I am teaching my class about logical fallacies this week. I created a journal assignment for them involving memes. They are to create three different memes using, explaining, or debunking a logical fallacy. I am having them email me their best of the three today and putting them into a slide show. I think this will be an interesting way to help them understand logical fallacies. The cool thing is that my mentor and I both love the use of memes and think they have a lot of potential for many applications in the classroom.
I created an example using the slippery slope fallacy and the Most Interesting Man meme.
I ended up finding an awesome Jeopardy online about logical fallacies, too. Unfortunately, there just isn't enough time this unit to use it. So I will hold onto it for the 104 courses next semester. It's amazing what you can come up with to teach a lesson when you use resources!
What a fun activity! Thanks for sharing. I like the meme that you made as an example.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I incorporate memes in my presentations and assignment sheets in class, but it doesn't seem like my students really appreciate them. I wonder if I'm choosing the wrong ones or if my students are just doing that too-cool-for-school thing.