermit the frog)
- The Dab (The history and origin of the meme)
- Harambe Rap
- Pepe the Frog (Who is Pepe the frog?)
- The Origin and history of LOL
- How to Get Started on Youtube (Pewdiepie)
Task #1: Play around with the meme generator. Or with this meme generator...or this one. Create a visual (not a video) meme and upload it to YOUR blog. [Some students have completed this assignment already...]
Task #2: Create an entertainment video of a pet, a family member, or something "funny" or entertaining. See examples from above. Entertainment memes are generally short. Learn more about them in the videos above.
Done with Tasks #1 & #2 today? Play some video games to introduce you to our next unit: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground.
HOMEWORK: Complete tasks #1 & #2 above. Please read and annotate Chp. 3: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground. Answer the questions in your Google Classroom for Monday.
Task #2: Create an entertainment video of a pet, a family member, or something "funny" or entertaining. See examples from above. Entertainment memes are generally short. Learn more about them in the videos above.
Done with Tasks #1 & #2 today? Play some video games to introduce you to our next unit: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground.
HOMEWORK: Complete tasks #1 & #2 above. Please read and annotate Chp. 3: Digital Gaming and the Media Playground. Answer the questions in your Google Classroom for Monday.
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