Myth Twitter Guidelines

Five percent of your grade will be in participating in a Twitter discussion. Both of my mythology classes will be engaging in this, so hopefully we’ll get some cross-class conversations going.

• You are required to make at least 10 tweets / week.
• Spread them out through the week.
• Each tweet has a timestamp, so I know when you wrote it.
• I will do 5 spot checks (1% / check) throughout the semester.
• These will happen randomly, so you need to keep up on your tweets.

Start a routine with your tweets. 

• Tweet after doing a reading.
• Tweet before (and after) writing a response.
• Tweet after class. 

What and how to Tweet

• Use hashtag #a3myth. This hashtag will make it easy for others to find your tweets. 
• Always make sure to leave enough room in your tweet for the hashtag.
• You should also add the culture of the myth as a hashtag.
• Ie: #Greek, #Norse, #Arabian, #OTBib (Old Testament Bible), #NTBib (New Testament Bible).
• Caution! Using hashtags of #Bible, #Biblical, #Hebrew, #Jewish, #Islam, is not recommended.
• You can have fun with hashtags (#mythafterdark, etc),
• Limit each tweet to a maximum of 5 hashtags. The point of your tweet is the message, not an endless stream of hashtags.

Make thoughtful tweets that offer observation or insight instead of stating personal opinion.

• No: Odysseus is awesome. He’s my favorite Greek hero. #a3myth #Greek
• Yes: Odysseus is ballsy, strong, smart, and a womanizer. Captain Kirk’s role model. #a3myth #Greek #StarTrek #Kirkrulz

Ask questions that further discussion, and try and put a comment with it.

• Why can’t Zeus have a normal relationship with a woman? Try flowers and candy. Stop shapechanging on these women! #a3myth #Greek

Explore ideas in depth using multiple tweets.

• Wait. So God and Abraham are arguing about destroying Sodom. I get that. But I’m blown away by God listening to Abraham. #a3myth #OTBib
• Not only that, this goes on, and every time, God says okay. He’s reasonable in all this. So does that mean Abraham is winning the argument? #a3myth #otbib
• How is Abraham getting away with talking to God like that? This isn’t the same guy that almost sacrificed his son. #a3myth #otbib
• Abraham isn’t talking to God like He’s a god. Heck not even like father and son, but like equals! #a3myth #otbib #mindblown

Final points

• Remember that Twitter is a public forum. People outside the class can read what you post, and respond. Hopefully this will be a positive experience.
• However, people can disagree with your ideas, and may not be respectful in their own posts. 
• Strive not to be disrespectful in return.
• No one has ever won a heated argument on the internet.
• You can retweet someone else’s tweet to give context to your own tweet post.
• Retweets do not count towards credit.

Ask questions about readings to get help.

• be specific about what you’re confused about.
• Someone from class (or me) may respond to help you understand.
• Use the hashtag #mythhelp (note the spelling)
• So confused. Is Delilah a prostitute? It says Samson went to a prostitute, then fell in love with Delilah. #a3myth #mythhelp