I just post some tweets before I write this Journal. After three weeks, I totally agree that tweeter is a good tool to alternate different ideas of classmates, whether in same class or not. Hundreds of students gather in a digital environment and were “forced” to post, someone did enjoy it though.
Before I started to post my first tweet, I thought it was easy. Yeah, tweeting and exciting. So I didn’t post it as soon as possible, instead, I didn’t post a word until like couple hours before due. Then, I found it was hard to look insight or just answer the question ” so what?” It looks simply, but it is not. Then, 10 tweets per week became a heavy homework.
The process looks more like forcing us to dig deeper. It is not just as easy as write some summaries about the book, but it need to find some idea, which always confuse me. Should I judge the novel or character?
I did the same thing as you, procrastinating the tweets until the day before they are due. But I did look through the twitter feed on a daily basis during my commute to see what other students were tweeting. I think twitter is a way to keep the students interactive even outside of class. It doesn’t have to be a “right” thought, but you can just tweet whatever comes to your mind. Tweeting our thoughts is a means for us to drop down our ideas, instead of leaving it in our head, soon to dissipate.
I agree with you that Twitter is a great tool to alternate different ideas and 10 tweets per week is little bit hard for us to catch up. However, i think it’s a effective way to force us to read the book more carefully.