Making a Meme

A humorous image, video, piece of text, etc A humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

What does these memes mean?

It’s Your Turn to Make One!

Using what you now know about copyright and fair use, find a picture that you can use to create a meme. Your meme must be about something you have learned technology class: Word processing, making slide shows, using graphics, Google Drive, Copyright, etc

Where did you get your picture? Did you give the author credit? You must tell me Where did you get your picture? Did you give the author credit? Why you are able to use this image? Did you get it from a public domain site? Is it your own picture that you took?

Your meme must be appropriate Your meme must be appropriate. Keep your AUP in mind when creating a meme.

Directions: Open the Google Drawings template in Google Classroom. Get a picture that fills the drawing canvas. See options below: *Check out http://www.photosforclass.com/ *Use the insert menu to insert an image. *Choose “Take a snapshot” to insert by webcam *Choose “Search” to insert creative commons images Add Text! Make sure the text is really legible against the image! Play with your font colors and fonts. The font should not get lost on the meme.

After you have finished creating your meme, use the space to left of image to type your answers.

When you are finished, download your meme as PNG file

Digital Literacy Guidelines Explain Fair Use guidelines for the use of copyrighted materials (e.g. text, images, audio, and video in student projects) and giving credit to media creators Use painting and drawing tools and applications to create and edit work Copy and paste or import graphics, resize them, and position them on a slide Use age-appropriate technologies to locate, collect, and organize content from media collection activities for specific purposes, citing sources Perform basic searches on databases (e.g. library, card catalog, encyclopedia) to locate information Louisiana Digital Literacy Guidelines Grade 4 Teacher Information