[Year 12 IT Apps] TIME Cover turning into a meme

[Roland Gesthuizen]

On a lighter note, before we start cracking the examination whips .. here is an interesting story from some friends in WA about a cover on TIME Magazine that is doing the rounds.  Some of your students may appreciate the brief distraction.

Regards Roland
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Roland GESTHUIZEN
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: ECAWA Secretary via echalk <echalk at mailmanlist.net>
> Subject: [echalk] TIME cover - opportunity? ???
> Date: 11 August 2015 9:36:36 pm AEST
> 
> The things you read when laid low with a winter bug.....
> 
> The latest cover of TIME ( see http://time.com/magazine/us/)  has attracted
> a huge amount of condemnation – for a whole raft of reasons that you can
> read about at
> http://petapixel.com/2015/08/07/everyone-is-mocking-times-latest-cover-photo/ <http://petapixel.com/2015/08/07/everyone-is-mocking-times-latest-cover-photo/>
> 
> The “model” loves the cover and  TIME is being a good sport in running some
> of the better memes at
> http://time.com/3987961/virtual-reality-time-magazine-cover-memes/ <http://time.com/3987961/virtual-reality-time-magazine-cover-memes/>Last time I checked everything on their list was ok for a student audience….. (If I
> had made as much money as that 22 year old did  when he sold his VR IP to
> Facebook I might love looking silly on the cover of TIME also!)
> 
> Anyway, this is so topical – the cover date on the magazine is the 17th of
> August – there might be room to use something of this is your work.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Lynley McKernan Secretary
> ECAWA - The Educational Computing Association of Western Australia (Inc)

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