Creative Pedagogy with Memes and Headlines for Dynamic Engagement
Explore a unique approach to promoting active reading and writing practice through the use of headlines and memes. This flexible assignment challenges students to creatively summarize assigned readings in a single headline or meme, followed by a paragraph expanding on the idea. Encouraging in-class engagement, oral presentations, and digital citizenship, this pedagogical method fosters critical thinking and synthesis of course materials.
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HEADLINES & MEMES CREATIVE PEDAGOGY & DYNAMIC ENGAGEMENT Tre Wentling, Ph.D. University of Colorado Colorado Springs twentlin@uccs.edu
Purpose The Assignment SESSION OUTLINE What the ! The How It Works(?)
Promote active reading Writing practice ASSIGNMENT PURPOSE In-class engagement Oral presentation Digital Citizen? Agency
THE ASSIGNMENT This flexible assignment invites you to be creative by developing a headline or meme based on assigned reading(s). Choose whichever creative format you want to represent your synopsis of the readings. Once headline or meme is created, develop one written paragraph to expand on it. The accompanying paragraph should be closely tie to the assigned reading(s). In-text citations for specific and/or broad concepts are great illustrations of your reading. HINT: take notes on the main themes of each article and consider the common threads across readings. In total, create and submit six. Each submission should be of only one headline or meme based on the readings highlighted yellow. Submit in canvas by 11:59 p.m. (MST) on Sundays.
Headline words set at the head of a passage or page to introduce or categorize Miriam Webster Dictionary WHAT THE ! Meme is an idea, behavior, style or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture; an amusing or interesting item or genre of items that is spread widely online through social media. Miriam Webster Dictionary
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Reading Content Discourse Analysis THE OUTCOME Critical Thinking Digital Citizen?
HEADLINES & MEMES CREATIVE PEDAGOGY & DYNAMIC ENGAGEMENT Tre Wentling, Ph.D. University of Colorado Colorado Springs twentlin@uccs.edu
