# GIF It Up for Open Education Week
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/gif-it-up-for-open-education-week/1583
**Category:** Do OE Week Activities
**Created:** [January 25, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/gif-it-up-for-open-education-week/1583 "2021-01-25T23:13:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/gif-it-up-for-open-education-week/1583/1 "2021-01-25T23:14:00Z")
Make your own Animated GIF that suggests the joy of Open Education Week!
Do we have to provide a [definition of what an animated GIF is](http://gif.arganee.world/)?
[ ](https://media2.giphy.com/media/l1J9F74EUOYo2YWMU/giphy.gif)
**Let’s collect/create animated GIFs that generate excitement about Open Education Week.** Yes, one can just find and repost ones that exist. That’s so… ordinary…
[ ](https://media1.giphy.com/media/1i3ypX170NWbWMGOXV/giphy.gif)
_But it’s more rewarding to make a new one_. The [Giphy Create tool](https://giphy.com/create/gifmaker) allows you to easily create one from selecting a few seconds from an existing YouTube video OR you can use an existing GIF and add a new caption.
Here’s an example of the latter, just by adding a new caption to an existing GIF.
[ ](https://media4.giphy.com/media/MAIkDrLS39BNYboNbb/giphy.gif)
Or, taking a clip from the “Show Me The Money” scene in _Jerry Maguire_
[ ](https://media1.giphy.com/media/OhugRkvuSUGrYa09Y3/giphy.gif)
For a guide to making an animated GIF from a video clip or to re-mix an existing GIF, here is one I made for a media class - the examples are more related to the course theme, but the method works for any video clip.
> **[GIF A Scene in the Digital Alchemists Coffee Shop](https://make.arganee.world/thing/coffee-shop/)**
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> This Make is opportunity to learn how to make an animated GIF from any YouTube video using the Giphy Gifmaker. As an experiment it’s interesting to see what portion of the same clips people will is…
Got GIF about Open Education Week? Made one? Found one? If you create it in Giphy, use the oeweek tag.
Reply below with your OE Week related GIF.
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### Author:  [@Mario](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Mario)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/gif-it-up-for-open-education-week/1583/2 "2021-03-03T16:32:58Z")
> [@cogdog](#):
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> Or, taking a clip from the “Show Me The Money” scene in _Jerry Maguire_
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> [](https://media1.giphy.com/media/OhugRkvuSUGrYa09Y3/giphy.gif)
This is awesome!
Here is my contribution
[via GIPHY](https://giphy.com/gifs/oeglobal-oeweek-kTrLg4DVAXTfcKFoZf)
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/gif-it-up-for-open-education-week/1583/3 "2021-03-03T17:57:03Z")
At least we are having fun with this… The oft remembered lined from _Casablanca_ was never said!
[ ](https://media2.giphy.com/media/hFuL6pEkvaKgA5dnOY/giphy.gif)
**Rick:** You shared it with her, you can share OER with me!
**Sam:** Well, I don’t think I can remember…
**Rick:** If she can reuse it, I can! Share it!
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### Author:  [@Mario](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Mario)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/gif-it-up-for-open-education-week/1583/4 "2021-03-03T19:02:07Z")
Right when you’re asked why open?
The mandalorian knows, cause…
[ ](https://media2.giphy.com/media/772u9yXY3XxAMMw2MG/giphy.gif)