1. This task was about school spirit. I talked to Kate Demaria who is so proud to be a Lehigh student that she dressed up as Clutch for a Class of 2012 activity!
2. My favorite off campus eating spot is Johnny's Bagels. I found Kate Oakes having lunch and raving about the great service at Johnny's.
3. We were supposed to find a professor on campus and ask what they think the role of social media plays in social change. I ran into Professor Eric Klein outside of Linderman and he told me that social media greatly enhances communication. The only downside is that users may not get the full story from citizen journalists.
4. With so many news outlets, we were interested in finding where students get their news and if they use social media to keep informed. Gwen Hauck told me that she uses The New York Times as her main source of news. She likes when people post stories on Facebook, but she rarely does that herself.
5. This scavenger hunt task was to find how Lehigh contributes to cutting edge research and/or learning. I went to STEPS and found a Biology lab in session. The TA, Joe Leese, told me about some brain and sound research happening at Iocacca that might help cure deafness.
6. For my favorite scenic spot on campus, I chose the view from the thrid floor of STEPS (a great place to study!).
7. Lehigh is so rich in history - some of which not everyone knows! Nick Gambino told me a little-known fact that the inventor of the escalator went to Lehigh, yet we don't have any on campus.
8. For this a student was asked about their predictions for the remainder of a sport team. Liz Piscitelli told me that the girl's tennis team will make it to the semi finals! How exciting!
9. For my favorite spot on campus, I picked Linderman Library.
10. Last we had to find a photo and quote that exemplified the huge variety of clubs available to students. I visited the Office of Multicultural Affairs and found that they celebrate diverse events every month.
While it would have been more exciting to live-tweet this scavenger hunt, my phone did not permit me to do so. I can access my feed and even post from my phone, but the incorporation of pictures made it too difficult for me to post from my phone. While it was awkward to approach random strangers on campus, it was fun. This activity really shows me that Twitter is so much bigger than I originally thought. Not only is it a form of social media that educates and connects, but it also is a learning tool, a way to bridge physical gaps and a tool that can be used to revolutionize the way people obtain information. It is so cool to me that we instantly connected to kids in all other parts of the nation. People in my own class retweeted what I had to say, which is always nice to know. What is even more cool is that people I don't even know reply to my tweets. Students from the #J4801 class engaged in conversations with me. This is a whole new way to expand my mind by engaging in conversations with people who are completely different than me.
For the past few weeks, I have felt slightly awkward on Twitter. I didn't think I had much to say. I thought it was weird when I would follow and retweet things by people I didn't know. Now I am seeing that this is the way Twitter was intended to work. By pushing myself beyond my comfort zone a little, I will start to have more and more to share and in turn learn. I was slightly disappointed that some of the groups hadn't done the scavenger hunt yet, but I guess this just gives me more to look forward to this week as I follow them.
As I continue to use Twitter, I think I need to expand my use of its functions. I am comfortable tweeting and retweeting. I need to push myself to make lists, use hashtags and post pictures. As I do these things, I hope to become more fully involved in Twitter as a social medium, not simply a class supplement.
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