http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2011/09/28/twitter-in-the-literature-classroom-part-1/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:07:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2 http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2011/09/28/twitter-in-the-literature-classroom-part-1/#comment-251 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:10:11 +0000 http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/litbits/?p=5295#comment-251 As an undergraduate I took a poetry class wherein many of our assignments were centered on evaluating groups of texts as if we were a publisher sifting through many submissions. Initially we were given something like a 500 word limit to explain why poem A was selected for our imagined publication and poems B, C, D, E, and F were not. Eventually we were given some where between 8 and 10 poems and only 25 words to justify our choice. This was well before Twitter even existed, but the same principle applies in requiring concise, yet effective and informative analysis. Reflecting on my undergrad days, that was easily the most memorable, and likely the most useful writing assignment I ever completed. I’m sure embracing Twitter is valuable, and I think your guides here are extremely useful. Nicely done, Tim!

]]> http://litbits.tengrrl.com/2011/09/28/twitter-in-the-literature-classroom-part-1/#comment-250 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:10:28 +0000 http://blogs.bedfordstmartins.com/litbits/?p=5295#comment-250 Great post! Looking forward to Part 2. I agree with Marshall – Twitter’s handy in that it prompts users to formulate concise responses, a crucial practice / skill in life outside of academe. Not sure if you read Theresa Billiot’s 9/29 CHE article on Twitter in the classroom: http://bit.ly/pnEfS9.

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