DIGITAL ERA

What kind of activities do you do

with your technological devices?
 ● surfing on the internet
● reading books
● playing games
● shopping
● studying

● surfing on social media ● listening to music

● texting or chatting
● watching movies
Which social media app do you use
the most frequently?
EMOJIS
EMOJI
:( EMOTICON
Emoticons are pictures made up of
regular keyboard characters. For
example, you can create a winking
face using a semicolon, a dash, and a
parenthesis ;-).
 Do you know where
emojis come from and
how they are
designed?
 EMOTICONS AND EMOJIS
In fact, emoticons started out to show a joke. It all started at Carnegie Melon University in 1982. Someone posted a joke
and someone thought it was real. So, Dr. Scott E. Fahimon had an idea. He thought we could use smiley faces like this: :)
and this :-(. They would show the difference between jokes and serious conversations. His idea has changed the world of
communication forever.

Today, we also use emojis. Emojis are typically facial expressions, everyday objects, places, animals, and types of
weather. They were invented by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999 and were first used in Japan. He created the first list of 176
emojis in 1999 for a mobile phone company. He wanted to provide a way for people to communicate through images. His
inspiration came from weather forecast symbols. They are so popular that today there are well over 3,000 of these fun
pictures.

Around 2006, Unicode realized that emojis were here to stay, and started creating a library of the many different
emojis. Unicode decided they would add new emojis to this library, but that each addition had to be considered very
carefully. Four times a year, Unicode meets to consider proposals for new emojis. Once approved, emojis are permanent
additions to language; there is no removal process. Then, who can submit a new emoji for consideration? The answer is:
anyone. However, there are some rules to follow when writing a proposal for a new emoji. For the Unicode to consider it,
the emoji must be one that can be used often, as well as one that is different from existing emojis. The design should not be
very specific (it can’t be a specific person), but it also should not be too detailed. Also, expressions should be clear and easy
to distinguish. Next, designers should use thick and dark outlines to make their emoji show clearly. Lastly, lots of sparkles
and hearts that work in stickers might be too complicated for an emoji. Try to keep these as simple as possible.
The Rules Of Designing A New Emoji

1 The emoji must be one

that can be used often. 4 Expressions should be clear
and easy to distinguish

2 The emoji different

from existing emojis. 5 Thick and dark outlines
should be used.

The emoji should not be

3 very specific or too
detailed.
6 The emoji should be as
simple as possible
 LET’S DESIGN EMOJIS!
Sometimes it’s so hard to find an appropriate emoji…
 EXAMPLE PROPOSAL
Slightly Smiling Face with Tear
Slightly Smiling Face With Tear is
iconic of the appreciation,
empathy, and hopefulness when
words fail you. Whatever you call
this feeling and however it is
evoked slightly smiling face with
single tear embodies a naturally
occurring physical response that
allows people to better recover
from strong emotions.
THE STAGE IS YOURS!
NAME THAT SONG/MOVIE!
Can you guess the song or movie from the emojis?
 SONG

👶+🦈
BABY SHARK
 MOVIE

🦁+👑
THE LION KING
 MOVIE

👦🏻 +⚡+
🦉+
HARRY POTTER
 SONG

💃🏻+🕺+🙉
Dance Monkey
 MOVIE/SONG

🕷++🕸
SPIDER MAN
 SONG

☀️+⏰+😞
SUMMERTIME SADNESS
THANK YOU!