Share With Care

Share with Care activity #5 Emoji T-Shirt

Be Internet Awesome Activity p. 19 From Google

Goals for students

✓ Learn the importance of asking the question: How might others see this message differently from me?

✓ Grow awareness of the visual cues people use to communicate

✓ See that sharing something online is making media ✓ Learn what “context” and “representation” mean.

Describe yourself with emojis

When we wear t-shirts featuring corporate logos, sports teams, schools, musicians, politicians, etc., we are essentially walking billboards. A t-shirt is both direct communication and media at the same time.

Activity: To help us think about being skillful media creators, we’re going to decorate t-shirts. Using the blank t-shirt handout, draw a representation of yourself using only emojis. You can use one, two, or three emojis, but no more. You can copy emojis from the grid or invent your own.

Can you match the T-Shirt to the person in your class?

Does everyone agree on the meaning of every emoji? How can context change the meaning of the emoji? Look at the emoji of the hands with the two fingers. How do you know if it means peace, victory, or the number 2? How about the fire emoji? Does it mean danger/ emergency? Really popular or successful (“You’re on fire, dude!”)? Does the meaning change depending on where it appears (grinning emoji on your homework might mean that your teacher thinks you did good work but in a text from a friend it might mean they’re happy or joking)

Open a web browser on your desktop or mobile device (e.g., tablet), and visit g.co/MindfulMountain.