Okay, absolutely no hate towards this teacher and the work he's doing, but I saw something in the background of his video I want to talk about. Behind him on the wall are what appear to be 8.5x11 printed out posters that I couldn't read. Zooming in closer allowed me to see that they were letters from the phonetic alphabet. Cool.
Written in black lettering, the text is set off by a very popular design choice that showed up a few years back, the watercolor blob. I love the look of watercolor. Absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to use it as a background for anything simply because it blurs the text. Is great for a website, where your audience is up close and personal with your text, but from far away, it just doesn't work. You would have to take those beautiful colors and fade them a great deal before a black text shows through. You could use white lettering, but even then, the motion of the watercolors would distract the eyes.
I know I'm being critical, but I forget people don't think of these things when they create or purchase posters for their rooms. If I were to fix these signs, I would print them in big, bold lettering in contrasting colors (ie, black/white, yellow/blue, teal/red, a dark colors background with white letters, or a pastel background with black letters.)
Also, the size of your room is so important. If you have a big room, go with big lettering. If your room is small, you can get away with smaller text. I learned lesson when I switched from a standard sized classroom to an over 1000 square foot room. My special Friday schedule, which had been printed in big letters on a 8.5x11 piece of paper in my old room had to be remade into a giant scroll the same height as my whiteboard.
Rule of thumb, if you can't see a poster from the back of your classroom with your old people eyes, some kid who hasn't been prescribed glasses yet definitely can't. Okay, this "quick note" turned into a rant. Thanks for sticking it out this long.
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