tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100518666923984009.post8874545073019686016..comments2016-11-20T08:13:16.330-08:00Comments on edtech in the wilds: 👀📖🙂Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02617794244360874733noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100518666923984009.post-77665537176339445472016-10-24T15:38:11.477-07:002016-10-24T15:38:11.477-07:00I enjoyed reading your post. Just like Carol, I a...I enjoyed reading your post. Just like Carol, I also thought about that car commercial. I have become an emoji user because it is a lot of fun and they definitely add to the message I am attempting to relay. I did not know that the "Face with Tears of Joy emoji" was the 2015 Word of the Year. That is fascinating to me! I never really considered emojis words, but now have a different feeling toward them. I also never thought of them being universal and able to be used in any language. The things we just don't think about sometimes...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06120429190931397477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100518666923984009.post-80119160514059517672016-10-22T20:18:08.789-07:002016-10-22T20:18:08.789-07:00As I read your post, I thought of that car commerc...As I read your post, I thought of that car commercial where they ask participants to respond in emojis. Definitely a sign that emojis have become part of mainstream culture and not just something that teenagers use. My 10 year old daughter does not send a text without sending about every emoji out there. Again, a different way of using popular culture or something that students would be familiar with in their everyday interactions to connect meaning to learning. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310749001596193282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4100518666923984009.post-34445702455505983602016-10-22T14:11:26.829-07:002016-10-22T14:11:26.829-07:00When emojis first started to be used more, my dad ...When emojis first started to be used more, my dad jokingly said something about how they remind him of cave drawings! He mentioned about how our language as come full circle from cave drawings, to simple words, to complex languages, fake languages, and now back to emojis/pictures. I once did a brain teaser exercise with my 7th grade students where they had to decipher the emoji and what the string of them together meant. This was something along the lines of cryptogram puzzles, but the kids absolutely loved it since it was using emojis!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060703130955198141noreply@blogger.com