Alternative introductions to Twitter

This assignment will give you an alternative introduction to Twitter and also introduce you to a form of presentation called a "Prezi." Since it is to be done in teams, you also get practice with collaborative writing.

First, watch the following presentations:

A video introduction to Twitter
A “Prezi” of the above video

Then answer the following questions.

1. The presentations introduced Twitter and then showed how it could be used in a collaborative application. What was that application?

2. Which did you prefer the Prezi or the Video? Explain your answer.

3. You also saw this PowerPoint presentation. What is one point that it covers that is not covered in the video/Prezi?

This assignment is to be done in teams of two or three people. Print and turn in a single copy of your answers with everyone's name on it.

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Post a tweet with a hashtag

This assignment will give you practice writing very short documents and will help us collaborate in discovering some cool resources on the Web.

Your assignment is to find something that would be useful and interesting to your fellow students. (Don't pick something everyone already knows about).

Spend some time picking something cool, then post a tweet that describes it. Be sure to include a link the reader can follow if he or she is interested.

Be sure to include the hashtag #275s12 in your tweet so we can share it.

Spend some time looking for a cool site to recommend -- the best one will get extra credit.

After you post your tweet, print it out to turn in.

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Tweet the best topic module so far

Which of the topic modules we have covered so far has been the most interesting to you?

Let me know by sending me a tweet.

Your tweet should begin with @larrypress, then go on to say which topic module you like best and why you selected it.

Be sure to include a link to the topic module in your tweet.

After you post your tweet, print it out to turn in.

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