I’ve spoken to the PTA at Tuckahoe Middle School for the last two years about social media. It’s been pretty interesting both times in that I take a closer look at things that I tend to take for granted. I think both conversations have gone pretty well. I’ll document the conversation below (mixed with a few things I did with our principals a while back) for anyone who might have to do the same. Introduction I start with a slide that mixes the pictures of as many radically different people with Twitter accounts as I can find. I get the audience to try to identify the people. The one I’m using now has the Dali Lama, Rupert Murdoch, Sarah Palin and a few others. My goal was to have a few easily identifiable people and a few that took a tiny bit more effort.Don’t make people work too hard at this point or everything will stall and you will make enemies. I wanted a wide diversity in political views, ages, etc. After we’ve ID’d the people, I ask “What do these people have in common?”I believe you already know the answer. I mention that you’ve probably heard references to Twitter after shows like Good Morning America, etc. Hopefully this gets people into the mindset that Twitter (and social media in […]
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I think this image has everything to make it a winner:
1)Comic Sans Font
2)Bad clip art
3)Poor color scheme
4)Strange changes in font size
5)Random pattern on a prominent feature of the image
Well done sir 🙂
I plan to have it tattooed on my back once I find an artist who can really capture the beauty and the raw joy that is comic sans.
Don’t underestimate the taste of the American public. Head on over to Cafe Press and slap that artwork on everything you can find! 🙂
Comic Sans rocks, the rest of the world just won’t admit it!