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
