Live Tweets Part 2

My strategy for live tweeting consists of an introduction of the content, a brief description of the story line, and links to articles that are relevant to the topic, including academic articles. I also include lecture content, quotes and many pictures and gifs. Interacting with my classmates is my main priority. I do this by posing questions in my tweets, adding polls, and replying to their tweets. The most interaction I do is favorite my classmates tweets.

I prepare a study guide before each session so that I could focus on replying to my classmates tweets. The pre-scripted tweets are very helpful.

I think my live tweeting has improved since the first half of the semester. Before I did not add many academic articles or much lecture content. Although the academic articles are not as big of hit as I thought they were going to be. I would hope that people would favorite the tweet and then go back and read them on their spare time, if they wish. The lecture content got some feedback which was good. I tried to link the lecture notes to the screening of that week. I quoted people that were in the lecture and used their ideas to try and start conversations.

Through the live tweeting experiences I have learned how to properly use Twitter. The proper use of hashtags is more than just words, but links. These links reach a wider audience, thus a bigger platform for your tweets. Also a network where you could see what other people are posting about using that hashtag. I have also mastered the art of multitasking, between posting my pre-written tweets to favoriting to replying to watching the screening to researching. Its all a brain stimulating activity. I also learned to collaborate with my classmates through a digital platform. Most of my previous classes worked in group projects and that is how we do group work. But this digital aspect of group work is really interesting and I like this strategy.

What I gained from the experience is a plethora of opinions, resources and knowledge about various topics. I now have a place where I can look back and research things that I did not even know I was interested in.

My live tweeting sessions are not perfect, I still have a lot to improve on. For example when someone replies to my tweet I have a hard time commenting back. I never know what exactly to say. My critical and analytical skills can use some improving, especially when tried on the spot. I could also improve my research skills. When I post a resource, the tweet is captioned with ‘Good read!’ or ‘Cool Video!’. I think I could improve my captions by pulling something out of the resource or asking a question about it and then have the link under it.

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EVIDENCE:

Above are tweets linked to academic journals. They did not take off as much as I though they would.

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Below are short videos of evidence of engagement.

 

           

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Below are tweets including articles.

                    

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The next set of images are tweets that include content from the lecture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Peer Review of Pitches

I reviewed 3 of my classmates’ pitches for their digital artifact. I made comments on their post to give them critical feedback.  I learned how to give feedback that was critical yet did not come off rude or uninterested. The whole experience was good for me. It made me feel a little bit better about my digital artifact because it is broad and other pitches are also broad. The comments that I made were under initial research, I think something that I could improve on is taking a second look at each of their pitches. The approach that I took was that I wanted to give them scholarly resources. I wanted to provide each of them with experts work to read on. I then thought about the DA and thought about questions, and if I had any answers to the questions. My signature was letting them know that if they have any questions or want to pick my brain about something I am available. I initially did this because its a graded assignment, but after thinking about questions and doing research I enjoyed going further into the topics and helping them out.

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My first review pitch is Liam Porret. He aspires to eliminate plastic packaged products from supermarkets and replace with refillable stations. His DA is going to be a series of blog posts about his research. He plans to link them to Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. His pitch was clear and to the point. It was evident that he did some research already. He seemed excited about the topic.

I searched Google and looked at the UOW library for some resources. I found and linked multiple scholarly and news articles for him to research. I challenged him with some questions to think about. I also answered some of those questions with suggestions that he could further look into. I also let him know that if he wants to ask me any questions he can message me.

I think I gave him some good advice and good feedback.

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My second pitch review is Lachlan Smith. His DA concepts involve the integration of artificial intelligence in the fashion industry and looking at the medium term, 10-20 years into the future. The purpose of his DA was clearly stated. He is going to showcase his fashion ideas using a Prezi presentation. He seemed enthusiastic about his approach and contribution to the fashion industry. I can tell he already did some great research.

I provided a series of scholarly articles and a popular cultured movie scene to help him out with research. I have provided links to apps that I think will help him. Also went over some questions that I had. I let him know that if he needs to ask me any further questions, he can message me. His topic is interesting as it is related to the future of fashion and I like it. I believe I helped him out. I know that he is looking into marketing for the customer, I guess I could have researched a little bit more for him about that.

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The last pitch review is Tim Dalton. He wants to predict the culture of the residence in universities accommodations, specifically in his dorm. It seems that he is continuing on a former DA, which he explains in his 100 word description. He states that the end goal is to predict the future of residence culture. I believe he plans to post on Instagram and WordPress about his progress in finding out why there is a change in his dorm.

I provided him with many scholarly articles that went into different avenues because I felt his idea is really broad. I also recommended some survey questions he could ask the people living in his accommodation because he said he wants to take a journalistic method of gathering data. I gave him some pointers to think about in his search for why his dorms environment changed.

I am still not entirely sure what his DA is going to be. But I believe that I helped him narrow down or just think about some topics. I let him know that he could pick my brain if he needed to. I think I gave him good resources and advice to help him with his DA.

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None of my classmates that I reviewed have responded to my feedback. So I am not sure if that is a good sign or not, but I put some effort into my comments and I am proud.

 

Amanda Bustos

Live Tweeting Self-Reflection

I first experience live tweeting in BCM 325.  I did have a twitter account before the course started but it was mainly to retweet cute puppies and funny memes. Now my 158 followers get insight on various sci-fi movies through my live-tweeting sessions. I want to be completely honest and say that it is a struggle to watch a movie you have never seen before, research about that movie, live tweet and enjoy the movie. For most of the movies, I was confused about what was going on. But in each movie, there was always something that stuck with me, whether it was a scene, a meme or a question.

From week 1 to week 6 we watched 6 different movies, I liked some and didn’t like others. The first week was hard as I was new to it all. I posted more about facts than about deeper thinking questions or comments. I tweeted out about the director, the cast, the cost production, the merchandise and things like that. I did favorite over 60 tweets that other people were posting. I retweeted a couple of tweets. I did not engage is commenting though. I think I was nervous, as well as focused on the movie and my own tweets.

The next week I made this study guide for the screening. It had details about the movie from setting to release date to quotes to memes to cast, pretty much everything on the tip sheet. It was very helpful, and I learned that if I do a bit of research beforehand I have a better understanding of the movie and an easier time live tweeting. This is the foundation of my strategy. I could also focus on other peoples tweets and try and engage with them. As the weeks went on I realized that yes my tweets matter, but it is more about how I engage with my classmates and their tweets. I made an effort to comment on other peoples tweets and try to ask questions. I also tried to ask questions on my tweets so that people can comment. I admit that I don’t think I am thinking deep enough about topics, but I still had some interesting conversations with people. Small steps are still steps.

I have learned heaps from the live tweeting experience. It has forced me to think about topics and scenes more analytically and not just for entertainment. I’d say that I watch a lot of movies and usually just for entertainment. Now with live tweeting making me think critically about certain movies, I try to analyze other movies that I watch… what is the deeper meaning of a romantic comedy?

I learned that I am a surface level person. I don’t try and think about things too hard because it might take the fun out of it. But there is more fun and brain stimulation to asking questions and reading peoples opinions about scenes in the movies. I want to be more aware of what I am watching and figure out the bigger meaning behind movies and such.

I have enjoyed live tweeting because I like to know other people’s opinions and thoughts on topics. And people are interesting. I am always impressed at how people interpret a scene or what they focus on and how it is so different from what I think about or didn’t even notice. I think I need to open up my mind more when I tweet about the movies and think more critically about the tweets. Again I need to work on the engagement I have with other people and try and create more in-depth conversations.

These are some tweets that I felt reflected my progress.

 

Week 1: A simple tweet that has no depth. A question created out of confusion. No strategy.

 

Week 2: This is significant because it is just a meme that got my most likes. People like memes, slowly forming my strategy.

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Week 3: Above is a slide show of tweets. The significance is that it shows I am trying to engage with other people. The context is still on the surface level, but it’s still progress. I also realized people like to know the story line, now an addition to my strategy.

 

Week 4: A conversation about sex robots. It is significant because I think I expressed my opinions in this engagement, adding to my strategy. I thought a little more critically about the subject. Had some good engagement with my classmates.

 

Week 5: This engagement is significant because another student and I were confused and asked each other questions. We both shared our opinion.

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Week 6: The slide above demonstrates multiple engagements that I had with my classmates. I commented and replied to people. My strategy continue to grow as I seek to ask more questions so that people will engage with me. I think I did well on this live tweeting session.

Above are some tweets throughout the 6 weeks that link to articles that I read and thought I should share with the class. Not quite academic sources but interesting enough.

 

Overall, I think I have made positive progress on the live tweeting since week 1. I can see improvement from the first session to this past session.  I know that I am not the best, compared to some other classmates, but I hope to continue to engage in conversations and have more critical tweets in the future.

 

Amanda Bustos