And lastly, there's tumblr.

I wanted to check out one more social media site for my exploration.

tumblr is a social media site that lets users be creative without the pressure of advertising. I can totally see why this is the social media that my son (a video game design major/graphic art minor) would choose for the one social media he is going to use. You can blog on it (like blogspot), you can post thoughts (like Twitter), you can post pictures and art (like Instagram) and you can post videos (like Tik Tok and You Tube).

I checked out what was trending on tumblr and while all very interesting, the format for me was overwhelming.

I also read this article and was really impressed with the concept of tumblr and how has been maintained.

I like to think through this journey, I became a little more savvy about social media. I will talk with you all about this tomorrow (Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk).

But here's a preview-

It is not just language that catches on, it is also images. And memes are a big part of that.

Being culturally literate means that you know your memes and the language.

Memes can be found on several social media sites. Many memes have started on tumblr or Vine, sometimes Instagram and today mostly on Twitter and Tik Tok though tumblr is still big.

Social media has no age, though it does seem like some are more popular with certain age groups.

Keeping up will all the social media sites is EXHAUSTING! It seems like you really need to pick one or two and then purposefully have others.

Can't wait to hear about all your journeys!

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EAT..not food...

I also love Twitter. One of the teachers that I follow on Twitter is Mr. Victor. Mr. Victor likes to Tweet with the hashtag EAT Jimmy Victor @jimmyvic3 · Oct 9 less than 40 days until tryouts!!! B-ball season is right around the corner, I can’t wait! Get ready for some Jags basketball this winter. Meeting next Tuesday in LGI to discuss workouts and conditioning leading up to tryouts #GoJags #EAT I tried several different Google searches and a call to Liv, before we decided to look up "EAT acronym". We knew from our searches on Twitter that it was related to sports. Effort Attitude Toughness These are things we can all control. As an athlete, and a human, the EAT philosophy leads to success. "Every single successful person I know does everything with great effort, a positive attitude, and mental & physical toughness." Jeff Hamhauser-youth football coach http://www.jeffehemhau...

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I didn't post Friday because I was watching TV with my daughter. We were watching our favorite show-RuPaul's Drag Race. An interesting trend right now is that phrases from drag culture (which are also from African American culture-particularly women) are popping up on Twitter and are now mainstream. In fact, I have heard students saying these phrases up and down the halls and I have to giggle to myself because I doubt many of them know what they are saying. So here are few favorites and what they mean (just so you know). YAS! - This word was created as an exclamation to yell at drag queens while they were performing as a sign of support and encouragement. Spill the T/Tea-S lang for the word truth or gossip. Used in a sentence: "Girl, I'm about to spill the tea on everything that happened last night." Gagging- Used when something is so fierce, you can’t help but want to gag from the overload of extreme fierceosity. Sickening- Amazing, ...

Half an hour later...

I keep hearing about Tik Tok and how it's the newer, better Vine. So, I check it out. Half an hour later, here's what I learned. 1. It is quite entertaining. 2. I am not that creative. The first person to create an idea is wicked clever. And I so admire all the peeps who take their own spin on it. Super fun. And then I did about 15 more minutes of "research" and here's the thing-if I wasn't a grown person, I would spend so much time with this. And so that I don't because I really need to read your blogs, I'll end with Tik Tok is pretty cool.

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