I found this really interesting article on Freshmen comp. It breaks down what we do over one semester into twenty tweets. I appreciate the humour of the article greatly but I feel it discounts the effort that is put in; even by us GTAs. The author does realize that towards the end, “Have I just tweeted myself out of a job? I don’t think so. Because although these tweets cover the key lessons of the course, learning how to be a better writer takes more: it takes practice and understanding and repetition. It takes time. And Twitter isn’t about taking one’s time.”
That being said, I think I will be using some of these tweets in my class/syllabus next semester.
Title: First Year Composition in Twenty Tweets
Author: Christine Brandel
Publication: Huff Post College
Date of Publication: 8th December 2010
Click here for the article.