Team Project for Learning with Technology at The University of Akron

1. Team 2370 Misty Franklin Jenn McDonnell

2. Have you ever wondered . . . What is an emoticon? Where did they start? When and how do we use them?

3. 8| wide-eye surprise :{} Blowing a kiss :) Happy :| Bored Emoticons are ways to signal tone and voice. :|| Very angry :D Big Smile :( Sad :*( crying

4. “Emoticons are facial expressions pictorially represented by punctuation and letters, usually to express a writer’s mood.” From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/emoticon

5. 1887 No one really knows when the first emoticon was used or who invented them first. 1982 1979

7. In 1979 Kevin MacKenzie proposed using punctuation to express gesture and facial expressions.

8. In 1982 Scott Fahlman invented the common sideways smiley face we use today.From: http://www.good.is/post/the-very-long-history-of-emoticons/ From: http://www.caramelz.my/2009/12/all-about-emoticons-concise-history-and-list-of-emoticons From: http://www.sherv.net/emoticon-history.html

9. When and how do we use emoticons?

11. Count how many times you use emoticons, try to keep it to one per correspondence.

12. Remember your age – too much usage may give the impression of immaturity.

13. Remember that teens and preteens use emoticons excessively.

14. Keep emoticons simple.

15. Never let them replace your words. Remember to let your words do most of the talking.From: http://www.ehow.com/how_2106854_know-use-emoticons.html

16. We hope you have learned the what, where and when of emoticons. :) Meeting Dates & Times January 30, 2011 February 2, 2011 February 6, 2011 February 8, 2011 February 9, 2011 February 10, 2011 Times were off and on throughout each of these dates. Asynchronous an synchronous tools used to meet: Asynchronous: email and Facebook message Synchronous: Facebook chat on February 10, 2011 @ 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard time.