Viral Marketing

The goal of this project is for students to try to get an important concept, idea, or piece of information they are studying to "go viral."

Simpsons Real Life Intro - Viral Video

Viral Blog Marketing: Part One of the Virus Blog Series

What Makes an Idea Viral

Viral Marketing 101

Marketing - This link will take you to the Mentoring, Leadership, & Change: Designing Compelling Experiences for 21st Century Learners wiki page on Marketing. The page links to examples of a variety of popular marketing techniques in different languages--all of which could be used as the basis for student projects.

Low-tech Alternative: Have students create large posters for your classroom, the wall outside your classroom door, or the school's hallways that attempt to make some idea "cool."