Make a meme with Wigflip (tutorial)

What is a meme?

An Internet meme is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the internet. 

Benefits of using Wigflip meme-maker

Wigflip is a web 2.0 tool to create memes and other kinds of visual media. It can be used for fun, as well as for educational purposes. Students can play with words and pictures to work on meaning in a fun way. Teachers can create their own visual material by combining image and text. The interesting thing about working with memes is that there is always a joke implied, rather than just the literal interpretation of the text included. Memes are very popular on social networks and kids and adolescents usually exchange memes even in their own language. In this way, working with memes in the English classroom becomes very motivating, in the sense that the concept is familiar to students and close to their immediate reality. 

1) Getting started

-  Enter www.wigflip.com
- Select the option 'Robot-Meme generator'.

2) Create your meme

- You can start your meme using a random picture, a picture from the web or a file picture from your computer. Select the option you want and press ‘go’. In the case you want to use a picture from the web, you will need to introduce the link to the picture and then press ‘go’.   

-  Once you have the picture, you can add some text to it. You can customize the font and size of the text. So as to add it, you just need to type the text in the bar on top of the picture and then press ‘add text’. You can position the text wherever you like on the picture. 

3) Finally

-  If you are not satisfied with your work, you can start again by pressing on ‘start again’ below the picture.  
-  When you finish, press ‘save picture’. You can save it in your computer, post it to Facebook, or save it to Flickr.


Have a look at a sample Meme created on Wigflip!

See an activity on Wigflip

Have fun!