Everyone knows about the Emoji Keyboard, which is basically a set of images and emoticons which you can
add to email, tweets, messages and notes or whatever you type. We use them constantly in communication now as a way to show emotion.
Whenever students are asked to complete a piece of writing on their iPads, there are
always some students who use the Emoji keyboard to add a little creativity to
their work, whether I ask or not. For some reason, the children just love using
it and to be fair, people also do enjoy adding them to a text or message as
they seem to add extra character to a message as well as humor. So I had a
thought - how could I use this in a classroom using devices other than an
iPhone or an iPad? How could requesting the children to use these emojis will
make them think more creatively and help in their brainstorming? If you don't
have an emoji keyboard, following are the steps to set it up:
1.
Go
to Google Chrome Store on your device
2.
Search
Emoji
3.
Install
the add ons
4.
Now
you are able to see Emoji on a windows device as well
IDEAS
FOR USING EMOJI IN A CLASSROOM
1.
EMOJI
SUMMARIES:
Students can utilize a Google Doc to
write a summary of the days’ reading and that too using just emojis. First, students have to write the title of
the book, after that they put in 5-10 emojis that best cover up the events in
the story they read that day. This would
also work for lessons about looking for the central idea and theme!
2.
DESIGN
AN EMOJI:
Let the students design an emoji using
the drawing tools in Google docs or Google Draw. In this article, read about the origin of emojis with your students too. The students will love designing their
own emojis and then writing a detailed paragraph about them.
3.
EMOJI
EXIT TICKETS:
Boost up the skills of students by
using exit tickets with emojis for students to select in addition to telling
what they learned. This emoji quick check allows the teacher to get a sense for how
confident and assertive his/her students are with the material they just
presented and also helps students reflect on their own understanding.
4.
USE
EMOJI WHEN CLOSE READING:
Students can utilize the emojis to help
them make extrapolations about how characters feel in a story. The anchor chart is displayed in the guided
reading area to generate discussion during groups. The emojis are selected to
define how a character feels in the text at any given moment. The emojis are included with information right in the text.
5.
REWRITE
FIRST AND/OR LAST LINES OF NOVELS WITH EMOJI: The students can also use emojis to best repeat first and/or
last lines of novels. Students can also rewrite
mentor sentences using emojis. I usually instruct students to write or type out the sentence in words first, and then go back and see what words they can replace with emojis.
6.
EMOJI
YOURSELF
Make your students take a selfie and
emoji-ize it. The teachers first find synonyms for common descriptor words like
mad, sad, happy, and nervous using a free app and then enjoy the emoji selfie.

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